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(Auction)American Paintings
The star of the American Art Fair was Gilbert Stuart's George Washington, for which Hammer Galleries at 475 Park Avenue was asking $7,500,000. When Armand Hammer bought it at auction in 1970, it cost $205,000, then a record for a painting by an American artist, eclipsed by an Eakins a ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Edward Gorey Glory
Swann sold a signed copy of Gorey's The Beastly Baby by Ogdred Weary for $1200 (est. $400/600). Published in 1962, it is one of 500 unnumbered copies of the first book bearing Gorey's own Fantod Press imprint. Ogdred Weary is an anagram for Edward Gorey. According to Swann, the price ... (Read More)
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(Feature)An Antique Jewelry Market Glimpse from Two Maine Businesses
A client of Dan Chambers brought in this circa 1910 natural fancy colored yellow diamond (weighing 5.19 carats), diamond,and platinum ring made by her grandfather, Samuel H. Draisin, a competitor of Harry Winston. Chambers represented his customer with Bonhams and Butterfields,at an auction of fine jewelry and timepieces in June ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Decoys Sell Well in the City
This mallard drake by Joseph W. Lincoln (1859-1938) of Accord, Massachusetts, circa 1925, is probably the only fullsize Lincoln mallard drake decoy in original paint known to exist. It was found several decades ago in an antiques shop in Pennsylvania. During Lincoln's lifetime, mallard ducks as a wild species were ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Isaac Starts 2011 in the Dark but with a Bang
As in previous auctions, the work of Nova Scotia folk artist Maud Lewis (1903-1970) drew strong prices. Sleigh with Covered Bridge (left), an 111/2" x 131/2" oil on board, fetched $6000, and Winter Village Scene with House, an 111/2" x 111/2" oil on board, sold for $5500.Very rare were the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Louisiana Purchase Auction Shows Strength in the South
The furniture star of the auction was this rosewood Gothic Revival center table based on a design by Alexander Jackson Davis (1803-1892); it sold for $44,812.50 to a local collector. A similar table thought to be designed by Davis is shown in "Drawing Room at Kenwood, Gothic Style," an illustration ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Two Days at Slotin
The two-piece 7" high jack-o'-lantern is attributed to Lanier Meaders based on his comments while being photographed with a jack-o'-lantern. A frenzied phone bidding duel was matched by a wild mix of audible in-house reactions as the bids rose well above the $500/800 estimate to $18,975.Although technically a machine, this ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Walking with the Potter
This somewhat squat face jug differs from the usual forms. The wide bottom with tapered base, oval shoulder, and high oval handle all point to Charles P. Ferguson as the maker. This example is only the fourth known by him and the only one completely glazed with Albany slip. The ... (Read More)
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(Show)Boston International Fine Art Show: The Contemporary Dealers Ran Away with It
Isle of Skye by William Trost Richards (1833-1905) was $400,000 from William Vareika Fine Arts, Newport, Rhode Island. The 40" x 68" oil on canvas, dated 1894, was flanked by several works on paper by Richards in sepia wash, priced at $7500 each.Vermont Winter Landscape by Aldro T. Hibbard (1886-1972) ... (Read More)
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(Show)Tailgate Antique Show Presents Broad Range of Specialties and Styles
Jeff Walton of Ohio Country Furniture, Jenera, Ohio, said of the current market, "The finding's tougher, and the selling's tougher." One discovery was this walnut pie safe with finely punched tins he was offering for $1650.Karen and Patrick Kenny of South Porch Antiques, Spencerport, New York, created a decorative corner ... (Read More)
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