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(Show)Avenue Shows' Antiques & Art at the Armory
Marilyn Garrow of Marilyn Garrow Fine Textile Art, London, has a following in the U.S. She brought an English needlepoint rug from the mid-19th-century Victorian period for $12,000. The later 19th-century British Arts and Crafts fabric of woven red wool for the background was $8000 for four panels. Cushions ranged ... (Read More)
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(Show)Texas Show Roundup
by Tom O'HaraThe grain-painted table was offered by Barbara Irwin of Austin, Texas, for $1800. Original Round Top.Stevens Antiques, Frazer, Pennsylvania, and Decorative Art and Fine Antiques, Oakland Park, Florida, shared a booth. Original Round Top.Tammie and Brian Wilson Antiques, Atlanta, Georgia, offered large pieces of furniture. Original Round Top.Round ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: Stuck in the Middle
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondOver the past few years, we've tried to use this space for good-to discuss the ways the marketplace is changing, to "adjust" some perceptions about young collectors, to offer a different perspective on the antiques business. We've attempted to be fair and balanced, to acknowledge ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Spring Jewelry Auctions
The top lot of the Skinner fine jewelry auction was this platinum and diamond solitaire mounted by Cartier. Flanked by tapered baguette-cut diamonds and signed "Cartier MTG," it was accompanied by a GIA report stating that the 7.16-carat diamond is D color, VVS1 clarity with no fluorescence. It sold for ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Michael D. Somple Named to Position at MWPAI
Michael D. Somple, 35, originally of Zanesville, Ohio, has accepted the position of registrar and exhibition manager at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica, New York. Previously he held the position of museum registrar at the Picker Art Gallery at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York.Somple has held positions at ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Inaugural Sale at New Headquarters
Jack and Rosie DeStories, owners of Fairfield Auction Company, just prior to their first auction in their new home in Monroe, Connecticut. Sideli photo.This striking China trade portrait of Samuel Blanchard (1756-1813), oil on canvas wrapped over board, 17" x 131/2", had a partial label on the reverse that identified ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Opinion: Stop Racing to the Bottom
by Jason DicksonIn the 1979 film adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy the main character, George Smiley (played by Alec Guinness), buys a book from an antiquarian book dealer. After accepting the book from the dealer, he wryly remarks, "I hope you remember the value of this when it comes ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Artist Sues over Disputed Sales
by Daniel GrantWhen Priska C. Juschka Fine Art in New York City took a booth at the Art Basel art fair in 2009, it made a deal to sell four large-scale paintings by one of the gallery's best-selling artists, Dana Melamed, to a private collector. After that, neither the artist ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Selling Art Installations: Piece by Piece
by Daniel Grant"Installation pieces are problematic," said Manhattan contemporary art gallery owner Renato Danese. That is an understatement if ever there were one.Three-dimensional artwork installations, often sprawling over a large room, are intended to transform a viewer's perception of an interior space and are, therefore, "specific to the site in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Decorated Seed Chest, a Rare Carpet, and the Easter Bunny
Chester County is the place to sell hunting scenes. This Charles Morris Young (1869-1964) oil on canvas depicts a fox hunt at Andrews Bridge and is signed lower right and dated 1941. It's in the original gilt frame signed "Philip N. Yates" and measures 15" x 18". Estimated at $10,000/15,000, ... (Read More)
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