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(Show)The 46th Annual Dolly Johnson Antique Show
JJ Frambes, show director, and her work team, from left: Jan Orr Harter, Frambes, Josh Luter, Amy Luter, and Krista Luter.Two large canvasback duck decoys from the early 19th century were priced at $365 and $395 from Betty Gail Hayes of Quitman, Texas.A pair of folk art running deer carved ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Farmer Enjoys Iconic Sale
This Russian icon was the surprise of the auction. The catalog stated that the consignor’s family collected the icon during the 1930’s. The central image is that of Saint Nicholas, and the scenes surrounding him depict events from his life, including the miracles with which he is associated. The icon ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.The Error World: An Affair with Stamps by Simon Garfield (Houghton ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Historic East Berlin Antique Show
The Thursday evening opening from 5 to 8:30 p.m. had 138 people go through the show, which was the highest number to date for the opening.A welcome returnee after several years away from the show was Sandy Hart of New Oxford, Pennsylvania. She priced her Black bottle dolls at $550 ... (Read More)
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(Feature)A Willard Banjo Clock, Circa 1982: When Old Becomes New Again
Figure 1. Subject clock, Chelsea presentation banjo clock.by David A. SperlingThe golden age of handcrafted clocks in America began in the 18th century and ran through the end of the first quarter of the 19th century. The golden age for mass-producing clocks by machine was certainly the last half of ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Going, Going---Lost!
by Steve ProffittWhat better time than summer for something light—and down home it's for sure summer. Here's an e-mail from a reader."I'm an old guy with too much time and a computer. So here's a little tale that might interest you. A while back I attended a firearms auction and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Is the Art Collecting Public Confused by Giclees?
by Daniel GrantGo to any number of art fairs and art galleries and you will find prints for sale among the paintings and sculptures. They are prints because they were printed by some means, but after that it may not be clear at all how they should be described, and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Timothy Rub Named Director of PMA
by Lita Solis-CohenThe Philadelphia Museum of Art has named Timothy Rub the George D. Widener director and chief executive officer. He succeeds the late Anne d'Harnoncourt. Rub, currently the director and CEO of the Cleveland Museum of Art, will take the post on September 1, leaving Cleveland after just three ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Native American Art Auction
Featured on the front cover of the catalog, the 1790-1830 Tsimshian war dagger, traditionally named Eagle at the Head of the Skeena River, was the top-selling lot in the auction. Handed down through generations, this potent symbol descended from Chief Legaic (or Legaix), an early, powerful leader. The dagger sold ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Location for Barn Star's New Hampshire Shows
Barn Star Productions and Frank Gaglio want to make certain that all attendees of Antiques Week in New Hampshire know that the Manchester Pickers Market Antiques Show and Mid-Week in Manchester Antiques Show are no longer at the Quality Inn in Bedford but have moved to the Furniture World Building ... (Read More)
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