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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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(Fragment)William and Mary Winner
This walnut William and Mary period escritoire or fall-front desk is perhaps the only surviving American-made example of the form. It was the top-priced lot at Skinner's Americana auction in Marlborough, Massachusetts, on August 10. Dennis Carr, curator of American decorative arts and sculpture at the Museum of Fine ... (Read More)
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()The Adirondack Museum Show
Ronald Wells of Binghamton, New York, featured a circa 1760 fruitwood settee with a caned seat and back for $2800. The horse oil painting, Black Runner by Edward L. Ulrich, 1933, was $5200, and the etched bronzed cocktail table, signed "Mark D'Haehehens" and dated 1979, was $18,500.
Loose Moose Antiques in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Kiowa Cradleboard Brings $103,500
Early 20th-century Native American Kiowa cradleboard, $103,500.
Early 1900's Sioux traditional style saddle drape, sinew-stitched with lazy stitch beading, $4600.
An early 20th-century Native American Kiowa cradleboard with beaded accents and original boards sold for $103,500 (with buyer's premium) at the "Best of Santa Fe 2013" sale held August 9 ... (Read More)
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(Show)Smaller but Still the Biggest
Dennis Raleigh of Wiscasset, Maine, always brings some great upscale stuff to this show. This year, he had a 19th-century patriotic drum for $3400 decorated with an American flag with a non-official star field of about 45. "It was made in Cleveland," Raleigh confirmed via a "sunbeam" hole in the ... (Read More)
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