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(Fragment)William Stahl to Leave Sotheby's on December 31
by Lita Solis-CohenOn
December 3, 2009, Bill Stahl called his last American paintings sale as Sotheby's
vice chairman and auctioneer. Stahl will leave Sotheby's on December 31. He said
he will stay involved in the marketplace for Americana, the field in which he
has played a major role since 1974. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Belknap Double Portrait Brings $419,750
The double portrait by Zedekiah Belknap of two children is sensational in every way. This wonderfully evocative painting looked as if it had stepped right out of a page from a folk art museum catalog. It sold for $419,750 to dealer Fred Giampietro, bidding for a client.by Jackie SideliPhotos courtesy ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Must-Sees during Americana Week
by Lita Solis-CohenFor 55 years, the Winter Antiques Show has been the magnet that brings people to New York City for Americana Week in January. Other shows and special events have grown up around it; they are all listed below. The auction previews, gallery shows, and museum exhibitions during the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Baldwin-Wallace Collection Sells Well
Rachel Davis Fine Arts, Cleveland, Ohioby Susan MellishPhotos courtesy Rachel Davis Fine ArtsWorks by Carl Gaertner (1898-1952) were in high demand. The top pick of the auction was The Popcorn Man, especially appealing with its dark overtones illuminated by streetlights and the glow emanating from the popcorn vendor’s wagon. The ... (Read More)
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(Show)Seemingly Cursed Tent Show Tries to Kill the Curse
This is how it looked under the big white tents on Sunday morning. People weren’t wearing yellow rain slickers as fashion statements; they needed them. The Shaker crew laid down hay on the wettest, boggiest soggy spots on Sunday morning, but the field was soaked.Shown by Ed Weissman Antiques, Portsmouth, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Printer, the Letter, and the Post Office
EditorialSubscribers recently received a letter from Maine Antique Digest that contained a two-page ad for the November 7 and 8 auction at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries in Thomaston, Maine.Some recipients have questioned whether M.A.D. is getting into the direct mail business, or whether we've sold our subscriber list to Thomaston ... (Read More)
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(Show)Annual Adirondack Museum Show
Ralph Kylloe of Glens Falls, New York, author of A History of the Old Hickory Chair Company and the Indiana Hickory Furniture Movement, bought 300 of these hickory chairs from a monastery. Before being refinished they were offered at $275 each. If cleaned and varnished, they were $350 each.George Earl ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Timeless: Masterpiece American Brass Dial Clocks
A Book Reviewby David A. SperlingTimeless: Masterpiece American Brass Dial Clocksby Frank L. Hohmann III, with contributions from Kirtland H. Crump, Donald L. Fennimore, Morrison H. Heckscher, Martha H. Willoughby, and David F. WoodHohmann Holdings LLC, 2009, 376 pages, hardbound, $125 plus S/H from the publications division of (www.sothebys.com) or ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Computer Column: Following the Links
by John P. Reid, [email protected] e-mail from loyal subscriber and dedicated antiques collector Barry Perlman to the editor of the Maine Antique Digest proposed an interesting game. It involves the links antiques dealers include on their Web sites. He suggests following links from one dealer to the next as a ... (Read More)
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(Show)Lovely Setting, Improved Results at Second Old York Antiques Show
“It’s plank-on-frame construction with many working parts,” said dealer Dave White of White’s Nautical Antiques as he was describing this Gloucester fishing schooner, 1880-90, for which he was asking $3950. It sold later in the show.John Hunt Marshall’s son Leland stands in front of a colorful Italian three-panel folding screen, ... (Read More)
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