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(Feature)Spring Jewelry Auctions
The top lot at Christie's sale was this cut-cornered, rectangular-cut diamond ring, approximately 37.16 carats, the diamond flanked on either side by three graduated baguette-cut diamonds and mounted in platinum. The accompanying GIA report states that the diamond is D color with internally flawless clarity. It sold to a private ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Thinning of the Herd
The catalog's cover lot, Highlights, a 381/4" x 461/4" circa 1928 still life by Joseph Kleitsch (1882-1931), sold for $506,000 (est. $400,000/600,000), the auction's highest price. The catalog described it, in part: "Rarely has a painting of this quality come on the market, which can be considered at the top ... (Read More)
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(Auction)No Tool Like an Old Tool, Unless It's a New Tool
Boxwood and Brazilian rosewood plow plane by E.W. Carpenter of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in mint condition, with patented arms and handle, $5830.This veneer saw had a finely carved cherubic face surrounded by floral arabesques and a few wormholes. It was probably of 18th-century French origin and sold for $632.50.A Macassar ebony ... (Read More)
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(Show)Indy Ad Show
The papier-mache roly-poly rabbit was $495, and the standing rabbit with cone and basket was $125 from Linda and Jim Maley of Atomic Age, Fullerton, California.The RPM Motor Oil sign with "A Knockout for Winter" features a Donald Duck illustration by Walt Disney. The sign has a 1940 copyright and ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: This month's column kicks off with A for antiquities, a diverse and eternally fascinating market that I always look forward to covering-and one that would seem to be in a very healthy state at present, if results from two recent London sales are a reliable indicator. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hudson River School and Hot Pop Art for Best Ever at Shannon's
Travelers in a Tropical Landscape by Louis Remy Mignot (1831-1870), signed and dated "M/61," sold to an unnamed American museum for $516,000 (est. $300,000/500,000). The price for the 22" x 36" oil on canvas is a new record for the artist. The previous record for a Mignot was $312,000, set ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Understanding the Prior-Hamblen School of Artists a Little Bit Better
Figure 1. Portrait of a man attributed to J. Bailey Moore by Nina Fletcher Little, oil on panel, 16 3/8" x 11". Moore used "J" not Jacob to distinguish himself from another Jacob Bailey Moore of Candia, New Hampshire. Owner unknown. Photo courtesy Sotheby's.Figure 2. The 281/2" x 20" pastel ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bonhams Raises Buyer's Premium
Bonhams announced on May 27 that it will change its buyer's premium rates effective September 1. The new rates in the United States will match Christie's and Sotheby's: 25% up to and including $50,000, 20% from $50,001 to $1,000,000, and 12% above $1,000,000. Robert Brooks, chairman of Bonhams, said, "We ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Trio Launches New Show
From left, Diana Bittel, Ralph DiSaia, and Karen DiSaia.Karen and Ralph DiSaia and Diana Bittel have formed a new management partnership and will promote a new show. The Fairfield County Show, Antiques and Art will open on Friday evening, December 2 with a gala preview party that will benefit the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rosenbaum Joins FADA Board
Howard Rosenbaum has been appointed the
newest board member for the Fine Art Dealers Association (FADA). Rosenbaum, cofounder
of Rosenbaum Contemporary and Rosenbaum Fine Art in Boca Raton, Florida, has been
an active member of FADA since 2009. He will work alongside fellow board members
and FADA board president Betina ... (Read More)
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