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(Fragment)Auctioneer Sentenced
Anthony Bonneau, 46, former owner of T's Family Auction in Cairo, New York, was sentenced to two and one-third to seven years in prison after Bonneau failed to pay Valerie Ducos after auctioning her art.According to Greene County District Attorney Terry Wilhelm, Ducos had commissioned Bonneau to sell some artwork ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sorger Sale at Freeman's
by Lita Solis-CohenThere is an old adage that auctions held on site bring a third more than in a salesroom. With this in mind, Freeman's in Philadelphia is doing the next best thing: holding the presale exhibition for the estate of the late Joseph Sorger in his elegant townhouse at ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Santa Comes to Town and Bags $161K
Althof, Bergmann & Co. Santa sleigh and goat team, $161,000. Julia photo.Tin equestrian toy attributed to Althof, Bergmann & Co. by Julia, $26,450.James D. Julia department head AndrewTruman predicted that this double Caillemachine with the original music would goover the top, and it did. It was retrieved from Kentucky where ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Highs and Lows, Hits and Misses at Inuit Art Auction
The catalog cover lot, Hooded Figure by John Pangnark (1920-1980) of Arviat, was his best minimalist carving among the eightin the sale. Auctioneer Duncan McLean praised its "beautiful size and strength." Estimated at $6000/9000, the 71/4" high sculpture earned $14,400 ($14,209).Polar Bear and Cub in Ice, a skin stencil print ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Spring American Paintings Auctions
Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009), Off Shore, 1967, signed lower right, tempera on masonite, 211/4" x 511/2", $6,354,500 (est. $1.2/1.8 million). The three men, one of them Wyeth's neighbor, are going clam digging on the Georges River in Cushing, Maine, which was the view from Wyeth's front lawn. A large painting, it ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Civil War Auction Hits $1.16 Million
Confederate Brigadier General Lloyd Tilghman's presentation flag, the inscribed sword he was wearing when killed at the Battle of Champion Hill in 1863, and his sword belt generated the top bid of the auction, $59,750. These artifacts had been in the possession of the direct lineal descendants of General Tilghman ... (Read More)
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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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