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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.A Passion for the Past: The Odyssey of a Transatlantic Archaeologist ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Name's Bond. William Bond
William Bond & Son, regulator No. 396, with single-arm gravity escapement and remontoire invented by Richard F. Bond. It sold to a private collector for $539,500 (est. $300,000/ 500,000). The two only other examples, No. 394 and No. 395, are in institutions-Harvard's Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments and Liverpool's Merseyside ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Zephyr Crosses the Line
The oil on canvas ship portrait of the merchantman Zephyr by Samuel Walters, launched in 1854 in East Boston and staying afloat until at least 1891, sold for $21,850."You couldn't ask for anything more state of Maine," Bourgeault announced. Imagine a full-size drop-front desk with wooden knobs, four grain-painted burl ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in Henry's Field
Word of a good show travels fast, and a long line of shoppers formed at the second annual Antiques in Henry's Field before the show opened. Admission was $8 to benefit the Goschenhoppen Historians.Jack Hoy manned the Goschenhoppen Historians stand to publicize the Goschenhoppen area in the upper Perkiomen Valley, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Colescott's Satirical Adam and Eve Leads African-American Art Sale
Untitled (French Landscape) by William A. Harper (1873-1910), a 161/4" x 201/4" oil on canvas, sold for $19,200 (est. $6000/9000). Swann said the price for the 1905 work was an artist's record.A Legend Dimly Told by Robert Colescott (1925-2009) sold to a collector for $132,000 (est. $50,000/75,000). The 84" x ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Sandburg Cache
This is part of the cache of some of Carl Sandburg's earliest poems, some of which are unpublished, and various correspondence with magazine editors in 1911 and 1912. It sold in November 2009 for $7930. Photo courtesy Leslie Hindman Auctioneers.by Desiah MelbyIn late summer 2009 antiques and book dealer Ken ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Manager for Madison Historical Society Antiques Fair
Ed McClure and Vivien Cord of Cord Shows Ltd.Cord Shows Ltd. is the new manager of the Madison Historical Society Antiques Fair in Madison, Connecticut. The show will celebrate its 40th anniversary on Saturday, August 27.Contracts will be mailed to all dealers who have participated in the past but are ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Flask Breaks Record
$176,670. Norman C. Heckler and Company photo.Norman C. Heckler and Company's antique bottle and glass absentee auction, which closed October 27, 2010, consisted of 100 bottles and other glass items. Results were strong in the historical flask category.An 1820-40 historical flask with a bust of General Jackson on one side ... (Read More)
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(Show)Ohio Country Antique Show
Two dog paintings, each signed "J. Pickering 1923," $795 the pair from Inez Allen and Nan Conlan of City Mouse Country Mouse Antiques, Cincinnati, Ohio.Twelve flow blue plates with wild turkeys, marked "Doulton Burslem England," about 10" in diameter, $245 and sold duringthe show by Jacque Bradford of Indianapolis, Indiana.Hand-carved ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Esmerian Charged with Bankruptcy Fraud, Theft, Embezzlement
by David HewettOn November 22, 2010, in New York City, agents from the United States Postal Inspection Service arrested Ralph Esmerian, 70, the former board president of the American Folk Art Museum, charging him with bankruptcy fraud, concealment of assets in connection with a bankruptcy proceeding, and wire fraud.If found ... (Read More)
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