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(Fragment)Major Figure in Historic Document Field Charged with $6 Million Theft
by David HewettOn July 9, two men were arrested as they left the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore and charged with theft of historic documents. An employee of the society said he saw one of the men, 24-year-old Jason Savedoff, allegedly slip a document into a portfolio he was carrying ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Daniel Garber's "Tanis" Returns
Tanis, painted in the summer of 1915, depicts the artist's daughter standing in the doorway of his Cuttalossa studio.Philanthropists Marguerite and H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest have made a gift to the Philadelphia Museum of Art that will directly benefit the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. According to the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Clar's Auction Exceeds Expectations
This pair of 6' high wooden panels sold for $280,950 to a collector reportedly phoning from Shanghai. The eight late Qing Dynasty porcelain painted plaques depict landscape scenes and are signed and inscribed. The lot came from an Oakland, California, Asian art collection.A collector paid $7110 for this set of ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Taxes 101: Using Your Home for Business
by Caroline EvansMany people who run small businesses operate out of their home. They may use a spare room, the basement, the garage, or maybe that little shed in the backyard. This is a business expense that can be a great deduction at tax time. It is an expense the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Clock Stops at $4830
Shown below are three of five oils on canvas by Joseph Arentz (German/ American, 1903-1969) that were offered at the Keating auction:An enormous scene of waves crashing against a rocky bluff, $1495Portland Head Light behind crashing surf, $920A quiet sunset over a beach, $747.50.J.J. Keating Auctioneers, Kennebunk, Maineby Mark SiscoJames ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: The Things They Carried
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondRegardless of the anxiety you may have about what people think of how you look in your bathing suit, about your flip-up sunglasses, or your bare feet, when you're sitting on the beach soaking up the sun, the one thing you don't have to worry ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Ken Woodbury, Nipper's Choice, Keene, New Hampshire
Ken Woodbury.Woodbury's shop, formerly the family gas station. "My father built it to keep my mother busy when she wasn't raising three boys and one girl." Woodbury started pumping gas in the 1950's when he was six or seven years old. Regular gas was 14.9cents a gallon; ethyl, 16.9cents. "The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chinese Material Bolsters Auction
Anna Pottery pig flask, Union County, Illinois, circa 1880, having an incised map of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, as well as St. Louis, Cincinnati, Chicago, and smaller towns, $14,100.Carved ivory figural group consisting of eight separate pieces, some polychrome decoration, Chinese, on a wooden stand, signed under the central ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Early 20th-Century and Modern Auction
A rare pair of Gustav Stickley hammered copper 20" tall candlesticks with "Als ik kan" stamps (est. $3500/5500) sold for $65,100. They are the only pair with original finish and in original condition. "Another pair survives, but they had been electrified," said Beth Cathers, who bought them in the salesroom ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Former Director of Salander-O'Reilly Sentenced
by Daniel GrantThe former director of Manhattan's now-defunct Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Leigh Morse, 55, was sentenced on July 19 to weekend jail time and ordered to pay $1.65 million in restitution for her role in the $120 million scam in which numerous clients of the gallery were defrauded.Morse, who left the ... (Read More)
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