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(Fragment)Changes Announced by Battersea Foundation
The Battersea Foundation has announced that following three successful antiques shows at the historic Petersburg, Virginia, property, there will be no show in 2023. Restoration of the villa is nearing completion, and the logistics involved in staging an antiques show are prohibitively difficult. Instead, the foundation has announced that it ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Thomas Commeraw Stoneware Sets Record
Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland
Photos courtesy Crocker Farm
“Pottery over the last few years has been having its moment in the world of American decorative arts, and it’s gratifying to see,” remarked Mark Zipp of Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland, when talking about the new world auction record for Thomas Commeraw’s stoneware. A ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The China Problem
Beneath the Surface
Defense and security are often top of mind these days. It is easy to feel as if there are threats everywhere, and you can never tell where or how you might be attacked. We want our friends to be safe. Do not meet someone strange in a dark ... (Read More)
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(Auction)California Art Exceeds Estimates
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
“The sale was good,” said Scot Levitt, director of fine arts at Bonhams, Los Angeles and San Francisco, about the August 2 auction of California art in Los Angeles. “There weren’t any six-figure, major works that draw people, but right now there are not a ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Diamond Anniversary Show
Downeast Art & Antiques Show, Blue Hill, Maine
On page 7 of the August 8, 1948, Portland Press Herald, right next to a wedding announcement—“Miss Lily Pottle Weds Mapleton Man”—was a short article announcing the first antiques show in Ellsworth, Maine. It promised that 18 dealers would be participating in the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Antiques and Estate Items in Amesbury
John McInnis Auctioneers, Amesbury, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy John McInnis Auctioneers
It was a very busy spring and summer for John McInnis Auctioneers in Amesbury, Massachusetts, with a fine art auction July 13, an online estate sale July 16, and a garden and lawn furnishings sale July 27. The auction covered here, McInnis’s ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Dennis Raleigh and Phyllis Sommer
As the first guy in the parking lot to show up when Phyllis Sommer reopened her shop every spring, Dennis Raleigh was the definition of “the early bird catches the worm,” or in this scenario, the woman.
“I was a regular customer,” he said. For close to 20 years.
However, one hot ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Nine Indicted in 20-Year Theft Spree
There are two ways to put a price on an object. The first is to take into account the object’s history, provenance, rarity, and creator. For example, nine World Series rings, seven other championship rings, and two MVP plaques belonging to the legendary Yankees catcher Yogi Berra would be valued ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Right from the Dunlap House
Photos courtesy New Hampshire Auctions and Appraisals, LLC
In May, Mike Reopel, collector, Army veteran, auctioneer, and CEO of New Hampshire Auctions and Appraisals, along with auctioneer Ken Labnon and dealer and conservator Gary Yeaton spun off their auctions and appraisals business from Withington Auctions in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, where they ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Summer Sale at Eldred’s
Eldred’s, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photographs courtesy Eldred’s
Paintings and other art forms accounted for nearly half the lots at the July 27 and 28 summer sale at Eldred’s at its Cape Cod gallery in East Dennis, Massachusetts. Most lots drew exponentially higher prices compared to their estimates. It was an exceptionally busy ... (Read More)
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