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(Show)The 20th International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show
New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenDouglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, offered a group of three Ameca-style figures from Jalisco on Mexico’s west coast, priced from $16,000 to $19,000. Behind them, from the Quatchi tribe of Togo in West Africa are 20th-century figures, $26,000 and $22,000. The textile mantle on the wall is ... (Read More)
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(Show)Boston Shows Its Mettle
Boston, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoSavenkov Gallery, Midlothian, Virginia, asked $16,000 for the circa 1800 Austrian Neoclassical cherrywood secretary against the back wall. The circa 1830 Vienna Biedermeier walnut center table on a reeded column base was $9800. Hanging above it, the circa 1800 Swedish Empire hand-painted and gilt Bohemian glass lantern ... (Read More)
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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.The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Good Roos from Cyr
Cyr Auction Company, Gray, Maineby Mark SiscoTwo works by Philipp Peter Roos, also known as Rosa da Tivoli, sold for $12,075 (above) and $12,650 (below).The cornerstone of Cyr Auction Company's November 29, 2008, offering in Gray, Maine, was a series of about 200 artworks from various sources, featuring names as ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Ritchie Joins Stair Galleries
Walter G. Ritchie Jr. is the new director of exposition sales at Stair Galleries in Hudson, New York. Ritchie will oversee the firm's monthly exposition sales, including identifying and describing the property, organizing the on-line catalog, meeting with clients, and promoting the auctions. He will also assist with the cataloging ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Hard Times and Hard Weather Are Double Whammy for New Hampshire
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(Fragment)Variety Sale with Machmer Stuff Brings $578,336
by Karl PassPook & Pook Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania, held its largest variety sale to date on December 4 and 5, 2008. The 1528-lot sale grossed $578,336.85 (including buyers' premiums). Included were roughly 200 lots from the estate of Richard (Dick) and Rosemarie Machmer. The firm had held a catalog sale ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Free Art Show at Straube
Win Straube, president and CEO of Straube Corporation, has announced the Straube Center Winter Fine Art Show, running through February 28 at the office and retail complex on Route 31 at West Franklin Avenue in Pennington, New Jersey.The winter show will feature award-winning artists, including Paul Rigby, sculptor; Karin Batten, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sir William Johnson Papers CD Available
Twenty volumes of papers and correspondence of Sir William Johnson have been released in a revised second-edition digital CD format by the New York State Library. The papers are part of the collections of the library.Johnson was British Superintendent of Indian Affairs in New York from 1755 through 1774. He ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Mark McDonald, Hudson, New York
by Frank DoneganMark McDonald with a piece by Tejo Remy for the Droog design group. It's called "You Can't Lay Down Your Memories." Remy scavenges random drawers from used furniture, builds little boxes for them to slide in and out of, and holds the whole assemblage together with a strap ... (Read More)
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