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(Fragment)Special Event During Antiques Week in New Hampshire
On August 7, From Out of the Woods Antiques Center, an 80-dealer shop in Goffstown, New Hampshire, will host a festival with antiques shopping, a country barbecue, and live music. The center will open its doors at 9 a.m., and there is free parking.At 1 p.m., 200 meal tickets will ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Unveiling
The dower chest, probably Berks County, with the name "Elizabeth Enderleinsen" and the date "March 1817," was useful for food and drink. It was $13,500.Clocks were on sale. The clock on the left-the dial signed by Augustine Neisser, its case the earliest by the Garvan Carver-was $350,000, down from $475,000. ... (Read More)
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(Show)"Nobody Does New York Like the Stellas"
Tom and Deborah Begner of Turkey Mountain Traders priced this Penobscot sewing basket at $1295. "You don't often find them complete with all of the accessories inside," said Deborah.Brewerton, New York, dealer Lance Hoyt priced the trout painting at $4900 and the small souvenir paddle at $650.Michele Fox of Grandview, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Iconic Paper: Basketball Rules, Dylan Lyrics, and Emancipation Proclamation
Bob Dylan's lyrics to "The Times They Are A-Changin' " sold to Adam Sender for $422,500. They were handwritten and signed by the singer-songwriter in pencil on an 81/2" x 11" sheet of unruled notebook paper. Undated, they are believed to be from September-October 1963. (The copyright on the official ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Antiques in Philadelphia in April
by Lita Solis-CohenPhiladelphia is ready to host three antiques shows the second weekend in April, and there will be previews for two Americana auctions.The big celebration is the 50th anniversary of the Philadelphia Antiques Show, with a preview party on Friday, April 8. The exhibition Celebrations: Antiques that Mark the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Orleans Auction Galleries Files For Bankruptcy
by David Hewett
On April 1, New Orleans Auction Galleries, Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy (reorganization). Court papers declared NOAG has assets of between $100,000 and $500,000, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chief's Blanket a Winner, Pre-Columbian Lots Withdrawn
The sale's top lot, a 55" x 67" early third-phase Navajo chief's blanket, sold on the phone for $213,300 (est. $5000/7000). The stripes are natural white and dark brown with indigo-dyed blues. The triangles are the same colors shot through with dyed reds. Condition, including old repairs and wool losses, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)After 100 Years an Important Sprinchorn Makes a Long Journey Back to Maine
Blue Landscape by Carl Sprinchorn, 1911, oil on canvas, 30" x 39", collection of the Carl Sprinchorn Admiration Society. The discovery of this painting in Sweden offers an opportunity to explore the initial meaning of Maine for Sprinchorn's career as well as a chance for Mainers to take a closer ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Database of Virginia Slave Names to Come
The Virginia Historical Society (VHS) recently received a $100,000 grant from Dominion Resources and the Dominion Foundation to fund the creation of "Unknown No Longer: A Database of Virginia Slave Names." This free, on-line database will contain personal information about enslaved Virginians gleaned from some of the more than eight ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Wang Joins Kaminski
Benjamin Y. Wang, who has experience in buying, selling, and appraising Asian art, particularly Chinese art, antiques, and jewelry, has joined the staff of Kaminski Auctions as an Asian specialist. He's a graduate of Inner Mongolia University and has an M.A. degree from Boston University. Wang travels extensively to China ... (Read More)
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