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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: Last year, for lack of anything on which to hang it, I had to abandon my usual practice of kicking off this issue with something on the Christmas theme and a seasonal greeting. Last year a copy of Dickens' immortal tale, A Christmas Carol, came too ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector's Guide to Last-Minute Gifts
The Young Collectorby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondWe've been watching our annual round of holiday specials including How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the original cartoon, not that ghastly thing with Jim Carrey), and we've decided that there is a great deal of symbolism in that scene where the Grinch's little ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Walker Homestead Named to 1000 Great Places List
The Walker Homestead has been named to the 1000 Great Places list by the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism out of over 12,000 nominations.The Walker Homestead is a 1698 colonial saltbox on 30 acres in central Massachusetts and most likely the oldest standing house in Brookfield. The property is ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Mandated Changes in Appraiser Qualifications on the Horizon
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(Fragment)Whistler Print Soars
Nocturne, an etching and drypoint printed in black on Japan paper, 1879-80, 8" x 11¾", second state (of five), signed with the butterfly and inscribed "imp" in pencil lower left, inscribed "Paris Memorial Ex, finest known" in pencil on the reverse, $282,000 (est. $80,000/120,000).A Swann Galleries auction on October 27 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Former Loaner Brings $3,600,000: Stradivarius Violin Breaks Record
"The Molitor is the perfect convergence of historically important provenance, impeccable condition, and first-class sound," said Jason Price, director of Tarisio. At $3,600,000 it's the most expensive musical instrument ever sold at auction. When it sold at Christie's on March 31, 1989, it brought £209,000 (approximately $352,207).When bidding ended for ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Instant Ancestors: The Market for Portraits
Signed and dated 17th-century panel painting by Hendrick Berckman. Photo courtesy Lawrence Steigrad.Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A., Portrait of Mary, Countess of Wilton, oil on canvas, 57" x 45". Estimated at £400,000/600,000, it will be offered at Christie's in London on December 7. Christie's Images Ltd. 2010.by Daniel GrantMost homes are ... (Read More)
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(Show)Western Reserve Academy Antiques Festival
Multiple booths, buyers, and even a bicyclist crowd just one of the many venues filled with dealers at the 29th annual Western Reserve Academy Antiques Festival, held on the campus of Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio.Debbie Schlichter of Mustard House Antiques, Greenfield, Ohio, holds a massive wooden trencher whose ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Three Indians in Battle by Edmonia Lewis
Photos courtesy Gabriel's Auctioneers, Norwood, Massachusetts.by Marilyn RichardsonGabriel's Auctioneers in Norwood, Massachusetts, was surprised that almost as soon as illustrated ads for its November 29, 2010, auction appeared on line and in print, the phone started ringing. An unusual number of callers had questions about a particular lot. Among the ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Americana Week Promises to Be the Best in Five Years
John Hays and Margot Rosenberg of Christie's examine the Federal shield-back chair with carving of grapevines down its legs, made and carved by Samuel McIntire for Elias Hasket Derby. Sotheby's will offer an Ammi Phillips painting of a girl in a pink dress holding strawberries, shown here hanging over a ... (Read More)
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