(Issue Story)
Steve Erenberg with his son Dan who handles much of the work for their Early Electrics lighting venture.
Work proceeds on Erenberg's gallery space. His son Dan designed the metal panels of the circular staircase.
The building at 115 North Water Street in Peekskill that is scheduled to house Erenberg's new gallery ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)
Auction Law and Ethics
There's an old saying that "it takes a thief to catch a thief." While that might be true, sometimes a U.S. magistrate judge can serve the purpose-at least in determining that there was a thief.
Clayton Pennington, editor of M.A.D., wrote an interesting article in the August issue ... (Read More)
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(The Art of Marketing)
The Art of Marketing
For the last two issues I've covered advertising. I've received many comments and questions about this topic, so I've decided to keep it going again this month and answer a question about blogging.
A few years ago I saw an ad in Maine Antique Digest in a special ... (Read More)
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(Auction)
John Lennon's complete 1970 Bag One portfolio of 15 lithographs and carrying bag, from an edition of 300, went to a London buyer at $47,580 (est. $12,000/18,000). Treadway/Toomey photo.
This 71/4" high Arequipa Potteries vase, signed and numbered 283, has a green matte finish with two-color squeeze bag decoration. It ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)
The Manhattan Art and Antiques Center at 1050 Second Avenue, New York City, has added Kaminski Auctions to its roster of nearly 100 high-end antiques dealers.
Kaminski Auctions, located on the first floor of the center in Gallery #28 on the street level, will be offering a free appraisal service every ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)
The Brynwood Golf and Country Club in Armonk, New York, will be the new home of the Armonk Antiques Show, according to Frank Gaglio of Barn Star Productions, who has assumed the management of the approximately 30-year-old show. According to Gaglio, the new venue will allow for a preview gala, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)
Boston-area auctioneer and auction house owner Tonya A. Cameron is joining the management team at MaxSold, a Canada-based firm that specializes in on-line estate and business liquidation auctions. In her capacity as regional manager for MaxSold in New England, Cameron will be visiting with clients at their homes or business ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
Editorial
Getting hoodwinked at an auction is no laughing matter, but we must admit that we chuckled at a story coming out of Australia.
According to a local television station, an auction buyer paid around $300 for a signed print by Modernist artist Margaret Preston (1875-1963) at a sale conducted by Arthouse ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)
Jenkins Management has canceled its fall 2013 Nashville, Tennessee, antiques show: Tailgate-Music Valley Antiques Show and the Vintage Marketplace. The February 13-15, 2014, show will still be held but at a different venue-the Nashville Expo Center at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds. For the past two years, the show has been ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)
John P. Walcher has joined the staff of John Toomey Gallery in Oak Park, Illinois, as head of silver and decorative arts. For the last four years, Walcher has worked in the furniture and decorative arts department at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Chicago, where he recently organized the successful 767-lot ... (Read More)
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