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(Fragment)Closet Safe Door Turns Up in York
The discovery of a closet safe door with the words "Henson's Improv'd Closet Safe" punched in the tin on the bottom panel, a punched-tin portrait of George Washington in the middle panel, and a punched-tin star-in-circle design on the top panel was the biggest discovery at Melvin Arion's Original ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Triple Portrait Sells for $15,000
This unattributed 29" x 311/2" oil on canvas portrait of three children, bearing an American Folk Art Gallery label on the back of the frame, sold in the room for $15,000 (est. $7000/10,000) to collectors Michael and Suzanne Payne. The Paynes recognized it as a work by upstate New York ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Prints and Drawings: A Green-Haired Muse and Black-and-White Images of Manhattan
Shadow Dance by Martin Lewis (1881-1962) fetched $42,500. The 1930 drypoint and sand-ground print from an edition of 109 is 91/4" x 103/4". This was not the first time that the print has done very well at Swann. The auction house set a still-standing record when it sold a copy ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Furniture, Outsider Art, and Folk Art
The Crowninshield family mahogany bombe chest of drawers, Marblehead, Massachusetts, circa 1770, 331/4" high x 40" wide x 22" deep, appears to retain its original cast brass hardware and sold on the phone for $581,000 (est. $300,000/600,000). Other bombe chests from this group have sold for $2,023,500 at Christie's in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Auction in Cambridge
The 61/4" x 101/4" unframed moonlit scene of ships under full sail, with one flying an American flag, by James Edward Buttersworth (1817-1894) came from an Arizona estate and sold to a Worcester, Massachusetts, dealer for $11,400.
The 171/4" x 231/4" watercolor on silk mourning picture had gold foil decorations and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Two Mansions Antique Cane Collection
Defensive canes take many forms. The simplest are either swords or knives housed in the cane shaft. This exceedingly rare French cane, circa 1870, saw short production because of numerous accidental injuries to the owners. With razor barbs, this example was the sale's highest-selling lot at $8160 (est. $4500/6000).
Dating ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Iconic Names Generate Strong Bids
The 1964 offset lithograph Liz by Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is a very well-known image, but Davis was not sure which edition it was. Signed in pen and having some minor handling creases, the 21 5/8" x 22" image (22 1/8" x 221/4" sheet) must have been from a desirable edition. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)An Expressionist's Flowers, a Sargent Head, and a Girl Smelling an Apple
The unsigned 22" x 171/4" oil on canvas study of a man's head by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), circa 1878, inscribed on the stretcher 182 and 4242, sold for $243,000.
Apple Perfume by Charles Courtney Curran (1861-1942) brought $65,190. The 22" x 18" oil on canvas is signed and dated 1911, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fall Harvest Sale Totals $837,000
The sale's top entry, a Rock and Graner (Germany) battleship, circa 1900, hand painted, came from a European estate, had been proudly possessed by one family for nearly a century, and was essentially original and exceptional. Measuring 19" long, it sold for $30,680 (est. $35,000/45,000).
Keystone (U.S.) "Ride 'Em" Coast-to-Coast bus, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The New York Art, Antique, and Jewelry Show
Banners outside the Park Avenue Armory announced the show. The new owners, the Palm Beach Show Group, blanketed Manhattan with advertisements, banners, and tickets.
This stretch Lincoln was available to shuttle showgoers between the armory and the Asia Art Fair at the Bohemian National Hall farther uptown.
John Atzbach Antiques, Redmond, ... (Read More)
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