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(Feature)A Museum Rebound
by Daniel GrantIn 2008 and 2009, the museum world held its breath as institutions cut back on hours, staff, and programming, raised admissions, looked to sell objects from their collections in order to pay for operations, or just closed for good. In 2010, museums largely exhaled. The steps taken in ... (Read More)
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(Show)On the Fields of Liberty
“It’s the best example of an Old Hickoryfootstool I’ve found,” said Tom Ineson, a.k.a. Tom the Picker, of Mill Spring, North Carolina. The footstool was marked “Old Hickory Chair Co.” on one leg and had its original weaving with a double-woven underside. Ineson wanted $160 for it.Dad’s Follies had thousands ... (Read More)
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(Auction)In Tune: Americana Sale at Garth's
Slant-front desk in tiger maple with stepped and detailed interior, inlaid lid, probably Pennsylvania, late 18th or early 19th century, some repairs, appears to have been a four-drawer case converted to three drawers, $19,975.Queen Anne tavern table in maple with an oval top and slightly splayed base, old (if not ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Antiques I Have Known
by Jerry DavisIt looked so forlorn when I spied it on the table of a careless dealer who had not taken it in the night before. Left out for the dew to condense on its leather covering, it was a miniature trunk, made about 175 years ago of rough pine, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Antique Stocking Stuffers Show
The Greenwich Civic Center in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, will be stuffed with a thousand feet of treasures this year when the Antique Stocking Stuffers Show and Sale returns to that venue on Sunday, December 19.Don't expect to find furniture at this show. It's limited to antique, estate, and vintage costume ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)"Bully Good" Shotgun Brings $862,500
$862,500. Julia photo. by Mark SiscoJames D. Julia's firearms auction in Fairfield, Maine, on October 5 and 6 came just short of totaling $10 million gross. An American shotgun, an F grade A.H. Fox 12-bore, serial number 13292, presented by Ansley Fox to Theodore Roosevelt, sold for $862,500 (includes buyer's ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Martin Mystique: Americana at Christie's
Christie's, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy Christie's"Collecting is a youthful activity practiced by the old," wrote Alastair Bradley Martin in the introduction to the catalog that was published when part of his collection was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in 1982. Martin called ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: The Crosby Garrett Helmet, dug in pieces from a muddy Cumbrian field in May and sold by Christie's South Kensington for $3,629,470 in London in October.Dug Up in May, Sold for $3.63 Million in October…Six months ago, the remarkable Roman parade helmet seen at right was ... (Read More)
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(Show)Great Fall Weekend Sparks Strong Historic Deerfield/ADA Show
Jeffrey Tillou Antiques, Litchfield, Connecticut, asked $22,500 for the George III camelback sofa, 93" long, with carved blind fretwork legs and wonderful original needlework (with some restoration).You can pick out an Artemis Gallery boothfrom across a room. North Salem, New York, dealer Jesse Goldberg always presents a carefully arranged selection ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Copley and Keno in January
by Jeanne SchintoLeigh Keno is part of a new matched pair. He and Stephen B. O'Brien Jr. of Boston's Copley Fine Art Auctions are having back-to-back sales in New York City in mid-January 2011. A jointly issued press release stated their intent was to "to kick off Americana Week."The back ... (Read More)
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