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(Fragment)Busy Autumn at Hindman: Important Jewels and the Winds of Change
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Hindman Auctions
Ruth Thuston, G.G., senior specialist of jewelry and watches at Hindman, Chicago, Illinois, spoke with me after Hindman’s September 12 “Important Jewelry” sale, which featured a plethora of antique pieces from named and unnamed collections. “There was a Miami collection, and there was a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Storm Cancels Weston Antiques Show
When an unprecedented storm inundated the state of Vermont July 10, the village of Weston and many other communities suffered extreme damage. The Weston Playhouse, the main stage for the Weston Theater Company and home to the Weston Antiques Show, was badly hit. In spite of shutters, windows were breached, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Americana and More at Lebanon Show
Lebanon Antique Show, Lebanon, Ohio
The Lebanon Antique Show was held September 9 and 10 on the Warren County Fairgrounds in Lebanon, Ohio. Described as the state’s longest-running antiques show, the event is a fund-raiser for the Warren County Historical Society.
The show featured 35 booths. Promoter John Wanat lost five dealers, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Leland Little’s Signature Fall Sale
Leland Little Auctions, Hillsborough, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Leland Little Auctions
Before his 275-lot fall “Signature” auction September 9, Leland Little reflected on the future of the antiques auction business. “I’m looking forward, not back,” he said. “The best is yet to come as baby boomers begin to downsize.” Most of that ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, September 2023
An outrageously overloaded American penknife and an aged, indeed historic, tennis racquet are among the more unusual artefacts featured in this month’s “Letter,” along with a curious wooden fish—though more traditional fare also finds a place.
That racquet was offered in a sports memorabilia auction in June that also included a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Collier Gwin Agrees to Community Service Deal
The video of art dealer Collier Gwin of San Francisco, California, spraying a homeless woman with a garden hose on January 9 went viral on the Internet, and charges soon followed. Gwin, an art gallery owner and 42-year resident of San Francisco, was charged with misdemeanor battery.
On July 10 a ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)On the Oregon Trail
Beneath the Surface
In 2016, not long after Andrew hung out his shingle as an independent appraiser, a college friend reached out to see if he could help her father with his coin collection. Her dad was aging (as parents tend to do) and wanted to make a plan for his ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Was It Patrick Henry’s Pine Press?
In May 2023 the antiques community was introduced to an unassuming and previously unidentified piece of case furniture (see M.A.D., August, p. 164), a shallow, one-piece storage cabinet, popularly referred to as a “press.”
The 78” x 48½” x 14” press is constructed entirely of yellow pine and exhibits an overall ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Love and Desire
Some enchanted evening, when you find your true love, When you hear her call you across a crowded room, Then fly to her side and make her your own, Or all through your life you may dream all alone. Once you have found her, never let her go, Once you ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Kornhauser Joins The Olana Partnership
Dr. Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, currently the Alice Pratt Brown Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has retired from her position and joined The Olana Partnership as consulting senior curator and chair of The Church 200 Committee, effective August 1.
Dr. Kornhauser will lead planning efforts ... (Read More)
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