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()Wi-Fi and Finders
One of several flea market finding apps available for Android and Apple iOS smartphones.
Computer Column #299
John P. Reid, [email protected]
Cell phone Wi-Fi at antiques shows, auction finders, and finders for flea markets and yard sales are this month's topics.
Wider Wi-Fi
In the April issue we reported on the increasing use among antiques ... (Read More)
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()Just Another 'Ectomy
Auction Law & Ethics
A lot of folks complain about auctioneers. Auctioneers have complaints too.
Remember when you were a kid and another youngster came along and grabbed something that should have been yours. Maybe it was the next ride down the sliding board that a line-cutter snatched from you. Perhaps it ... (Read More)
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()The Morgan/Van Wickle Pottery: A Case of Mistaken Identity
This rare 1817 Bissett crock has been attributed to the Morgan-Van Wickle pottery for years. The blue flower on the reverse side of the crock and the coggle are identical to the decoration found on the Sim sherd in the Monmouth County Historical Association's collection. Photographs of the crock are ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Paintings by Calder among Top Lots of $2.1 Million Sale
Attributed to Jan van Goyen (1596-1656), The Cunera Tower, Rhenen sold for $96,000 (est. $3000/5000). The 17" x 27" oil on panel was the top lot of the sale.
Eastham by Alexander Calder (1898-1976), 31" x 23", gouache on paper, signed and dated "Sandy Calder Eastham 1949," $72,000 (est. $20,000/30,000). That's ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Thank you
Editorial
This issue of Maine Antique Digest marks the 40th anniversary of the publication. The first edition of M.A.D.-a scant 28 pages with a newsstand price of 50cents and a yearly subscription cost of $5-was published by founders Sam and Sally Pennington in November 1973.
We want to mark this anniversary by ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Elizabeth Lees and Meg Wendy Partner for New York Ceramics Fair
Elizabeth Lees announced that she has formed a partnership with Meg Wendy to produce the 2014 edition of the New York Ceramics Fair, January 22-26. It will mark the 15th anniversary of the fair, which focuses on ceramics and glass from the 17th through the 21st centuries. The show is ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Eric M. Wunsch Award for Excellence in the American Arts
The presentation of the second annual Eric M. Wunsch Award for Excellence in the American Arts will be held at Christie's in New York City on January 22, 2014.
This year's award recognizes the dedication and contribution of three major collectors and philanthropists to the preservation of American decorative arts. Linda ... (Read More)
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()Willard House and Clock Museum Hosts Exhibit of Rare Musical Tall Clocks
Christian Eby, ten-tune musical tall-case clock with highly inlaid cherry case, Manheim, Pennsylvania, circa 1804.
The Willard House and Clock Museum in North Grafton, Massachusetts, is hosting Keeping Time: Musical Clocks of Early America, 1730-1830, an exhibit of nearly three dozen early American musical and chiming clocks. These fully functioning ... (Read More)
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(Show)Museum and Collectors Help Spark ADA/Historic Deerfield Antiques Show
Elliott and Grace Snyder of South Egremont, Massachusetts, showed this Moore County, North Carolina, stand in poplar with a red paint finish and a Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts label in a drawer. It's 263/4" high and $9500. The 91/4" diameter round box, paint-decorated on a yellow ground, is ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2013 Ohio Country Antique Show
Made of painted wood, the double-sided "Ice Cream Social" sign was priced at $450. The bonnet chest in walnut had cherry drawer bottoms and was $795. The items were shown by Joseph Jarvis of Jarvis Antiques, Georgetown, Kentucky. "Smalls are doing good, but the big stuff didn't move today," he ... (Read More)
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