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(Feature)New Criteria for Deaccessions in New York
by Sabrina Pry and Betty FloodThe New York State Board of Regents plans to move forward with the final steps toward implementing new criteria for deaccessioning for regents-chartered museums, despite a tough economy.Public comment on the new criteria for deaccessioning was due April 18. According to Anne Ackerson, director of ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: A Tricky Path
by Steve Proffitt"Hi, Steve. Dave Hewett here. My story is now on line and in the current issue regarding a J.C. Devine weapons auction in March of 2010 and how the founder's death led to the complete loss of all monies for the consignors. You might take a look and ... (Read More)
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(Feature)ATADA Donates $1000 to Nokota Horse Conservancy
The ATADA Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Antique Tribal Art Dealers Association, made a $1000 donation to the Nokota Horse Conservancy. The conservancy's goal is to save the native horse of the Northern Plains through education, preservation, and promotion.NHC's secretary, Shelly Hauge, called the donation "overwhelmingly generous," saying the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Newport Mansions Offer Gasoline Rebates to Visitors
The Preservation Society of Newport County is offering a cash incentive to help vacationers combat the rising cost of gasoline when they visit the Newport mansions in Newport, Rhode Island. By presenting their automobile registration at any Newport Mansions ticket counter, visitors who purchase a minimum of two Newport Mansions ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hemingway Rifle: Papa's Got a Brand-New Bang
Winchester 1873 lever-action rifle with deep-relief and gold-inlaid engravings by John Ulrich, originally purchased by Robert H. Coleman in 1882, $391,000.Westley Richards double rifle with provenance to Ernest Hemingway, $339,250.The catalog announced this cased Colt model 1855 full-stock sporting rifle, serial number 2416, as "The Finest Known Cased Sporting Rifle ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Furniture and Decorative Arts at Auction
William Mason Brown (1828-1898), Peaches in a Basket, signed "WM Brown" on the lower right and inscribed on the reverse "W.M. Brown Artist. Room 13 Halsey Building, Brooklyn, L.I." The 201/4" x 16 1/8" oil on canvas sold for $74,500 (est. $14,000/18,000) to a private collector. According to the catalog, ... (Read More)
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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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