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(Auction)Prancing Steed Leads the Parade at Poulin
Poulin Antiques & Auctions, Fairfield, Maine
Poulin Antiques & Auctions, Inc., Fairfield, Maine, has secured a reputation as one of the nation’s top firearms and militaria auction companies. With company president Nick Poulin at the helm and with his uncle James D. Julia back in semi-harness as auctioneer, advisor, and consultant, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Maine Focus in a Maine Auction
Bruce Gamage, Jr., Antiques, Rockland, Maine
Photos courtesy Bruce Gamage, Jr., Antiques
Bruce Gamage’s auctions in Rockland, Maine, are often seasoned with items relating to Maine’s prominent artists. So it was with his August 26 auction, liberally spiced with lots pertaining to Andrew Wyeth, Marsden Hartley, and Robert Indiana.
This letter from Andrew ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Oh, Yes, the Rembrandt...and Was There Anything Else at the Auction?
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
This was one of those kinds of auctions that could be neatly divided neatly into two halves: first, the Rembrandt painting, and second, everything else. On the second day of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ summer sale held August 23-25 in Thomaston, Maine, lot number 2363 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Thomaston Place Brings in $1.41 Million for Rembrandt
Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
On August 24, the second day of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ three-day summer sale in Thomaston, Maine, lot number 2363 was an unsigned painting listed as Portrait of a Girl after Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). The 20½" x 16½" (sight size) oil on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)More Historical Political Americana from the J. Doyle DeWitt Collection
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Items from the earliest periods in American presidential history through the 20th century were auctioned off at Heritage Auctions’ most recent Americana and political “Showcase” auction. The Dallas-based auction house sold 491 lots of the 502 offered at the August 24 auction, which included ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, September 2024
Maker unknown, China, deep flaring bowl on wooden stand, 19th century, blown and carved purple glass and carved wood. Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York. Gift of Mr. Howard C. Hollis. 64.62.
—Through October 27 —Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Fragile Beauty: Treasures from the Corning Museum of Glass at The Clark Art Institute ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Traveling in the Talbot Time Machine
Charles M. Talbot Associates, Turner, Maine
Hey, anybody want to take a trip back to the 19th century? Or at least back to the mid-20th century? Just step into the Talbot time machine. That’s what it feels like to attend a Charles M. Talbot Associates auction in Turner, Maine, such as ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Downeast Art & Antiques Show
Blue Hill, Maine
The Downeast Art & Antiques Show has returned to its roots. It was held August 15-17, which included the Thursday preview cocktail party, at George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill, Maine, where the show first took place in 1948. Acknowledging a one-year COVID-19 interruption, the show still lays ... (Read More)
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(Show)In the Shadow of Jonathan Fisher and E. B. White
Jonathan Fisher House Antiques Show, Blue Hill, Maine
The Jonathan Fisher House Antiques Show in Blue Hill, Maine, held this year at the Blue Hill Fairgrounds on August 17, is a pleasant “down home” counterpart to the more elegant and upscale show going on at the same time a couple of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Adams Photograph Tops Maine Auction
Barridoff Auctions, South Portland, Maine
Photos courtesy Barridoff Auctions
For its summer sale Barridoff Auctions pitches a large white tent on the lawn right outside of its South Portland, Maine, facility. The outside venue makes the sale seem festive, even though the crowd would have easily fit into Barridoff’s building. On August ... (Read More)
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