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(Fragment)Arion Changes Dates of Long-Running September York Antiques Show
Melvin L. Arion, promoter of the popular Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale in York, Pennsylvania, has announced new dates for the fall 2014 show. “I am moving the dates from our traditional Labor Day weekend to the last weekend in September,” said Arion on the phone. The show ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Pin Your Faith to the Value of Research
Beyond simple pleasantries, the first question that antiques shop owners inevitably seem to ask me is, “Are you looking for anything in particular?” I suppose this question is a reasonable one, given the desire of most dealers to customize their inventory according to the latest trends, especially in an economy ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Photography Steals the Show at Books & Manuscripts Sale
This image of Mao, woven cotton brocade, was created in Hangzhou, China circa 1969. It measures 78¼" x 50¾" and sold for $510. Schinto photo.
Bidding on Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the War, conceived and executed by Alexander Gardner, opened from the desk at the lot’s mid-estimate at $160,000. A ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Heartland Antique Show, Fall Edition
Make-do Windsor armchair with a galvanized metal backrest, $450 from Sharon and Claude Baker of Hamilton, Ohio.
Child’s sack-back Windsor highchair, 1790-1805, Connecticut/Rhode Island border, $2900 from Halsey Munson of Decatur, Illinois.
Millinery sign, $1150; seven-color Parcheesi game board with stenciled stags, $2500; framed oilcloth checkerboard in black and gold, $595; Chinese ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Country Americana
This early redware pot, 7½" x 3 5/8", with a strong globular shape, coggle lines at the shoulder, and outstanding yellow-green with manganese brushed striping and splatters and fitted lid, was made in Bristol County, Massachusetts. It sold to dealer and artist John Sideli of Wiscasset, Maine, for $11,328.
This nicely ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Mt. Crawford Marathon of Americana
Andrew Coffman is considered one of the pioneers of Shenandoah Valley stoneware. Although his name is less well known than other makers, examples of his work are prized by collectors. This 13¼" x 7¾" (rim diameter) ovoid salt-glazed storage jar dates from the second quarter of the 19th century. It ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)John Shearer Desk Sells for $354,000
This desk was made in Frederick, Maryland, by the itinerant Martinsburg, Virginia, joiner John Shearer for Phillip Stuber or Stover in 1808. The 45½" x 47" x 23" walnut case has oak shells and feet, poplar secondary wood, and inlay on the fall front with a swag and oval with ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Salon: Art + Design
Moderne Gallery, Philadelphia, had a very good show, said owner Robert Aibel, who featured furniture by George Nakashima and ceramics by Toshiko Takaezu. The “Greenrock” American black walnut side table by George Nakashima (left), 1983, 26" high x 49" wide x 35" deep, was $35,000. The salt-glazed stoneware Tea Stack ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American History
Mary Ann Moorman’s Polaroid photograph of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, also with a Polaroid photo of a motorcycle officer, sold to a private collector after the auction for $45,000. “We wanted them to go to an institution, but no institution was interested,” said Wes Cowan. “Part of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Freeman's Americana Auction
This 7" high carved and painted Hopi kachina figure, 19th century, from a Haverford, Pennsylvania, estate sold on the Internet for $6400 (est. $500/800).
This Coasting Bank is a rare painted cast-iron and lead mechanical bank, marked “Coasting Bank” on the red-painted openwork base. It is thought to have been designed ... (Read More)
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