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(Show)Rustic Antiques in New York
Dealers Jon Magoun of South Paris, Maine, and Bob Ross of Florence, Massachusetts, with Magoun's dome-topped trunk, which sold for $1250.
Bob Ross had this Old Town canoe with sail priced at $3800.
John Provo Rustic Antiques, Plymouth, Minnesota, had Old Hickory table lamps priced at $795 a pair. Adirondack ... (Read More)
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(Show)Rhinebeck Antiques Fair Canceled
The Rhinebeck Antiques Fair scheduled for October 11 and 12 in Rhinebeck, New York, has been canceled. The cancellation occurred after the advertisement appearing on page 2-D in this issue had been sent to press.
Originally published in the October 2014 issue of Maine Antique Digest. (c) 2014 Maine Antique Digest ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Banning the Ban
Editorial
Here are two numbers to know: H.R. 5052 and S. 2587.
They are two identical pieces of legislation that have been introduced in Congress and would roll back the new federal rules regulating trade of ivory. The proposed law is called the "Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014."
In the House, the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Providence Auction Gallery to Launch
A new auction house, the Providence Auction Gallery, will hold its first sale on November 9. Partners in the fledgling venture include entrepreneur Kevin Bruneau, featured on the PBS television show Market Warriors; Louis Grande, Esq., an antiquarian and collector of 18th- and 19th-century American furniture; and Jeffrey Shore, whose ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Seeking Information about "Old-School Dealer" Mrs. Walter S. Sands
The photograph, inscribed "Mrs. Sands," is rubber stamped on the back "photo by/ P.A. Beaudoin/ St. Augustine, Fla." Several times in the inventory books is the notation "Just back from Florida."
Mrs. Sands?
Mr. Sands?
Page from one of the inventory books.
Included with the books and booth photo was this group shot inscribed ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Museum for Red Wing Pottery
A new museum has opened in the Mississippi River town of Red Wing, Minnesota. Its creation comes from the efforts of the Red Wing Collectors Society Foundation and the more than 100 volunteers who donated nearly 10,000 hours of time and expertise to the vast project. A large number of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Neal's September Sale: A Preview of Coming Attractions
The top lot by far was one of Charles Giroux's rare Louisiana landscapes, a 24" x 34" bayou scene with a Creole cottage, which brought $155,350 (est. $40,000/60,000). Other works by the French-born artist, active in New Orleans 1868-85, are a related 1860 view of a bayou plantation at the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Goddess of Harvest Bowl Tops Auction at $52,500
This Fenton Goddess of Harvest bowl in blue with a candy ribbon edge sold for $52,500. The Goddess of Harvest pattern is extremely rare, and the bowl is the only example known in blue.
This rare aqua opalescent Northwood Poppy Show plate brought $24,000.
Holly is one of Fenton's more desirable patterns, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Cache of Harry Allen Davis Artworks Sold
Harry Davis is shown in front of his painting Harvest Dinner, which won the Rome Prize. The work is now in a private collection. The photo is from 1939.
The Nisbit-Koch House, Evansville by Harry Davis, acrylic on canvas, 40" x 46", signed, dated '75, $6720. The back had a tag ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The John Snyder Sale
A 19th-century Chinese Manchu woman's ceremonial headdress, richly decorated with blue enameled and gilt metal, mounted with tourmaline, jade, pearls, coral, and rubies designed as flowers and phoenixes and butterflies, 7" tall x 12" wide, sold on line for $22,990 (est. $10,000/20,000). According to John Snyder's colleague Peter Seibert, Snyder ... (Read More)
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