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(Fragment)Matthews Auction Co. to Operate as a Division of Morphy Auctions
Dan Morphy (left), owner and CEO of Morphy Auctions, Denver, Pennsylvania, and Dan Matthews, founder of Matthews Auction Co., Nokomis, Illinois, which will operate under the Morphy's banner as of January 1, 2014.
Matthews Auction Co., known for its high-profile sales of antique and vintage petroliana and automobilia, will become a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dealer Charged with Trafficking in Illegal Wildlife
$350 sealskin bag.
The $750 sealskin moccasins that Keister is accused of selling.
A pair of $750 sealskin moccasins has a California dealer facing a felony charge of illegally trafficking in wildlife. Lewis Keister, 42, of Los Angeles and the owner of East Meets West Antiques, is charged with selling the sealskin ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Harwinton 2014 Dates
The scheduled dates for the 2014 Harwinton Antiques & Design Weekend in Harwinton, Connecticut, are June 7 and 8 and Labor Day weekend, August 30 and 31.
"Our traditional dates are confusing for next year with June 1 as a Sunday, so we wanted to be sure all the faithful customers ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Arion Changes Dates of Long-Running September York Antiques Show
Melvin L. Arion, promoter of the popular Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale in York, Pennsylvania, has announced new dates for the fall 2014 show. "I am moving the dates from our traditional Labor Day weekend to the last weekend in September," said Arion on the phone. The show ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Heartland Antique Show, Fall Edition
Make-do Windsor armchair with a galvanized metal backrest, $450 from Sharon and Claude Baker of Hamilton, Ohio.
Child's sack-back Windsor highchair, 1790-1805, Connecticut/Rhode Island border, $2900 from Halsey Munson of Decatur, Illinois.
Millinery sign, $1150; seven-color Parcheesi game board with stenciled stags, $2500; framed oilcloth checkerboard in black and gold, $595; Chinese ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Mt. Crawford Marathon of Americana
Andrew Coffman is considered one of the pioneers of Shenandoah Valley stoneware. Although his name is less well known than other makers, examples of his work are prized by collectors. This 131/4" x 73/4" (rim diameter) ovoid salt-glazed storage jar dates from the second quarter of the 19th century. It ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Country Americana
This early redware pot, 71/2" x 3 5/8", with a strong globular shape, coggle lines at the shoulder, and outstanding yellow-green with manganese brushed striping and splatters and fitted lid, was made in Bristol County, Massachusetts. It sold to dealer and artist John Sideli of Wiscasset, Maine, for $11,328.
This nicely ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)John Shearer Desk Sells for $354,000
This desk was made in Frederick, Maryland, by the itinerant Martinsburg, Virginia, joiner John Shearer for Phillip Stuber or Stover in 1808. The 451/2" x 47" x 23" walnut case has oak shells and feet, poplar secondary wood, and inlay on the fall front with a swag and oval with ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Salon: Art + Design
Moderne Gallery, Philadelphia, had a very good show, said owner Robert Aibel, who featured furniture by George Nakashima and ceramics by Toshiko Takaezu. The "Greenrock" American black walnut side table by George Nakashima (left), 1983, 26" high x 49" wide x 35" deep, was $35,000. The salt-glazed stoneware Tea Stack ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American History
Mary Ann Moorman's Polaroid photograph of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, also with a Polaroid photo of a motorcycle officer, sold to a private collector after the auction for $45,000. "We wanted them to go to an institution, but no institution was interested," said Wes Cowan. "Part of the ... (Read More)
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