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(Fragment)Greg Hamilton Chosen VADA's Interim President
The spring meeting of the Vermont Antiques Dealers' Association was held at the South Station Restaurant in Rutland on June 7. The board accepted, with regret, the resignation of James Dunn, who has guided VADA for the past three and a half years. Dunn will remain on the antiques show ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Antique Toys, Advertising, and Americana Auction
Märklin gauge I red locomotive passenger train set, comprising an American Steam profile 0-4-0 clockwork engine with maker’s emblem on boiler front, brake lever, and whistle chain, in very scarce maroon and red colors (some paint chipping and paint peeling from the boiler); a four-wheel tender with rear hinged compartment; ... (Read More)
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(Show)Tales of a Wayside Inn Show
Samuel Herrup Antiques, Sheffield, Massachusetts, brought a circa 1760 cherry high chest from the Hartford,Connecticut, area, priced at $14,000. The English or Dutch William and Mary dressing table in oak was $4800. The pair of armchairs, late 17th-century Chinese,in elm wood, was tagged $9500. On the wall, the circa 1820 ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)The Teitelman Collection: More Than a Good Catalog
A Book Reviewby Lita Solis-CohenSuccess to America: Creamware for the American Market, featuring the S. Robert Teitelman Collection at Winterthurby S. Robert Teitelman, Patricia A. Halfpenny, and Ronald W. Fuchs II, with essays by Wendell D. Garrett and Robin EmmersonAntique Collectors' Club, 2010, 303 pages, hardbound, $75 plus S/H from ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Twain Manuscript Sells for Record $242,500
Photo courtesy Sotheby's.by Jeanne SchintoAn unpublished manuscript by Mark Twain, titled "A Family Sketch," sold at Sotheby's in New York City on June 17 for $242,500 (includes buyer's premium). The price is a new world auction record for any autograph manuscript by Twain, Sotheby's press office stated. The buyer in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rockport Art Association's Biggest Auction
Aldro Hibbard (1886-1972), Winter Stream, oil on canvas, 24" x 30", $17,250, the star of this auction. Collectors are fussy concerning the Hibbard paintings for which they will pay five digits. For example, a winter logging scene with plenty of snow and in Hibbard’s style, but without a sparkling stream, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Los Angeles Antiques Show
As first-time exhibitors at this show, but specializing in antique barometers for over 40 years, Derek and Tina Rayment Antiques, Farndon, Cheshire, U.K., displayed a collection of wonderful and decorative barometers from 1780 to 1940. Prices ranged from $250 to $20,000, making a barometer affordable to either a beginner or ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Alan Green, American Jazz, Ossining, New York
Alan Green with all he needs to do a show in Europe.A “bell and hammer” game from the third quarter of the 19th century complete with cards, dice, counters, hammer, and directions in English, French, and German. It’s $500. Green said, “This is a common type game. There were many ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Fake Rose Valley Table Exposed
“Rose Valley” table as shown in Freeman’s April 19 catalog. Freeman’s photo.These genuine Rose Valley chairs sold at Freeman’s on November 19, 2005. They are signed and dated (1902) and have a provenance of descending in the family of well-known Philadelphia architect Charles Klauder (1872-1938). One chair (right) has the ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.Modern Women: Women Artists at the Museum of Modern Art, edited ... (Read More)
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