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(Feature)Will the Real John Adams Please Stand Up?
by David A. SperlingThis article will examine six Federal tall-case clocks created in "East" New Jersey during the first quarter of the 19th century. These clocks are all characterized by the cabinetmaker's use of intricate and unusual case inlay. Most have a Scudder-type broken-arch pediment and a well-executed fan inlaid ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Nelson & Nelson Antiques Opens in the Pierre Hotel
The new location for Nelson & Nelson Antiques is The Pierre Hotel, 2 East 61st Street at Fifth Avenue, New York City. It's the only retail establishment in the prestigious hotel. The Nelsons will showcase antique American, English, European, and Oriental sterling silver, plus a new selection of fine antique ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Antiques Group Shop Closes in Troy, New York
by David HewettAnother casualty in the contracting antiques market took place in New York's Capitol District recently. On Sunday, October 10, Bournebrook Antique Center in Troy was open for business from noon to 5 p.m. and then closed its doors forever.Bournebrook, at the heart of the downtown antiques district at ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Marigold People's Vase Brings $80,000
This People's vase in marigold sold to a Wooster, Ohio, collector for $80,000, making it the top price of the auction. The vase is the only one of eight known in marigold. The last People's vase at auction was sold in 2009, when a purple radium example with a mold ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Indian Hill Antiques Fair
The Victorian drop-leaf table in walnut with eight leaves, 11'8" long when extended, Ohio, circa 1880, was $2650 from Littleton Kirkpatrick III of Kirtland, Ohio. The set of six half-arrow-back Windsor chairs with original stencil and paint decoration, Pennsylvania, circa 1830, was $1200, and the set of six Sheraton chairs ... (Read More)
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(Feature)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.Harmony in Wood: Furniture of the Harmony Society by Philip D. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)A Museum Rebound
by Daniel GrantIn 2008 and 2009, the museum world held its breath as institutions cut back on hours, staff, and programming, raised admissions, looked to sell objects from their collections in order to pay for operations, or just closed for good. In 2010, museums largely exhaled. The steps taken in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)In Tune: Americana Sale at Garth's
Slant-front desk in tiger maple with stepped and detailed interior, inlaid lid, probably Pennsylvania, late 18th or early 19th century, some repairs, appears to have been a four-drawer case converted to three drawers, $19,975.Queen Anne tavern table in maple with an oval top and slightly splayed base, old (if not ... (Read More)
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(Show)On the Fields of Liberty
"It's the best example of an Old Hickoryfootstool I've found," said Tom Ineson, a.k.a. Tom the Picker, of Mill Spring, North Carolina. The footstool was marked "Old Hickory Chair Co." on one leg and had its original weaving with a double-woven underside. Ineson wanted $160 for it.Dad's Follies had thousands ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Martin Mystique: Americana at Christie's
Christie's, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy Christie's"Collecting is a youthful activity practiced by the old," wrote Alastair Bradley Martin in the introduction to the catalog that was published when part of his collection was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in 1982. Martin called ... (Read More)
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