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(Book Review)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese are thumbnail reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail or phone orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.Massachusetts Quilts: Our Common Wealth edited by Lynne Zacek Bassett (University Press ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Books, Manuscripts, Americana
Christie's, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy Christie'sAn East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia; taken by George Heap from the Jersey Shore, under the Direction of Nicholas Skull, Surveyor General of the Province of Pennsylvania. Engraved by G. Vandergucht, London: published according to Act of Parliament, 1 September 1754. ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Computer Column: Assistive Technology
by John P. Reid, [email protected] built-in Magnifier and On-Screen Keyboard being used together with a word processor.Many antiquers depend on their computers for things such as writing letters and using the Internet for research, buying, or selling, but suppose reduced vision or mobility interferes with using a computer. Such problems ... (Read More)
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(Show)The American Art Fair
New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenIt was really crowded on Sunday evening, and people looked at pictures carefully.Thomas Colville (right), who with Alexander Acevedo thought up the idea for The American Art Fair. That’s a Thomas Eakins on the wall. Colville sold two pictures at the Sunday evening opening.Eric Baumgartner of ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Collection of Nicolas Cage Opens the Lock to Dracula, Frankenstein, and a Phantom
Heritage Auction Galleries, Dallas, Texasby Richard de ThuinPhotos courtesy Heritage Auction GalleriesThe first filming of Frankenstein, based on the 1818 novel by Mary Shelley, was the 1910 Edison Manufacturing Company’s silent version, which was a bit crude in construction. The next time up for Shelley’s monster occurred in 1931 when ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Historical Americana, Including the Civil War and the West
Mammoth-plate Alexander Gardner photograph of Abraham Lincoln, 18½" x 15" on a cream mount, mount and print with minor soiling and foxing, $34,662.50 (est. $10,000/15,000).Louis Lumiere cinematograph, circa 1895, $30,000 (est. $4000/ 6000).Cowan's, Cincinnati, Ohioby Don JohnsonHe just needed a few more Washington lemons.Cowan's auction of historical Americana offered 1337 ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Laura Fisher, New York City
In the TradeLaura Fisher, New York Cityby Frank DoneganLaura Fisher with some of her 300 or so hooked rugs. She also has dozens of rag carpets and braided rugs.A corner of Fisher’s quilt room where she stores approximately 500 quilts. “I have a big inventory,” she said. “If I’d become ... (Read More)
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(Feature)NHADA Directory
The newly revised 2009 directory of the New Hampshire
Antiques Dealers Association will be available by the end of February. The directory
will list 286 members in good standing, including addresses, phone numbers, e-mail
addresses, and their specialties. The New Hampshire dealers are listed alphabetically
by town. There are dealers ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dawson & Nye to Begin Free Weekly Walk-in Appraisal Days and Monthly Gallery Talks
Dawson & Nye to Begin Free Weekly Walk-in Appraisal Days and Monthly Gallery TalksDawson & Nye, the Morris Plains, New Jersey, auction house, will begin a free weekly appraisal service in its galleries. Each Monday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., the gallery will be open to anyone wishing to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Sale Offers Different Perspectives
Garth's, Delaware, Ohioby Don JohnsonPhotos courtesy Garth'sIt comes down to perspective. During Garth's annual Thanksgiving weekend auction on November 28 and 29, 2008, in Delaware, Ohio, two contrasting views were expressed to the Garth's staff. One person with a home full of early American furniture and accessories expressed nervousness over ... (Read More)
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