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(Show)Wilton Antiques Show Revived
Red Griffin Antiques, Georgetown, Connecticut, asked $13,500 for this ship portrait of Ida by Albert Szatmar Nemethy (1920-1998). A side-wheeler used by the Confederate Navy from 1862 to 1864, she was captured by the North and burned on December 10, 1864.
This circa 1940 sign for "Grinders / 2 Lbs. Average ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Two-Day Sale Brings in $781,776
A phone bidder picked up this Connecticut cherry oxbow chest of drawers with blocked ends, attributed to the Chapin school of cabinetmakers in Hartford County, for $27,600. It has a rectangular top with molded edge, a blocked oxbow front, four long graduated drawers, and ogee blocked feet. The brasses were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Champagne, Small Talk, and Illustration Art
Jennifer Jones had gone by Phyllis Isley when she appeared with John Wayne in 1939 in a Western at Republic Studio on Hollywood's poverty row and also in the serial Dick Tracy's G-Men. Later she was discovered by David O. Selznick and obtained the lead role of Saint Bernadette of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rago's 20th/21st-Century Design Auction
This untitled watercolor by Sadie Irvine (1887-1970), with original frame, was done in New Orleans during the 1920's. Done on a drawing tablet and signed "S.A.E. Irvine," the 19" x 13" painting sold for $10,000 (est. $2750/3250) to a collector on the phone, underbid on line and on another phone.
Sara ... (Read More)
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()Faberge Figure Found in Attic
A hardstone figure of a Cossack bodyguard, found in an attic in Rhinebeck, New York, has turned out to be a long-lost Faberge portrait figure commission by Czar Nicholas II in 1912. When Colin Stair sells it at his auction gallery in Hudson, New York, on October 26, he ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Stair Sells Faberge Figure for $5,980,000
When the executor of an estate handed to auctioneer Colin Stair of Hudson, New York, a hardstone figure of a bearded man, Stair instinctively knew that he might be holding his first million-dollar lot. The 7" tall figure was soon identified by markings on its feet as the work ... (Read More)
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(Show)The International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show 2013
This Imperial Russian porcelain and gilt bronze centerpiece jardiniere with an underglaze blue cipher mark for the reign of Emperor Nicholas I, 1825-55, was a highlight of European Decorative Arts Company's booth. The upper four jardinieres depict allegories of the arts and humanities, after paintings by 18th-century Dutch artist Jacob ... (Read More)
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(Show)Ellis Boston Antiques Show Celebrates Its Third Birthday
The booth of Bell-Time Clocks, Andover, Massachusetts, where on Sunday afternoon, Bob Frishman gave a booth chat, "The Long & Short of Grandfather Clocks."
The loan exhibit of New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
The best pieces of Americana at this show, by far, weren't for sale. They were part of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Middle Market Reasserts Its Presence
Charles Courtney Curran (1861-1942), Far Away Thoughts, 22" x 18", oil on canvas, $192,000 (est. $120,000/ 180,000).
Signed and dated 1951, Lavanderas by Filipino artist Fernando Cueto Amorsolo (1892-1972), a 30" x 24" oil on canvas, came from a private Florida collection and went to an international phone bidder at $60,000.
Laurence ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Painting Stolen in 1991, Recovered, and Sold at Shannon's
Woman in a Black Kimono by Alexander Levy.
"It was a burglary to order. It was from Doctor No," auctioneer Gene Shannon said, recalling the way thieves stole 14 paintings from him back in 1991. One of those paintings has now resurfaced. It's Woman in a Black Kimono by Alexander Levy ... (Read More)
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