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(Fragment)Figure Out the Ending and Win a Free Lunch
Ann Smith of West Coast Antiques, Portland, Oregon, buys The Portland Payoff at a book signing at the July summer Expo Antiques Show.
Robin Williams, owner of Hampshire Antiques Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia, has published a second novel, The Portland Payoff,whichfeatures dealers from Regency Antiques in Vancouver.
According to Williams, "This story ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Setting the Table
Editorial
On July 18 Detroit, one of largest cities in the United States, declared bankruptcy. The filing was made on the advice of Kevyn Orr, the emergency manager of the city, who was appointed by Governor Rick Snyder.
Orr is faced with a monumental task-the Motor City is estimated to be in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Jason T. Busch Appointed Deputy Director of the Saint Louis Art Museum
Jason Busch in 2010.
Jason Busch will join the Saint Louis Art Museum in Saint Louis, Missouri, as deputy director in October. He will oversee the curatorial, exhibitions and collections, and education and public programs divisions. Busch, who turned 39 in July, is currently chief curator and the Alan G. and ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Annual Maritime and China Trade Auction
"It's going to a great home," said Bourgeault after knocking down the painted silk 16" x 14" mourning escutcheon (hatchment) that was part of the elaborate funeral of Thomas Hancock in August 1764. It had descended in the Hancock family, spending years folded up and in a closet before being ... (Read More)
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(Show)Twenty Years of Folk Fest
An unusual group of ten characters made from roots, limbs, sawdust, and glue date from the late 19th century. They were offered only as a group for $9900 by Don Schweikert of Hickory, North Carolina.
Mary Proctor was surrounded by her work in her booth that was set up like a ... (Read More)
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(Show)Scherenschnitte to Shipwrecks: The Annual Ellsworth Antiques Show
The impressive silkwork and oil painting, featuring a velvet hull and silk sails, by Thomas Willis in 1909 was in great condition and considered one of his best examples. It was priced at $12,500. The 1930's New England gilded fish weathervane was $6400, and the painted New England faux tiger ... (Read More)
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(MAD News)Manions International Auction House Faces Lawsuit over Consignor Funds
Erlene W. Krigel, acting as the trustee in the bankruptcy case of collector Harold Ross Henshaw (1938-2013), filed suit in federal court in Missouri on August 13 against Manions International Auction House in Kansas City, Kansas, and against its president and chief operating officer, Joseph Tucker (a.k.a. Jody Tucker). Manions, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Park, Backus, and Thieme Pace McInnis Sale
Small (41/2" x 51/4") oil painting by Korean artist Park Soo-Keun (1914-1965), $119,025.
Anthony Thieme oil on canvas, White Birches in an Autumn Landscape, $21,850. McInnis photo.
Albert Ernest "Bean" Backus (1906-1990), oil on canvas of a Florida landscape, $20,700.
The original paint of the matching flame graining on the drawer fronts was ... (Read More)
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()Rare New England Furniture Form Stars at Americana Sale
This 231/2" high chip-carved spoon rack with crusty black paint carried an estimate of $800/1200, but there was a lot of interest in the early accessories, and $9000 is what it took to buy it. Stephen Corrigan of Stephen-Douglas, Rockingham, Vermont, took it home.
Although it was clearly a good day ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Antique Indian Art Show
Marcy Burns American Indian Arts, New York City, was asking $19,000 for this circa 1895 Hopi jar attributed to Nampeyo, from the Dwight and Lorraine Lanmon collection. Burns called the show "wonderful," adding that the show was "well attended by collectors in a buying mood."
These circa 1890 Arapahoe moccasins cost ... (Read More)
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