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(Feature)Antique Jewelry and Gemology: Flurry of Sales, Including Cowan's Inaugural Jewelry Auction
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(Show)A Successful New Look for Richmond Show
Piccolo Art, Wilmington, North Carolina, and Wiltshire, England, offered this oil on board by Harold Newton (1934-1994), Light Breeze along the Shore, of a windswept beach with clouds building in the distance, signed but not dated. Newton was one of the central figures among the loose-knit group of painters known ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Estate of the Reverend Peter J. Gomes, Unrepentant Collector
The Reverend Professor Peter J. Gomes. A complete profile of the man, "God and Harvard" by Robert S. Boynton, appeared in The New Yorker on November 11, 1996. It coincided with publication of Gomes's best-seller The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart (1996). In that profile it's ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sister of Artist Theodoros Stamos Files Suit
by Daniel GrantThe modern-day Laocoon might say: Beware Greeks bearing friendship.Zacharias Georgiou Portalakis, a Greek stockbroker and art collector, was a patron and perhaps friend of painter Theodoros Stamos (1922-1997). After the artist's death Portalakis developed a strong friendship with the artist's sister and estate executor, Georgianna Savas, who lives ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Seven More to Know
by Steve Proffitt>A young friend ready to fly the nest with a new bachelor's degree sent me a joke about a college graduate's first job interview. Near the end of the meeting, the hiring manager asked, "What starting salary are you thinking about?"The young man confidently replied, "Something around $125,000 ... (Read More)
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(Show)20th- and 21st-Century Art and Design in Boston
The booth of Center Street Studio, Milton Village, Massachusetts, on gala night. Nine Black Poppies by Richard Ryan (b. 1950) is partially seen at right, blocked by the couple standing near the daffodils on the table. A woodcut printed on natural Kozo paper, it measures 54" x 40" (image), 60" ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Folk Art Marine Straight Edge Rules Moore Auction
The unique sailor-made straight edge in whalebone with relief-carved decorations and an inscription dated 1833 and ascribing it to a sealer in a cave on Cape Pillar in Tierra del Fuego sold for $8050.There was a lot of speculation on this unsigned marine painting. Might it be a Clement Drew ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Fisk University and Crystal Bridges Museum to Share Stieglitz Collection
by Daniel GrantEnding a six-year-old saga, the Tennessee Supreme Court refused an appeal from the state attorney general to overturn an appellate court ruling that would permit Nashville-based Fisk University to sell to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, a 50% stake in a 101-piece art ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, [email protected] very rare Chelsea white porcelain head of a child that I previewed and illustrated in the April issue failed to sell on the day, but as promised, this month's "Letter" does contains some fine Meissen and Capodimonte pieces from the Barilla collection.It also includes relics and ... (Read More)
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(Show)Southern Sells
Part of a stack of early blanket chests offered by Michael Rainey Antiques, Beaufort, South Carolina. At the top is an English miniature secretary, circa 1880, marked $1750. Next down is an Athens, Georgia, 1800's pine chest priced at $1200 that sold. This chest was lined with early Athens, Georgia, ... (Read More)
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