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(Fragment)Oregon Auctioneer/Dealer Charged with Unlawful Trade Practices
by David HewettOn July 22, Oregon Attorney General John Kroger announced that the state had filed a lawsuit in Multnomah County against Lucy Leffler Knopf. Knopf and her auction firm, AAA Team Auctions, Antique & Art Dealers, LLC, are charged with several violations of Oregon's Unlawful Trade Practices Act and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fancy Mantel Leads Farmer Sale
The star of the Farmer sale was this painted Virginia folk art mantel. Unfortunately, no photograph can do justice to this magnificent piece of craftsmanship. It is profusely decorated with three-dimensional medallions and sunburst carvings, and the columns are intricately marbleized. The chimneypiece measures 621/2" x 851/2" overall, with an ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Estate of Nicholas Colella
Western landscape attributed to Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902), unsigned, $21,850.Carved marble fireplace supposedly from the home of Leonardo da Vinci at Chateau du Cloux, $34,500.Kelly & Ben Schultz Auctioneers, Syracuse, New Yorkby Charles WennerPhotos courtesy Schultz AuctioneersThe estate of Nicholas E. Colella (1920-2008) was sold on March 20 at an unreserved ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Pure and Simple Antique Show
Cast-iron ram shooting target, fresh to the market, $3850, and one of two Mott Foundry benches, circa 1865, $2250 the pair from Don and Marta Orwig of Corunna, Indiana.Mike and Marti Korba of The old Shed, Russiaville, Indiana, had already sold the sawbuck table, but the jelly cupboard (center) in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Standing Room Only at Slotin Folk Art Auction
After about two hours of "warmup," the section that the Slotins call the "Masters" was offered. It included two examples by Mattie Lou O'Kelley of Banks County, Georgia, both from the Karen and Werner Gundersheimer collection. Her Spotted Cat, 24" x 18", had been illustrated in a 1980 Life magazine ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in the Valley
Carlson & Stevenson, Manchester Center, Vermont, asked $1400 for the trundle bed (it would make a nice coffee table with a piece of glass on top) and $850 for the circa 1910 double birdcage. The early 20th-century watercolors of ships by a California artist are in period frames and were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Native American Art Auction
A Haida or Tlingit eagle effigy bowl, estimated at $50,000/80,000, was the auction's top seller at $146,000. The bowl "went overseas," purchased by a dealer who was not necessarily the end user, Jim Haas said. He said that bowls like this-"a great early classic example of Northwest Coast material"-were "exceedingly ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Oriental and Decorative Strong at Northeast Sale
The 5 7/8" diameter Chinese porcelain bowl had lovely color and form, and the seal of Daoguang on the base dated it to 1821-50. A similarly marked pair of 123/4" high vases in a Famille Rose pattern brought an astounding $902,500 at Christie's on September 15, 2009. They were from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Canadian Reference Book Pieces Achieve Solid Prices at Auction
The tall clock by Simon Willard, circa 1810, had a great deal going for it and became the top lot of the Ingolfsrud collection, selling at $63,250. May 16.A walnut blanket box with dovetailed construction and bracket ogee feet soared to $10,350, leaving its $150/250 estimate far, far behind. May ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Bad Selling Redux
by Steve ProffittLast month I wrote about one of my sharpest peeves-how we frequently "sell" ourselves into bad spots. We make bad buys, get into bad jams, fall for bad scams, suffer bad losses, and get bitten by bad deals. No one holds a gun to our heads. We do ... (Read More)
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