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(Auction)Local History Boosts Folk Art and Furniture
This oil on canvas portrait of an unknown subject was attributed to French Classical portraitist Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805). The attribution came from a pair of ink inscriptions on the back that also mentioned that the painting came from the collection of Professor Armando Perera of Rome, Italy. The painting clearly ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Collector-Friendly Southern Pottery Sale
At $25,300, this rare Salem, North Carolina, cast redware fish flask was the top-priced lot in this sale. In the society's over 40 sales and 20 years of auctions, this is only the fifth such example offered. Extremely detailed scales, fins, gills, and eyes are protected by a generously applied ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)"Going West" Goes Up
This lithograph sold for $78,600. Photo courtesy Rachel Davis Fine Arts.
At Rachel Davis Fine Arts on June 14 at the Works on Paper auction, a lithograph by Thomas Hart Benton, Going West, sold for $78,600 (includes buyer's premium) to an on-line bidder. The print, signed and numbered "29" in pencil, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American History Auction
California gold rush-era pocket watch, 14k yellow gold Girard Watch Company hunter case, circa 1850, ornate floral pattern engraving on the outer case along with eight California ore samples encased in glass on the front cover and surrounded by eight alternating inlaid panels of moss agate and California quartz, $37,600.
Flute ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)An Art Deal Gone Wrong: Dealer Sued and "Buyer" Indicted
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(Fragment)Heritage Auctions Files Suit against Christie's, Ex-Employees
What are three experts worth? About $60 million in lost profits and damages, claims Heritage Auctions.
The Dallas-based auction firm filed suit against Christie's on June 13, claiming that the venerable auction house stole Heritage's "complete Luxury Accessories business group" when three former employees defected to Christie's. The former Heritage employees ... (Read More)
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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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