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(Fragment)Grant for Contemporary Fraktur Exhibition
The Free Library of Philadelphia has received a $360,000 grant from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Exhibition and Public Interpretation program in support of its upcoming Framing Fraktur contemporary art installation and exhibition organized by curator Judith Tannenbaum.
Taking inspiration from the library's extensive and rare Pennsylvania German fraktur ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)CCADA Awards Annual Scholarship
Each year, the Cape Cod Antique Dealers Association (CCADA) provides funds to the Cape Cod Community College Educational Foundation to give a scholarship to one or more Cape Cod Community College graduates who will be pursuing additional studies in the field of art, history, and the decorative arts. This year, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Flags from the 2nd New Hampshire Regiment of the Continental Line
During Antiques Week in New Hampshire, a side trip to the New Hampshire Historical Society in Concord will provide a glimpse of New Hampshire's role in the Revolutionary War. On display at the society's headquarters are two flags from the 2nd New Hampshire Regiment of the Continental Line. The flags ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Civil War Soldier's Skull Pulled from Maryland Auction
A Maryland auction company was unprepared for the negative public reaction that erupted when a Civil War soldier's skull was set to be sold on June 3. The remains had been found decades ago at the former site of a field hospital used after the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Tom Miano, Founder of Serious Toyz, Joins Morphy Auctions
Tom Miano.
Tom Miano of Serious Toyz has joined Morphy Auctions, based in Denver, Pennsylvania, as its pop-culture expert. Miano will be responsible for acquiring consignments and managing sales of vintage toys and pop-culture collectibles, starting with a September 6 auction of character, postwar, and space toys.
"Tom's auction house, Serious ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Jacobsen Reviewed
Herbert D. Maxwell, four-masted schooner, 28" x 48", oil on canvas, signed "Antonio Jacobsen, 31 Palisade Avenue, Hoboken, NJ, 1905." In March 1912, she sank in Chesapeake Bay after a collision with the steamship Gloucester5 with the loss of four lives. Photo courtesy Vallejo Maritime Gallery, Newport Beach, California.
An article ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Jewish Folk Art Samplers: A Trip to Amsterdam and Germany Answers Some Questions
Darning sampler, dated 1809, the maker is "MH." The Hebrew alphabet appears two times-the top line and again the sixth line. Martin Ex thinks the letters at the end of the Hebrew alphabet on the top line may be a name, a group of initials, or something in Yiddish. The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ty Cobb Tin Sells for $18,720
The Ty Cobb tobacco tin, one of fewer than 20 known to exist, drew only two bids and went for $18,720 (est. $30,000/40,000).
The 12" beer tray advertising C. Eulberg & Sons pilsener beer of Galena, Illinois, went to an on-line bidder for $2700, way above the $100/200 estimate.
A glossy 30" ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bidders See Less Than Seymour in Sideboard but See More in Table
Possibly a John and Thomas Seymour Federal mahogany sideboard. It was not one of their best works but still was strong enough to draw $4025.
The rustic round glass-topped Adirondack table topped the sale at $11,500.
A Sheraton sewing table in brown mahogany with bull's-eyes over the turned and reeded legs hit ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Dawn of the Planet of Hounds and Horses
The sale's top lot was Run to Earth by John Emms (British, 1843-1912). It was sold by Sotheby's in 2005 and was included in a New York exhibition early in 2014. Elizabeth and Graeme Lang of Lexington, Kentucky, purchased the 36" x 281/2" oil on canvas for $59,000 (est. $40,000/60,000).
Anyone ... (Read More)
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