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(Issue Story)Exhibitions
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and Web site ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Antique and Vintage Jewelry Market, According to Schwind
Bill Schwind told me this Art Deco bracelet in diamonds and platinum has a geometric centerpiece in each bar with a marquise diamond and open work on the wrist. "It's quiet, which means it doesn't scream at you. You're not looking like Diamond Lil. It's not too glitzy." He said ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Taking Care of Business
The Young Collector
Years ago, when we had our first Christmas together while we were in graduate school in Delaware, we put up a Christmas tree. It was by just about any standards a Charlie Brown tree. We didn't have much money to spend, so when we needed a tree topper, ... (Read More)
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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 ... (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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(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 ... (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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