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(Fragment)American Folk Art Museum Announces Acquisitions, a Touring Exhibition, and Staff Changes
At Sotheby's sale of the collection of Ralph Esmerian (see page 30-D), the American Folk Art Museum (AFAM), New York City, bought three lots. One is an early 19th-century copybook, 5" x 81/4", inscribed with the name Daniel Steele and with 40 pages of drawings and tune notations in ink ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Antique City Show Adopts Express Ticketing Procedure
Attendance at Antique City Fun Fair in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, increased by 63% last April. The line at the box office was an eighth of a mile long, according to promoter Norman Schaut, and two hours after the doors opened, the line still wrapped around the Lehigh University field house.
Schaut said, ... (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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(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 ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)A Collector Speaks Up
Opinion
I know I'm preaching to the choir when I say we collectors are a breed apart. We're not like most people, and that's fine. If everyone else shared our passion, there would be nothing left to collect. But that's no excuse for non-collectors to disparage us by calling us insane, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Heaviest Snowfall of the Year Fails to Deter Exhibitors at Cabin Fever Show
Susan Gault of Thetford Center, Vermont, brought the four-slat rocking armchair in flaking red paint, priced at $95. The stand, a cast resin stack of books, is a fun item that just caught her eye; it too was $95.
Mill Brook Antiques, Reading, Vermont, priced this 14" tall month and day ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine and Decorative Arts at Auction
U.S. House of Representatives chair attributed to Bembe and Kimbel, New York, circa 1857, oak, three-star Federal shield surrounded by oak leaves carved on the upper crest, original black leather upholstery, original finish, 401/4" high, $18,000.
A match race at Newmarket by Francis Sartorius I (English, 1734-1804), oil on canvas, 183/4" ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Healthy Heart Pumps Life into a Chilly Southern Weekend
Above a dry sink, B. Hannah Daniel of Athens, Alabama, placed this "Home for Thanksgiving" hooked rug for $1600 with its strong "over the river and through the woods" sentiment.
The folks from Dover House Antiques in Louisville, Kentucky, reported good results with a well-designed formal display. One important case ... (Read More)
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(Show)Back at the Fairgrounds Again
David Allan Ramsay and David Woody of Lake Worth, Florida and Cape Porpoise, Maine, backed their space with an appealing set of flower-decorated gates for $3300. The folk art hooked rug winding a path across the floor chronicled the family history of a 1740 Camden, Maine, homestead in museum quality, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Shadows Uplifted: A "Curated" African-American Fine Art Sale
Joseph Delaney (1904-1991), Harlem, Sunday Morning, 40" x 21", oil on masonite board, 1942, $40,000 (est. $15,000/25,000).
William H. Johnson (1901-1970) used pochoir (hand-colored stencils) and screens to create On a John Brown Flight. The 16" x 24" print on cream wove paper from 1942-45 sold to a collector for $81,250 ... (Read More)
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