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(Fragment)Chris Jussel Resigns from Freeman's
Chris Jussel, the original host of the PBS television series Antiques Roadshow, has resigned as senior vice president of Samuel T. Freeman & Co. in Philadelphia.Jussel, former president of the National Antique & Art Dealers Association of America, helped to establish the International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show at ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Fake Movie Posters: One Pulled from Auction, Two Lawsuits Filed
Estimated at $200,000/250,000, the Dracula poster was revealed as a fake and withdrawn from the Profiles in History auction.by Richard de ThuinA one-sheet poster from Dracula (Universal, 1931), the landmark and much-revered horror film starring Bela Lugosi, was withdrawn from the Hollywood auction #37 at Profiles in History (an auction ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings Sale
Above the Narrows, a 48" x 321/4" tempera on panel painted in 1960 by Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009), depicts Nicholas Wyeth at age 18 at Bradford Point on the St. George River in Cushing, Maine. It was estimated at $3/5 million and sold to a woman in the salesroom, bidding for ... (Read More)
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(Show)The San Francisco Fall Antiques Show
Berkeley, California, dealer Thomas Livingston was asking $12,500 for this American Aesthetic Movement gilt and marble-top console that had been sold in San Francisco on November 22, 1884. The initials "WF" are stenciled on the back; Livingston wondered if they stood for Wells Fargo. The top of the console is ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Record Benton at American Paintings Auction
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(Feature)Antique Ice Skates in America
Bone skates are mostly found in museums and date back 1500 to 1700 years ago.Snow skate, $100 and higher; uncommon 10", $150 to $200.Maple or beech skate with attached rounded blade, 10", $200 to $350.Skating scene showing crowds and old-time skating clothing. Skating, 1885, Boston by Henry Sandham, from a ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Autumn Americana Sale at Doyle's
This 22" x 25 7/8" oil on board by Grandma (Anna Robertson) Moses (1860-1961), Sugaring Off, 1942, sold for $28,125 (est. $5000/7000). It was the most expensive painting in the sale, but it brought less than it had at Sotheby's in December 1998, when it sold for $34,500.This set of ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Computer Column: FastTrack for Dealers
Inventory item screen for antiques dealer software from AAIN, Inc.Computer Column #254by John P. Reid, e-mail: [email protected] latest edition of Collectorpro for Antiques was reviewed last month. This month, a new edition of Antique Dealers FastTrack Inventory and Business Management Professional Software from the Antique and Art Information Network, Inc. ... (Read More)
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(Show)Barn Star Steps into Tough Territory with New Autumn Hartford Show
Port 'N Starboard Gallery, Falmouth, Maine, asked $15,000 for the eagle with an 84" wingspan that had been carved by Lloyd Hansen Thomas of Camden, Maine.Salt Box Antiques, Sugarloaf, Pennsylvania, asked $675 for this cradle in an interesting form; it had been found in Connecticut.V.L. Marcos/ Whimsy, Centerbrook, Connecticut, showed ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dealer Charged with Selling Fake Picasso
Tatiana Khan, a West Hollywood, California, antiques dealer, has been named in a federal fraud case involving the $2 million sale of a fake Pablo Picasso that she allegedly paid an artist $1000 to fabricate.FBI agents seized a $700,000 de Kooning painting from Khan that prosecutors allege was purchased with ... (Read More)
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