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(Show)The Rifle Hall Americana Antique Show
Ben Fulbright of K & K Ventures, Houston, Texas, offered for $995 this Junghans R-A regulator wall clock, made in the Black Forest region of Germanybetween 1895 and 1905. The backboard is one solid piece, and the side mirrors are not normally found on Junghans clocks.The Oklahoma crazy quilt was ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Clifford Wallach, Greenwich, Connecticut
Clifford and Nancy Wallach.A very partial view of one corner of Wallach’s basement. “Welcome to the house of tramp,” he said. There’s lots more throughout the house and in the garage.by Frank DoneganIf you listen to Clifford Wallach, you'd have to conclude that tramp art—a field in which he has ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Motley's 42nd Anniversary Antique and Estate Auction
The circa 1790 tall-case clock constructed of mahogany with white pine secondary wood, 95½" x 18½" x 9¾", displays a dramatic hood with brass finials and brass stop-fluted full columns. The trunk is accented by matchingbrass stop-fluted quarter columns. The dial is painted and appears to be original, but it ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Boxborough Paper Show Now a Flamingo Event
Flamingo Eventz, LLC will assume ownership of the Boxborough Book, Paper & Collectible Show following an agreement reached with David Bornstein of Bornstein Shows.Held at the Boxborough (Massachusetts) Holiday Inn, the show will now be known as Paper Town—The Paper, Book & Advertising Collectibles Show. The first show will be ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Annual VADA Show and Green Mountain Antiques Show Merge
The Vermont Antiques Dealers' Association (VADA) show has merged with the Green Mountain Antiques Show, and the show will be held at the Union Arena Community Center in Woodstock on July 31 and August 1.The Green Mountain Antiques Show has been in existence for 12 years under the management of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Evans Sells Layton Pillar Mold Collection
This swirled vase or celery glass in brilliant sapphire blue, its eight ribs twisting sharply just below the boldly goffered rim and the bowl attached to the circular foot by a compressed-knop stem, is thought to have originated in New England or the Pittsburgh area. In overall excellent condition with ... (Read More)
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(Show)New Quiet Corner Show Gets Off to a Loud Start
For the early birds, the doors opened at 9 a.m., and there was a long line waiting to get in. Everyone was off and running, and several dealers made sales before everyone else arrived for the official opening an hour later.Susan and Gary Wirth of Union, Connecticut, made the 18th-centurycountry ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chinese Jades Evade Million-Dollar Mark
The sale’s top lot, this imperial carved jadebowl from the Qianlong period (1736-95), sold to a phone bidder for $303,000. James Callahan identified the buyer as an American collector. Made circa 1774 for the emperor himself, the bowl is light green with areas of russet and was estimated on the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Frick's $25,000 Book Award
Julia Meech has been named the first winner of the Sotheby's Book Prize awarded by the Frick's Center for the History of Collecting in America. Meech is the author of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Art of Japan: The Architect's Other Passion.Frick director Anne Poulet said, "The goal of the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Annual New Hampshire Open House
Eight Fitzwilliam and Richmond, New Hampshire, antiques shops will hold their 19th annual Holiday Open Houses on Saturday and Sunday, January 2 and 3, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A variety of refreshments will be served at each shop, and many will offer special discounts. The dealers will be ... (Read More)
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