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(Feature)Expensive Corner Cupboard at Skinner
by David HewettOn Sunday, November 7, Skinner held a particularly heady American furniture and decorative arts sale at its downtown Boston gallery. One observer, noting an apparent uptick in furniture prices, said it was the strongest sale he'd seen in the last five years.A circa 1790 black walnut corner cupboard ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Paintings on Leucadendron Argenteum
Above: "E Plurebus [sic] Unum" with eagle and American flags and "'Jabez Howes'/ San Francisco." Below: "Kind Regards/ From South Africa" with portrait of the ship Jabez Howes (San Francisco).Above: "A Souvenir" with Victorian rose sticker. Below: "Across The Sea/ Remember Me" with a scene of Cape Town harbor and ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in Vermont Popular with Exhibitors and Customers
Without some missing pieces, it's tough to know exactly what the small wheel or winder in green paint was originally used for, but it sold. Stephen Burkhardt, a first-year exhibitor at the show, was quite pleased with the results.We shot this photo while the customer was literally in the act ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Last of the Young Collectors?
The Young Collectorby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondNo young collectors are coming to save the marketplace. It's not happening, no matter how long we wait. We've skirted around that issue for a while now, and maybe it's time to put it out there. We realize it's a harsh reality, but ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Auction Record for Kentucky Pottery
$55,200.A cobalt slip-decorated stoneware butter churn sold for $55,200 (includes buyer's premium) at the October 16 sale held by Case Antiques Inc., Auctions & Appraisals in Knoxville, Tennessee. It established a record price for Kentucky pottery at auction. The buyer was the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA).The lug-handled ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Federal Estate and Gift Tax Law Uncertainty
by Daniel GrantFor art collectors-and other wealthy individuals-trying to cope with the uncertainty of current federal estate and gift tax law, these are the best of times and the worst too.They are the worst for people trying to plan ahead, since Congress may write new limits for tax rates and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Janet L. Ennis Charitable Trust for Animals Auction
Howard Finster (1916-2001) mountain goat wood cutout decorated with paint and marker, 1993, inscribed "30.000.690 works since 1976/ by Howard Finster from God/ Aug. 31 1993 God Bless you All/ The Further you get from God/ the closer you get to Hell" on reverse, 121/2" high, $413.Frederick S. Beaumont (1861-1934), ... (Read More)
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(Show)Let the Fall Antiquing Season Begin in Pennsylvania
Harry Hartman of Marietta, Pennsylvania, asked $55,000 for the miniature Soap Hollow lift-top chest initialed "JKM" and dated "1851."A collection of five early tin heart-in-hand cookie cutters was $4500 from Art and Alice Booth.York, Pennsylvaniaby Karl H. PassMelvin Arion's Original York Antiques Show & Sale, held semiannually, is the largest ... (Read More)
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(Auction)East Meets West Down South
New Orleans Auction Galleries, New Orleans, Louisianaby Karla Klein AlbertsonPhotos courtesy New Orleans Auction GalleriesNear the end of the catalog lurked the top lot, Return of the Flock, 1887, by French artist Albert Charpin (1842-1924). The painting doubled its estimate to sell for $36,900.With strong Asian interest in the air, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Robert Lloyd's Private Exhibition
Robert Lloyd in the Presidential Suite of Boston's Park Plaza Hotel & Towers, where his private exhibition took place. Located on the 15th floor, the suite has a living room, kitchen, three bedrooms, five marble bathrooms, and private office, seen through the French doors in the background. "The last suite ... (Read More)
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