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(Feature)Beautiful Setting but Weak Gate
York, Maineby Rose SafranYork, Maine, resident Mary MacLean (right) admires silver, some of which sold, with Manchester Center, Vermont, dealer Phyllis Carlson (with tag) of Carlson & Stevenson Antiques. Behind them was a wall of watercolors. A theorem painting on velvet was priced at $3800.Although Frank Wood of DeWolfe & ... (Read More)
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(Show)"Will They Buy or Will They Just Look?"
Waldoboro, Maineby Mark SiscoJane and Edwin Carr of Gorham, Maine, brought along a fine pair of late 18th-century mirrored wall sconces (oneshown) with all the panes intact for a negotiable $1500. They also showed a finely painted cast-iron doorstop, embossed“Highland Light Cape Cod,” for $800.This “F. Weber” seascape was $395 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Brewery and Liquor Memorabilia
Jon Lee Auction Services, Latham, New Yorkby Betty FloodBeverwyck Beer clock, $467.50.“Ask for Drewrys Ale and Lager Beer,” with a trooper and horse, $286; and a Gold Bond man (with repair on arm), $467.50.Jon Lee's September 13 auction in Latham, New York, was the first breweriana auction held in the ... (Read More)
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(Show)FolkFest 2008
Norcross, Georgiaby Marty SteinerJean Compton of Wimberley, Texas, was among the few dealers with an emphasis exclusively on vintage and anonymous material. An entire collection of nearly 20 tramp art boxes caught your attention as you entered her booth. Generally, condition is a serious concern with these items, most often ... (Read More)
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(Feature)On-line Antiques Survey
by Danielle ArnetM.A.D. readers are invited to participate in an on-line survey about the antiques biz. We all know that M.A.D. readers have plenty of opinions on that topic.Stephanie Vomvouras, a physician in internal medicine currently working on an executive MBA at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)"Wonderful Actor" Makes Off with $5300 Clock from Dealer
by David Hewett"He's clearly a wonderful actor. He was dressed impeccably and spoke English with an accent that hinted he was from an upper-class Spanish upbringing," said Louisville, Kentucky, antiques dealer Trace Mayer.He was describing the man who bought a $5300 clock from him in October, after producing what appeared ... (Read More)
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(Feature)New Connecticut Show to Launch
Gene Shannon The AntiquesAffair, a new show under the management of Cord Shows Ltd., for the benefit of the Howard Jennings Dollars for Scholars Foundation, will take place in North Stamford, Connecticut, on December 6 and 7.Art auctioneer Gene Shannon of Shannon Fine Arts will be featured on Saturday from ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Machmer Sale
$198,900. Photo courtesy Pook & Pook.by Lita Solis-CohenIt is no longer common to find a collection of extraordinary Americana that was bought in the rural countryside exclusively at farm sales and local auctions. Those who came to the estate sale of the collection of Pennsylvania folk art at Pook & ... (Read More)
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(Show)41st Annual Fall Original Round Top Antiques Fair
Round Top, Texasby Steve BrooksNancy Westmoreland, owner of House of Lamps and Antiques, Austin, Texas, turns vintage pieces into lamps. The body of this lamp is a blue and white Chinese teapot from the 1830’s, complemented by a custom fabric shade and custom base. She asked $350 for it.This massive ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Tag Sale in North Carolina Draws Huge Crowd
Mountain Home, North Carolinaby Tom DunnThe crowds on the first day of the sale.A 19th-century east Tennessee walnut corner cupboard, 83" high, with blind doors top and bottom, sold for the full day one tag price of $1795.Two pairs of Bradley and Hubbard bronze bookends—one of the Lincoln Memorial and ... (Read More)
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