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(Book Review)Books Received
These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.
The Coast & the Sea: Marine and Maritime Art in America by Linda ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London
Ian McKay, [email protected]
Few sales had taken place in London by the time this report had to be written and sent off for editorial scrutiny, so I have taken the opportunity to sweep away the last remnants of my 2013 files. The resulting cull did, however, leave me with an early ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Robert C. Eldred Jr. Retires
Eldred at a July 2013 sale. Jackie Sideli photo.
Robert C. Eldred Jr., CEO of Robert C. Eldred Co., the auction house in East Dennis, Massachusetts, has retired after a career of more than 45 years.
Eldred joined the firm in 1969, after serving in Vietnam and working as a sales professional ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Tablets
A tablet computer can browse Web sites of auction houses such as Christie’s. Details and pictures are available at a touch.
Computer Column #303
John P. Reid, [email protected]
Tablet computers have received favorable comments in this column in the past year. They can do many of the things antiquers do on desktop computers. ... (Read More)
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(The Art of Marketing)The Art of Marketing
Last month I began to cover the topic of utilizing social media. It’s obviously a very broad topic, which I’m sure I will write more about in a future issue. This month I’d like to change gears and move on to another topic—branching out into new lines of business.
I’ve received ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Subjective Compass, Objective Reading
Auction Law & Ethics
You’re about to bid for a lot you want at an auction. The auctioneer introduces the piece and commences the chant for the offering:
“I’m bid five hundred…now a quarter…I’m bid five hundred here, now a quarter, five ana quarter, five ana quarter…now a half…five ana half, five ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)The Charm of 19th-Century Domescapes--Reality as a Vehicle for the Imagination
A Book Review
Under Glass: A Victorian Obsession
by John Whitenight
Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2013, 288 pages, hardbound, $89.50 from (www.underglassvictorianobsession.com).
Let’s go back in time to, say, London, on a mid-September afternoon in 1858. We’re in the front parlor (on the second floor) of a row house in a prosperous upper-middle-class neighborhood. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Gratz Joins Alderfer's
Sanford Alderfer Companies, Hatfield, Pennsylvania, has expanded its fine art division and has added to the staff Paul Gratz, owner and head conservator of the Gratz Gallery & Conservation Studio, located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Gratz said in a statement, “Over the years Alderfer’s has set records for many New Hope school ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)After the Hunt: The Trompe L'Oeil Art of David Brega
David Brega with his elderly Shetland sheepdog, Rudy. The barn is at Worthington Pond Farm in Somers, Connecticut. The property is owned by Dan Roulier, a longtime friend of Brega and collector of both his and Douglas Brega’s work. Photo credit: David Butler.
Glimpse of the studio/gallery. Schinto photo.
The wooden cart ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)George Champion, Woodbury, Connecticut
George Champion. Godzilla is not for sale; he’s the shop mascot.
George Champion’s shop on Main Street South in Woodbury, Connecticut. He said, “People are convinced it’s an old schoolhouse, but it’s a total fabrication.” It was a cheese shop for years, and the previous owner, a metal sculptor, gave it ... (Read More)
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