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(Auction)Dawson and Wyeth Top Maine Auction
Erastus Salisbury Field (1805-1900) oil on canvas, once used as a fireboard, $26,450.Montague Dawson (1895-1973) oil on canvas of The Lofty Trader "The ScottishMoors," $71,875.Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maineby Mark SiscoThe cover lot for the Thomaston Place Auction Galleries auction on May 22 and 23 in Thomaston, Maine, was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Record Price Paid for Early American Glass
The two-piece cut-glass footed vase, signed and dated on the base of the vase "Bakewell Page/ Bakewells/ Pittsburgh/ 1825 [or 29]," has a copper-wheel-engraved view of the Chateau de la Grange-Bleneau in a cartouche at the center. The neck is composed of alternating concentric rings. The body of the restored ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bronzes in Lenox
Andrew DeVries and Innocence, a life-size sculpture that defies gravity: a horizontal female nude held aloft by her hairHuntington, Massachusetts, sculptor Andrew DeVries has installed 25 of his largest figurative bronze sculptures around the historic district of Lenox, Massachusetts. The outdoor exhibit will continue through November 1.This public display gives ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Financial Reform Legislation and the Art Market
by Daniel GrantThe financial reform legislation currently before Congress may require the usually secretive art financing companies and auction houses to make public their loan agreements to would-be art buyers, according to congressional staffers for Representative Barney Frank (D-MA) and Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT), as well as outside lawyers who ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Top Ten Reasons Young People Should Buy Antiques
The Young Collectorby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondSometimes in life you become an expert by default. This can be a useful skill, especially in terms of parenting, when anything, even complete non sequiturs like "Santa Claus likes broccoli," can bluff the opposition if said with enough conviction and an air ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Victor Weinblatt, South Hadley, Massachusetts
by Frank DoneganVictor Weinblatt is shown standing in front of a circa 1890 midwestern carnival game wheel. It's red, yellow, black, and white. The spots on the "dominoes" are thumbtacks. It's $4850.Gosh. For the second time in three months, we're writing about a Harvard guy in this space. Who knew ... (Read More)
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(Feature)What Does It Cost to Win a Lawsuit Concerning Art?
by David HewettOn April 8 Roger L. Hunt, chief judge for the United States District Court, District of Nevada, ruled that Judy Goffman Cutler was "the true owner of the painting" by Norman Rockwell titled Russian Schoolroom.We've covered the story before, about how art dealer Jack Solomon sued Cutler, who ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Software for Antiques Malls
Computer Column #259by John P.
Reid, e-mail: [email protected] reader in Connecticut asked for suggestions about software for her group shop. I realized that this important topic has not been covered here for four years.
Managers of group shops, antiques malls, and co-ops have an enormous paperwork burden. Computers can save ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Carving a Niche with Its Largest Sale So Far
Repousse to the max, this Baltimore coffee and tea service with castles in relief was marked by 20th-century maker Schofield Co. and brought $7945. Case photo.The most important furniture lot in the sale was this cherry press that came out of Horseshoe Bend Plantation in< grainger county in eastern tennessee. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Harnett Biennial of American Prints
The 2010 Harnett Biennial of American Prints is the ninth competitive national exhibition organized by the University of Richmond Museums. Open to all forms of prints, the exhibition is presented as a celebration and examination of contemporary printmaking by artists throughout the United States. The Harnett Biennial will be on ... (Read More)
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