Search Stories
Now showing 8420-8430 of 10023 result(s)
(Feature)New Associate Curator Position at PMA
Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley has been named The Montgomery-Garvan Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.The new associate curator position was endowed by Robert L. McNeil, Jr. through the Lenfest Challenge, which was established in fall 2008 by museum chairman H.F. (Gerry) Lenfest and Marguerite Lenfest ... (Read More)
|
(Show)Modernism + Art20
Paul Donzella of Donzella Ltd., New York City, offered two chairs and a cocktail table, designed by Paul Laszlo in the early 1950’s, of handcarved and lacquered wood. The Lucite top is a replacement copy of the original. The chairs were $28,000 the pair, “a recession price,” said Donzella. In ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)Leslie Hindman Opens Florida Location
Naples, Florida, headquarters of Leslie Hindman Auctioneers.Leslie Hindman Auctioneers of Chicago has opened a new auction facility in Naples, Florida."Many of our longtime clients winter or live year-round in Florida, specifically the southwest region, so Naples is an ideal location for a satellite office," said Hindman. "One of our goals ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)Japanese Art Dealers Association Holds Exhibition during Asia Week
Plans are in the works for a very busy Asia Week New York, March 20-28 (see M.A.D., February 2010, p. 9-A).A pocket-size art fair organized by members of the Japanese Art Dealers Association (JADA), a group of six leading dealers who specialize in pre-modern Japanese art, will be held at ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Prior Tops Auction
The William Matthew Prior oil on board portrait sold for $10,350.Shelf clock by John Taber of Saco, Maine, $8625.Cyr Auction Company, Gray, Maineby Mark SiscoOn November 12, 2009, Cyr Auction Company held a solid Americana sale in Gray, Maine, anchored by a rare Maine-made shelf clock, a good Prior primitive ... (Read More)
|
(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: The Nicholas Hilliard miniature portraits of Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester and the one real love of her life, which sold for $120,015 at Bonhams.Elizabeth and Leicester: An Unrequited Love Story?One of the three great questions of Europe, the King of France once ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Folk Art Reaches Maturity
Outdoor Art Show by Vestie Davis. Not exactly how Slotin started. Slotin’s first sale was in the basement of the Barbara Archer Gallery in Atlanta. This work was one of two by Vestie Davis offered, and it tripled expectations at $13,800.Perhaps the most unusual item in this sale was this ... (Read More)
|
(Show)The Main Line Antiques Show
Paul Vandekar offered this Chinese export porcelain hunt bowl for $50,000. He said he gave up his gallery and does 12 shows a year and has had one good show after another.The Schwinds of Yarmouth, Maine, sold some jewelry at the preview.Walter Mullen of Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, asked $6500 for ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)New England Motel Upgrades Tents for Brimfield
New England Motel & Antiques Market in Brimfield, Massachusetts, is preparing for the upcoming antiquing season with an upgrade."Our Pavilion sites continue to be very popular," wrote Marie Doldoorian of New England Motel. "As a result we have a demand for the Pavilion sites and a wait list. Dealers in ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)Mikan Card Sold for $218,550
$218,550.On behalf of an anonymous client, SCP Auctions, Laguna Niguel, California, purchased what some call the most important and valuable basketball card known to exist: a 1948 Bowman George Mikan rookie card graded Gem Mint 10 by PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator).The card sold for $218,550 in an on-line auction conducted ... (Read More)
|
1 (800) 752-8521 • PO Box 1429 • Waldoboro, ME 04572
