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(Show)The 26th White House Antiques Show
Wicker was featured in several dealer spaces. Judy and Lisa Taylor of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, offered this appealing grouping. The rocker was priced at $325, the Bar Harbor table was $265, and the chair where Lisa sits was priced at $395. The carved wooden stand at front was $235.A ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Slotin Folk Art Spring Masterpiece Auction
Works by Thornton Dial included A Man and His Gator, a life-size creation of painted plywood and found stump that sold for $1207.50. Steiner photo.This sale had a rich variety of works by Lorenzo Scott. Four of the nine were his signature religious subjects. Jesus on the Cross, a large ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Early American Sword Leads the Charge at Gould's Auction
This early American silver-mounted sword by Cornelius Wynkoop sold for $25,300. According to Gould, Wynkoop is one of a handful of the earliest documented American silversmiths.Nineteenth-century double-sided trade sign for the J.L. Nash Inn, Addison, Maine, $8625.This long, straight, simple stretcher-base harvest or tavern table had a single long drawer, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Still a Buyer's Market, But There's Hope!
Cast-iron rooster weathervane by Gilmanton Iron Works of Rochester, New Hampshire, circa 1875, $5635.Hepplewhite folding card table, with inlay on the tapered legs, corners, and top edges, $5980.This tall clock was at first thought to be English but was later demonstrated to be from New Jersey. It had conventional proportions, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Diamonds and Derek Gardner Pace Thomaston Auction
This oil on canvas by marine artist Derek Gardner (1914-2007), The Action Between the "Macedonian" and the "United States" in Mid-Atlantic, 12th Oct., 1812, sold for $60,375.Marked "Cartier, Paris," this platinum and diamond bracelet, 1910-20, with 262 diamonds totaling about 60 carats, sold for $97,750. Thomaston Place photo.The Fabergé egg-shaped ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"Fresh" Never Gets Stale
The Fishermen by Frank Weston Benson (1862-1951) sold for $16,590 (est. $3000/5000). The 7 7/8" x 6" (plate size) etching on Shogun paper with watermark is dated 1915 and numbered 1/50. Only 18 of the intended 50 were printed.Der Briefträger by Carl Spitzweg (German, 1808-1885) sold for $248,000 (est. $70,000/ ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Important Discovery of East Tennessee Pottery Surfaces
The best piece in the Mort family trove was this rounded "J. Mort" jug enhanced with incised wavy lines and a reddish salt glaze. This is the only stamped example from the Mort pottery of Jefferson County-the rectangular mark appears in several places. The jug sold for $23,000 (est. $2000/3000).Although ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Walter Biggs and the Chandlee Boys Lead Farmer Sale
These United Confederate Veterans ribbons and badges signify various events associated with Virginia veterans. They range from an event in Gettysburg in 1913 to one in Farmville, Virginia, in 1926. They are constructed from silk ribbons with celluloid buttons and badges. All are soiled and show their age. The largest ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ohio Valley Auction
Henderson family cherry one-piece library bookcase, possibly by Richard Rood of Marietta, Ohio, circa 1830, 98½" high x 56¾" wide, old refinish, age cracks, stains, $16,450.Curly maple two-piece corner cupboard attributed to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, mid-19th century, 87½" high x 57" wide, older finish, $10,281.Theorem fan, schoolgirl work with a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture
Childe Hassam (1859-1935), Quai St. Michel, 1888, oil on canvas, 21¾" x 28", signed lower left. It sold to dealer Joe Caldwell of Manlius, New York, in the salesroom for $2,098,500 (est. $2.5/3.5 million). Caldwell said he thought he got a good buy for his client. On May 21, 1998, ... (Read More)
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