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(Computer Article)Computer Column for Antiquers: Making Labels
Label-making software can produce round CD and DVD labels, labels from a mailing list, inventory labels, business cards, meeting name tags, and much more.Computer Column #267by John P. Reid, [email protected] for printing mailing labels, business cards, price tags, CD or DVD labels, name tags, rotary index cards, filing stickers, and ... (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.The Art of Collecting: An Intimate Tour Inside Private Art Collections, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Monk Exceeds Expectations
by Don JohnsonIndeed, they found him.There were two Chinese porcelain figures, but this monk was the key item of the lot. The pair realized $36,425. The base of the figure was stamped "China" in capital letters and had the impressed maker's mark in Chinese, shown above. Photos courtesy Cowan's.An unpretentious ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Fusco & Four Announces Initial Roster for New Ellis Boston Antiques Show
by Jeanne SchintoAs of February 1, the dealer list for the new Ellis Boston Antiques Show, scheduled for October 13-16 at the Cyclorama in the Boston Center for the Arts, was divided exactly between veterans and newcomers.View of the entrance to the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques + Modernism Winnetka
Gary Sergeant of Woodbury, Connecticut, shows a couple a small (65" high x 39" wide) George II figured walnut chest-on-chest. It was $17,500. The George II carved walnut footstool on top with hairy paw feet with original casters, Irish, circa 1745, was $9800. The oil on canvas setter portraits by ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Modern and Contemporary Ceramics Auction
Peter Voulkos (1924-2002), Gash, 1978, stoneware, 48" high, $105,750.Christine Nofchissey McHorse (b. 1948), untitled (Vesuvius), 2002, earthenware, 151/2" high, $17,625.Betty Woodman (b. 1930), His/Hers Vases, circa 2001, whiteware and low-fire glazes, His, 29" high x 29" wide, Hers, 13" high x 38" wide, $23,500.James Melchert (b. 1930), Ghost Box, 1964, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Historic Battle of San Jacinto Brings Record Price
Thought to be lost, The Battle of San Jacinto by Henry Arthur McArdle (1836-1908), oil on canvas, 1901, 48" x 84", sold for $334,600, which is believed to be a record auction price for a Texas artwork.Shearing the Churro Sheep, 1979, by Ray Swanson (1937-2004), oil on canvas, 50" x ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American History Sale
Alexander Gardner albumen photo taken from the rooftop of either Gardner's studio in Washington, D.C., or an adjacent structure, facing southeast, 13" x 181/2" plus trimmed mount, print rich with slight glue-streaking, $35,250.Quarter-plate daguerreotype of Saint Anthony Falls in Minneapolis, taken sometime after 1851, in a full leather case, possibly ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Hascoe Sale
This pair of American silver wine cups was made by Paul Revere of Boston in 1792 for Moses Michael Hays and his wife, Rachel. Their initials are in a bright-cut oval suspended from a bow knot on one side; the other side is engraved "CM 1865" and "EC 1865" for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Private Collection of Americana
Carved mahogany open-arm chair attributed to Daniel Trotter, Philadelphia, circa 1785, with an old surface and covered in period silk fabric, 383/4" high. Estimated at $20,000/60,000, it sold for $25,000 to Connecticut collector William Mayer in the salesroom. Trotter made two sets of chairs for Stephen Girard. This chair back ... (Read More)
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