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(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)
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(Auction)Toy Crowd Bids Kaufman Collection a Fond Adieu
Don Kaufman's wife, Sally (center), is shown holding Don's first toy, the Arcade Red Baby, presented to her as a special memento at sale's end. With Sally are (from left) Rich Bertoia, Jeanne Bertoia, and Jeanne and Bill's daughter and son, Lauren and Michael.Arcade White "Lammerts" (St. Louis) furniture van, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Theodore Church Collection Sells
Charles Louis Heyde (1822-1892) arrived in Vermont in 1852 and spent the next 40 years painting views throughout the state but concentrating on the Burlington area, where he made his home. This 14" x 27" oil on canvas is Burlington Bay, looking toward the Adirondack Mountains. He painted it numerous ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Final Copley Library Sale (Almost) Completes the Dismantling
A group of letters written by early suffragettes, including Susan B. Anthony, Julia Ward Howe, Alice Stone Blackwell, and Lucy Stone, sold for a deservedly strong $32,500 (est. $3500/5000).A letter handwritten by Ronald Reagan to Patti Reagan sold for $23,125 (est. $5000/7000). A relatively short note, it is nonetheless compelling, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)San Francisco Bay Auction Has Global Reach
An absentee bidder from England paid $12,870 (est. $10,000/15,000) for an oil on paper mounted to canvas by James Collinson (British, 1825-1881), The Image Maker. Fine arts specialist Gregory Ghent called this lot "very exciting for us in terms of research and discovery." The painting appeared at a Michaan's free ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Indian and Western Art
Bronco Buster by Frederic Remington (1861-1909), 23" high x 211/2" wide, Roman Bronze Works, 1906, missing the quirt's two falls, $205,625.Western Great Lakes figural ball club, both sides painted in polychrome and decorated with a turtle, sun, star, American eagle, teepees, and geometrics, handle terminates with a wolf head, scalloped ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Show for New York City
Allison Kohler of JMK Shows is launching a new antiques show in New York City, December 9-11, at the Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street. The Antiques & Fine Arts Show will have space for 70 exhibitors. There will be live, on-site performances by several talented musicians, an exhibit featuring ... (Read More)
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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)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 Faberge egg-shaped ... (Read More)
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