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(Auction)Spring Americana Auction
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman’s
Freeman’s traditionally holds previews for its spring Americana sales during the weekend of the Philadelphia Show so that the dealers, collectors, and curators in town for the show can have a look at what’s for sale. The auction held on the following Tuesday gives those from ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Oliver Garland
Being diverted to Boston while on a flight to Chicago many winters ago was kismet for Oliver Garland’s mother.
At the time, the English-born young woman had planned to open an antiques shop in Chicago, but she remained in Boston, where she opened a shop on Newbury Street. It was there ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Philadelphia Show 2023
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The 61st Philadelphia Show camped out in a tent on the East Terrace of the Philadelphia Museum of Art for the second year, April 27-30, with 42 dealers offering mostly American paintings, furniture, folk art, silver, flags, jewelry, and 20th- and 21st-century design.
Most of the glitches from last year ... (Read More)
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(Show)New Show Enthusiastically Received
Mid-Atlantic Antiques Festival, Poolesville, Maryland
There’s a new show in town. More precisely, there is a new show in the Mid-Atlantic. The second edition of the Mid-Atlantic Antiques Festival was held April 29 and 30 at Aix La Chapelle Farm, outside of Poolesville, Maryland. Aix La Chapelle is a working farm ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dover Show Goes Indoors/Outdoors
The first edition of the new Dover Indoor/Outdoor Antiques & Vintage Market at the Elks Lodge in Dover, New Hampshire, will be May 20. The show, produced by Gurley Antique Shows, will run once a month until September.
The show is now offering inside spaces—protecting exhibitors and customers from weather—and outside ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Decoy and Sporting Art Show and Auction
Guyette & Deeter/North American Decoy Collectors Association, Lombard, Illinois
“No one else is crazy enough to do this,” Jon Deeter said shortly after his annual auction that happens along with a show of decoy and sporting collectibles in Lombard, Illinois.
The mega-event involving Maryland auction house Guyette & Deeter, Inc., and the ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Art and Novelty in Glass
A Book Review
Bryce Glass: Art and Novelty in Nineteenth-Century Pittsburgh is the story of a series of Pittsburgh glass houses run by three generations of Bryce men who made mostly pressed glass in hard-candy colors used by everyday people.
It was written during the COVID-19 quarantine by two Pittsburgh lawyers who ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)$55 Becomes $200
In March an American buyer bought a brass barometer at an English auction house via Internet bidding. The approximately 8½" diameter barometer, estimated at $100/1000, opened at $10 and was knocked down for $44. With the 25% buyer’s premium, the bid total was $55.
When the buyer got his invoice, the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rare Reward Poster Brings $166,375
The first printing of the reward poster for the capture of John Wilkes Booth and two other conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln was auctioned by Nate D. Sanders Auctions for $166,375 (includes buyer’s premium) April 27. Bidding began at $100,000.
Photo courtesy Nate D. Sanders.
The poster was issued ... (Read More)
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(Show)Liberty Rain or Shine
Liberty Antiques Festival, Liberty (Staley), North Carolina
Thunderstorms racked central North Carolina on Thursday, April 27, setup day for the spring iteration of the Liberty Antiques Festival’s two-day run. Dealers and the public checked their phones and expected rain to wash out Friday, April 28, but only the early birds got ... (Read More)
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