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(Fragment)The Manhattan Art & Antiques Center Has New Director
Amanda Broomer has assumed the position of director of the Manhattan Art and Antiques Center following Stephen Roedler's retirement at the end of December 2010. Roedler had managed the center since its inception in 1975.Originally from London, Broomer has been in the antiques business for 30 years. She moved to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Auctioneers Seek Dismissals in Bid Rigging Case
by Elizabeth DinanWe've been following the story of two auctioneers accused of rigging an auction for the sale of an antique nautical painting. They have asked a judge to dismiss criminal charges against them, citing different reasons.Auctioneer Stephen J. Bennett of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is represented by attorney Harry Starbranch, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Successful Americana/Collector's Kaleidoscope Sale
The third lot offered, this 6¼" high silver caster by one of Boston’s best silversmiths, Edward Winslow, reached the $43,000 mark before competitors quit and one phone bidder was the winner. It cost the anonymous individual $50,740.There were but three period highboys in the sale, two of the Queen Anne ... (Read More)
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(Auction)North Carolina's Orient Express
Birds in a Landscape, signed and dated lower left “A. Bisschop 1695,” went at $27,600 to Lawrence Steigrad, a dealer in old master paintings. It was the highest-dollar painting of this painting-heavy sale. Abraham Bisschop’s father, brother, and sister likewise were all painters in the Netherlands.Porcelain clouds drape the base ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Delaware Antiques Show
Don and Trish Herr of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, asked $3000 for the 1841 Maryland quilt in fine condition, $5000 for the painted blanket chest, and $800 for the flocked wallpaper box.William and Teresa Kurau of Lampeter, Pennsylvania, offered a selection of children’s china. The dendritic pattern service was priced at $1600 ... (Read More)
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(Show)The San Francisco Giant
Robert Young Antiques, London, England, offered this circa 1880 hand-carved and painted pine folk art tavern sign of the Duke of Wellington from the EnglishWest Country. It was $22,000. How was the show? “Not one of the best, but it’s not over yet.”La pierrière à Saint-Palais, marée montante, an oil ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Linda and Allen Rosen, Linda Rosen Antiques, Sheffield, Massachusetts
Linda and Allen Rosen. The Seth Thomas clock iscarved walnut in the form of a pocket watch with a marble face and metal numerals. It runs for 30 days. They believe it may have come from the Poughkeepsie, New York, railroad station. It’s $3500.The Rosens’ remodeled 18th-century barn. The addition ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Vermont Butter Churn Makes $11,550
Circa 1855 “J. & E. Norton/ BenningtonVT” six-gallon butter churn, 16" high, decorated in great Bennington blue slip with an elaborate compote of flowers in fine line detail, minor imperfections in the making, $11,550.Circa 1855 “J. & E. Norton/ Bennington VT” four-gallon crock, 11½" high, decorated in cobalt blue with ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Provenance Error Results in Lawsuits
Sheriff by N.C. Wyeth. Photo courtesy Gerald Peters Gallery.by Clayton PenningtonA mistake in provenance is a $1.5 million error. That's the contention of Steve Sell, a collector in Dallas, Texas, who filed suit in federal court in Texas against the Gerald Peters Gallery in December 2010.The lawsuit revolves around an ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)March York Antique Marketplace Canceled
The York Antique Marketplace show scheduled for March 5 and 6 at the York Fairgrounds in York, Pennsylvania, has been canceled, according to promoter Tex Johnson. The November 19 and 20 York Antique Marketplace is still scheduled at this time.For more information, call (610) 207-9505 or e-mail ... (Read More)
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