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(Auction)The Malcolm Forbes Maritime and Nautical Auction
Listed in the sale addendum as "winner of the toy fair, Paris, ca 1910," this windup chain-driven amphibious car called L'Amphibio brought $23,700 on the phone.This model is of a ship with a history. It was an early steam-powered passenger liner built in 1907 that served in the First World ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Art of the 20th Century
Wharton Esherick oak, leather, and wrought-iron armchair, 1939, carved "Wharton Esherick MCMXXXIX, to the Pecks, Chick-Jean," 401/2" x 23" x 23". Estimated at $25,000/35,000, it sold for $100,650 to a collector on the phone.George Nakashima American black walnut and pandanus cloth cabinet on custom base, 1960's, marked with client's name ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Furniture and Decorative Arts
The dynamic Russian bronze by Vasily Grachev (1831-1905) was the top lot in the sale. It went at $31,720 to a Moscow collector. Hindman photo.Obviously, this is the Handel lamp department. Right to left, the paneled glass table lamp went at $1830; the leaded floral, $3172; the leaded wide shade ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Silver at Auction
Fisher family silver, gold, and hardstone dinner service for 25, marked for Hans Brassler and Eleder-Hickok Co., Newark, New Jersey, circa 1936, in the Louis XIV pattern, with borders cast and chased with strapwork and accented with applied gold and silver-gilt putti, swags, ram's heads, and the initial "F" beneath ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques at Music Valley Draws Dealers from Across the Country
First-time exhibitor Joshua Steenburgh of Pike, New Hampshire, was pleased by his great sales at setup. He stands by a 19th-century cobbler's bench with lots of character that he was offering for $750.Cathy Consentino of Timber River Farm, Timber River, New Brunswick, had sold the metal garden arch that formed ... (Read More)
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(Show)Heart of Country Returns to Restored Opryland Hotel
The pack was back. Collectors and dealers share stories while waiting for the 6 p.m. opening of the preview party on February 17. The line stretched far down a hallway of the beautiful restored Convention Center at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville. A bluegrass duo provided the background music.Edd Oberg ... (Read More)
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(Show)Fiddler's Antique Show: Old Place, New Face
A smiling Pat Cobb of Ann Arbor, Michigan, used the standard motel mirror to reflect her wares. A sewer tile bird on stump was $650; an English blown glass tazza or syllabub stand, $1000; and a cobalt glass bottle, $795.Kitty Saylor of Hamilton, Ohio, was having a great day as ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts
Daniel and Joanna Rose at the exhibition. Dan Rose said he was thrilled to see the quilts for the "first time." He said, "I mostly saw their backs. When we went to shows, I was the one who held them up so Joanna could see the pattern." Photo: Gavin Ashworth.The ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)June Festival of Antiques Expands
The fifth annual June Festival of Antiques in Mullica Hill, New Jersey, has added a fourth pavilion for this year's event. The new Wallace Warren Pavilion at the Gloucester County 4-H Fairgrounds will be utilized to hold 14 more dealers under cover."The new pavilion that was built just before last ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)French Asks New Hampshire Supreme Court to Review Punishment by Board of Auctioneers
by Elizabeth DinanThe New Hampshire Supreme Court is scheduled to decide whether an auctioneer accused of rigging the bidding for an antique nautical painting was justly punished by the New Hampshire Board of Auctioneers.Auctioneer Harold French of Warner, New Hampshire, was reprimanded by the board of auctioneers in May 2010 ... (Read More)
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