Search Stories
Now showing 7480-7490 of 10023 result(s)
(Auction)Inaugural Sale in Newly Expanded Facility for Morphy Auctions
A framed 1919 Coca-Cola calendar in overall near-mint condition fetched $27,140 (est. $6000/12,000). A full box of clear Havana "Rose-O-Cuba" cigars, circa 1950, with a U.S.A. tax stamp, sold for $826 (est. $200/400).Hundreds of cigar boxes sold from the Gotham collection. These six cigar boxes, cataloged as in very good condition, ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)Sheraton Chest Will Be Raffled at WRA Show
On September 5, dealers will offer high-quality antiques, furniture, rugs, art, and toys to shoppers and collectors on the campus of Western Reserve Academy (WRA). The festival takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine, in the center of Western Reserve Academy's historic campus at 115 College ... (Read More)
|
(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, So much to choose from as the summer sales finally draw to a close; in fact, my files floweth over. However, with a few quiet months to come, I shall be glad to draw on these riches to fill the next few "Letters from London." I have ... (Read More)
|
(Show)Show Review: Burton Antiques Market
View from grandstand looking to the right.Phil and Karol Atkinson of Mercer, Pennsylvania, and Bradenton, Florida, had a dealer display where I confess I spent at least 45 minutes trying to see everything. Phil told me that he and his wife sold most of their collection when they set up ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Bronze Wins the Gold at Saco River
A 40" tall bronze by Eugene Marioton sold for $4510. The figure is known as the Muse des bois (Muse of the Woodwind) or the Joueuse de flute (Flute Player). An oil on board of four maidens playing musical instruments, the maidens each draped in diaphanous scarves and veils, was perhaps ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)New Faces at Winter Show Mean More Americana
by Lita Solis-CohenSummer is the time to plan for the coming season, which begins in late September and reaches a crescendo in January with Americana Week in New York City. The Winter Antiques Show has some changes in the roster of illustrious dealers showing at the Park Avenue Armory January ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)The Carnegie Museum of Art Acquires Decanters Made for Monroe's White House
The decanters on Rebollo's stand at the Winter Antiques Show in January. Solis-Cohen photo. by Lita Solis-CohenTwo cut and engraved glass water decanters, the only survivors from the large service President James Monroe ordered for the White House from the Pittsburgh glass firm Bakewell, Page & Bakewell, went on view ... (Read More)
|
(Book Review)A Book Review: The Golden Age of English Glass
by Lita Solis-CohenThe Golden Age of English Glass 1650-1775by Dwight P. Lanmon, FSAAntique Collectors' Club, 2011, 373 pages, hardbound, $95 plus S/H from Antique Collectors' Club, (www.antiquecollectorsclub.com) or (212) 645-1111.The Golden Age of English Glass 1650-1775 is one of those special books that transport the reader into a collector's lair ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)Little-Known Sales Tax Law Picks Vermont Auctioneer's Pocket
by David HewettAmerica's state governments have an income problem. Tax revenues have plunged, and states from California to Maine find themselves sinking daily into a seemingly bottomless pit filled with red ink. In response, legislators and state fiscal agencies are engaged in finding new sources of income, or fine-tuning laws ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Painted Tall Clock Brings $57,200 at Vermont On-Site Sale
The Kilbourn family Vermont-painted tall clock, 84" high, is rare, and heaven only knows when another will emerge. There was a raft of numbers mentioned before the sale, but all that eventual purchaser Joe Martin would offer was, “It’ll go high.” He was right. The clock sold for $57,200.by David ... (Read More)
|
1 (800) 752-8521 • PO Box 1429 • Waldoboro, ME 04572
