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(Auction)American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture
Childe Hassam (1859-1935), Quai St. Michel, 1888, oil on canvas, 213/4" 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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(Auction)Asian Art Sells Well in Chicago
One of two rhinoceros horn cups that each sold for $394,000, this 61/2" wide cup consigned by a Wisconsin collector is elaborately carved and dates from the 17th century.From a Chicago collection, this 43/4" high cup is one of two rhinoceros horn cups that sold for $394,000 each. This 17th-/18th-century ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Something for Everyone Toy Auction
A Carette gauge I #2350 locomotive and tender, one of the most realistic and complex American steam profile locomotives, offered with the correct eight-wheel tender with matching numbers and powered by a robust clockwork mechanism with forward and reverse gearing, 23" long, sold for $28,750 (est. $12,000/15,000) after a three-way ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: A Coming Contemporary Boom
EditorialIf the Artist's Resale Right (ARR), currently in effect in the U.K., extends to the work of artists 70 years after their death, the contemporary art market in the United States stands to win big. The ARR currently pays living artists a royalty each time their work is resold on ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Changing of the Guard at the Christie Classic Antique Show
Precious Antiques, Freelton, Ontario, asked $495 for this circa 1850 Canadian doll buggy with blue leather seat, sun shade with fringe, and hand-forged wheels.Brad Jacobs of Aberfoyle, Ontario, has seen a declining interest in American art pottery recently. Nevertheless, he offered a circa 1927 Rookwood vase for $225; a circa ... (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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(Feature)In the Trade: Frank and Rose Marie Francis, Hillsdale Barn Antiques, Hillsdale, New York
Rose Marie and Frank Francis.The barn.One of their typical arrangements of art from the 19th and 20th centuries.The Francises display stoneware ranging from $295 for the clam rake crock (front row, third from right) to $800 for the bird crock (top row, right end). The tiered green plant stand under ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Summer Auction Market for Antique Jewelry
Asked about the age of this 19" long carved coral bead necklace from China, Victoria Bratberg at Skinner said, "Unless we're positive, we never give a date. And with these, it's too hard to tell. But those were nice, big beads." Composed of four large beads with scroll and Chinese ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Look Carefully
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve ProffittIt was in the heart of last winter that my colleague Dave Hewett e-mailed me to follow up a column he had written about consignor losses that had occurred at an auction house in New Hampshire. Hewett encouraged me to join his effort to warn ... (Read More)
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