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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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(Auction)Art in Flowers and Flowers in Art
Top price of the sale was the $103,500 paid by a New York City phone bidder for this floral still life by Maurice Brazil Prendergast (1858-1924), a 20" x 11" oil on canvas laid down on board that had descended in the family of Lillie Bliss (1864-1931). According to the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Blue and White Pottery and Canadian Painted Furniture Auctioned
Potter usually opens his auctions with a stunner, and he did not disappoint this time out. He sold this two-handled 11" tall redware crock with a mottled orange and green glaze for $2970. Thompson photo.A beautiful circa 1800 corner cupboard from Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, with the overpaint removed to the original ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antique City: The Fun Fair
There was a line at 8:30 for the 9 a.m. opening. Promoter Norman Schaut gave away thousands of tickets.Although more people came than in the fall, the aisles were wide, and it never seemed crowded.Joe Soucy of Seaside Toys, Westerly, Rhode Island, offered a 1960's VW van, a Volkswagen giveaway ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: This month's column has a distinct French flavour, the two main reports focussing on items once owned by the remarkable Duchesse de Berry and her "Miracle Child," a 19th-century claimant to the French throne, and on exceptional decorative furnishings from the much more recently acquired Chateau ... (Read More)
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