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(Issue Story)Hanging with Jim and Jody Lowery
Childhood sweethearts Jim and Jody Lowery are still at it—the buying and selling of antiques—which they’ve pursued for over half a century.
Growing up three houses away from one another, Jim, an only child, would walk over to Jody’s to visit her and her seven sisters. “Jimmy was a brother to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Lebanon, Tennessee Antique Shows Go Out of Business
It came as a shock to everyone. In mid-December promoter Katherine Bovard announced she was canceling the Heart of Tennessee Antique Show and the Lebanon Antique Show—both scheduled the week of Valentine's Day in Lebanon, Tennessee. More surprising, Bovard said her shows will not return. They have been permanently shut ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana: Crafting a Nation
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Bonhams Skinner
“Americana—Crafting a Nation: Art, History and Legacy,” the 50-lot auction at Bonhams Skinner January 27 in the Marlborough, Massachusetts, gallery paid tribute to the 250th anniversary of America. The sale exceeded expectations, bringing $2.4 million (including buyers’ premiums), helped along by three paintings by ... (Read More)
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(Show)The American Collector Online Sale
Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie’s
Christie’s online-only sale, posted January 13 through January 27, began with folk art from the collection of Bruce and Doranna Wendel, who collected dozens of game boards, paintings, and carvings and continued with property of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller III from the collection ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Editorial, February 2026
“The parking lot is full.”
That was from an employee of Farrin’s Country Auctions in Randolph, Maine, on New Year’s Day, standing at the head of the lot. He was correct. There was no more space available. It was a snowy, cold, and wet day, and plenty of people had to ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, February 2026
Sydney Laurence (1865-1940), A Special Potlatch, 1924, oil on canvas. Promised gift to Cascadia Art Museum from the Garvey Family Collection.
—Through March 15 —Edmonds, Washington
Northwest Masterworks: The Garvey Family Collection, Part 2 at the Cascadia Art Museum features the Garvey family’s collection of 19th- and early 20th-century historical subjects of ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Virginia Antiques Expo’s Inaugural is an Unquestioned Success
Richmond, Virginia
The first edition of The Virginia Antiques Expo was held January 23 and 24 at the Old Dominion Building on the grounds of the Richmond Raceway Complex. The published schedule and site map listed 63 participating exhibitors. Originally scheduled as a three-day event, the final day was canceled due ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Art of the Americas and The American West
Sotheby’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s
As part of Americana Week, Sotheby’s held two art sales on Saturday, January 24. At noon, the Art of the Americas sale offered portraits, landscapes, and vistas depicted by American artists working abroad. At 2 p.m., examples of traditional and contemporary Western art, including landscapes ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Valuables Chest Brings $1.636 Million
Sotheby’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s
The buyer of Symon and Rebeckah Horne’s valuables chest that sold for $1,636,000 (includes buyer’s premium) at Sotheby’s on January 23, was collector Marjorie McGraw, who did her own bidding in the salesroom—but who was the seller?
According to the catalog, the chest was the property ... (Read More)
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(Auction)“We the People” Sale was a $35 Million Success
Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie’s
To celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday, Christie’s designed a new kind of Americana sale hoping to set off bidding fireworks in the salesroom on January 23. Instead of the usual big sale of furniture, silver, folk art, prints, and 18th- and 19th-century portraits, there was ... (Read More)
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