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(Auction)The Sale of Elizabeth Furnace and the Stiegel-Coleman House and Furnishings
This oil on canvas portrait of Anna and Harriet Coleman by Thomas Sully, painted between November 2 and December 18, 1846, with the monogram "TS," 451/2" x 351/2", sold for $145,000 (est. $40,000/50,000) to one of Bill Coleman's daughters, underbid by a private collector.
This blown glass pattern-molded cobalt pitcher, said ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and Web site ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Lauritzen Gardens Show Advisory Committee
The Lauritzen Gardens Antique & Garden Show has announced the inception of a national advisory committee comprising renowned design experts. Advisory committee members will help provide insight into current trends, recommendations for keynote speakers, direction on featured antiques dealers and ideas, and inspiration for the show. Members include Jeffrey Bilhuber, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Christie's
This circa 1750 Queen Anne walnut compass- seat side chair has carving by a contemp- orary of Samuel Harding, who carved architect- ural ele- ments at the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall). It sold for $579,750 (est. $200,000/300,000) to a phone bidder, underbid on the phone by New York City ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Bonhams
This maple desk-on-frame, probably Massachusetts, 1680-1710, 40" high x 26 1/8" wide including molding, has an Israel Sack provenance and is illustrated in Albert Sack's Fine Points of Furniture: Early American (1961) as an example of "best" form. It sold on the phone for $37,500 (est. $10,000/15,000).
This pair of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bankruptcy of Lender for Pledged Art and Antiques Leads to Arrests
A grand jury in the San Jose Division of U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, indicted Anthony Barreiro and Ernest Ray Parker, alias Ray Parker Gaylord and Ray Gaylord, on September 25, 2013, for a total of 12 counts of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, and the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Christie's Posts $5.8 Million Fall Sale
Queen Anne walnut compass-seat side chair, circa 1750, with carving by a contemporary of Samuel Harding, who carved architectural elements in the interior of the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall), sold for $579,750 to a phone bidder, underbid by dealer Leigh Keno on the phone. It was from the estate ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Goodyear Collection at Auction
William Hart & Son created a series of five episodes of boxing squirrels in the 1850's. The squirrels are stuffed. Each box is 143/4" x 19" x 7". A set was displayed at the Crystal Palace exhibition in 1851. Interestingly, the squirrels wear gloves, which became mandatory only after 1867 ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Variety Prevails at Quinn & Farmer Sale
The high lot of the Quinn & Farmer sale was this pair of Nakashima Conoid chairs. Oral history has it is that these chairs were ordered directly from the Nakashima studio in New Hope, Pennsylvania. George Nakashima (Japanese/American, 1905-1990) is frequently referred to as the father of the American craft ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Indian & Western Art
Crow Encampment by Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953), oil on canvas, signed, 22" x 261/2" plus original southwestern frame, relined, otherwise in fine condition, $309,000.
Red River Metis quilled-hide knife sheath, 131/2" long, with an unmarked Sheffield-made dag knife, circa 1830, $54,000. Sinew-sewn on softly tanned buckskin and quilled using porcupine quills ... (Read More)
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