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(Fragment)Book & Ephemera Fair Folds after Opening Night
A strange thing happened at the Flamingo Eventz Philadelphia Vintage Book & Ephemera Fair at the Sheraton in downtown Philadelphia on Friday, June 13. Greg Gibson of the Ten Pound Island Book Company wrote about it in his weekly blog (http://bookmanslog.blogspot.com). "After setup and opening night at the Philadelphia Vintage ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Half Bear, Half Bull Market for Bears
This black mohair Steiff bear, with red-rimmed eyes, symbolizes mourning for the victims of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic. It sold for $35,550.
This circa 1910 golden mohair Steiff teddy came with a fully functioning growler, a photo of the two children who first owned it, and a letter of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Decorative Arts in Hatfield
A collection of 474 early 19th-century plaster intaglios, mounted in 25 volumes in the manner of Giovanni Liberotti, displayed in half vellum volumes against green marbled paper, and each volume with a manuscript list inside the front cover, sold for $9945 (est. $8000/10,000).
Paul Weber (1823-1916), Scene in Dolwyddelan Valley, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)After Almost 20 Years in the Suburbs, Grogan & Company Moves to Boston
Nancy, Lucy, and Michael Grogan.
An auction house that has been based in Boston's southwestern suburbs for almost two decades is moving into the city. Grogan & Company has bought a piece of real estate at the foot of Beacon Hill and is transferring its operation there. On June 11 the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Roundup of Design Sales in June
Bonhams held the first sale of the week. Sales from its 227 lots of decorative arts totaled $1,443,750. This circa 1910 Tiffany Studios Favrile glass and patinated bronze Laburnum table lamp, estimated at $250,000/350,000, sold on the phone to the trade for $425,000. Frank Maraschiello, director of the 20th-century decorative ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Tale of Two Art Sales
Truckin by William T. Williams (b. 1942) went to an unnamed institution for $137,000 (est. $75,000/100,000). The 84" x 60" (7' x 5') acrylic on canvas was signed, titled, dated 1969, and inscribed on the stretcher bars. June 10.
Southern Landscape by Walter Williams (1920-1988) sold to a collector for $81,250 ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Memorial Service For John J. Snyder Jr.
A memorial service for John J. Snyder Jr. will be held on June 8, at 2 p.m., at Rock Ford Plantation, 881 Rockford Road, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. For more information, call (717) 392-7223.
Originally published in the June 2014 issue of Maine Antique Digest. (c) 2014 Maine Antique Digest ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art Auction
Daniel Garber (1880-1958), Wild Cherry, signed lower right, a 28" x 30" oil on canvas in a Newcomb-Macklin frame, $230,500. Painted in 1928, it had been acquired in 1931 by Mr. and Mrs. James Hillman of Pittsburgh. Garber wrote to James Hillman's wife, Margaret, describing Wild Cherry: "The scene is ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Some Big Prices at Briggs Auction
A pair of lounge chairs on welded and patinated steel frames by Paul Evans brought $33,040.
There was competition for a Chester County, Pennsylvania, sampler dated 1830 and worked by Hannah Bittle, who stitched flowers, animals, and the names of her parents and grandparents and surrounded them all with a ... (Read More)
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(Show)California Country Show Evolves and Survives
This Mexican child's jacket was priced at $65 at Los Angeles dealer Andrew Munana Collection's American Indian art booth.
This 53" long wood and upholstery settee was priced at $1695 at Atherton Antiques, Menlo Park, California.
This Pennsylvania green-painted and stenciled flowers blanket chest cost $1895 at F. & B. Rosenquist, ... (Read More)
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