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(Auction)In the Land of Oziana
Bloomsbury Auctions, New York CityPeter and the Swans, a pen and ink and gouache by John R. Neill 1877-1943) for the endpapers of Carl H. Grabo’s Peter and the Princess, published in 1920, sold for $15,600 (est. $12,000/15,000). According to the catalog, it is the only known work of art ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Indian Art Auction
Cowan's, Cincinnati, Ohioby Don JohnsonPhotos courtesy Cowan'sEarly Late Classic Navajo serape, 1865-70, with a background of raveled reds and tight horizontal motif of terraced chartreuse< diamonds, each with a central white cross, complemented by deep indigo zigzags and bars, two dark 1" rings on surface, one large outline of circle ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Andrew Wyeth Ink Leads Gamage Auction
Bruce Gamage, Jr., Rockland, MaineAndrew Wyeth pen-and-ink drawing, Spruce Trees, $58,300.Pear-shaped diamond, weighing 1.58 carats, in a platinum setting, $7975.by Mark SiscoAn auction with an important Andrew Wyeth pen-and-ink drawing was an appropriate way to open Maine's unofficial August antiques auction week. Bruce Gamage held his now-traditional opener at the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Craftsman Auction
Rago Arts and Auction Center, Lambertville, New Jerseyby Lita Solis-CohenMarblehead vase, 1915, incised and painted by Arthur Baggs with stylized flowers in yellow and orange against a dark blue and speckled medium blue ground, 8½" high, sold on the phone for $27,600 (est. $15,000/20,000), underbid by another phone bidder.This exceptional ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Rifle Hall Americana Antique Show & Fall Fest
Round Top, Texasby Steve BrooksCarol Maglio and Richard Limbacher of CR Finds Antiques, Colleyville, Texas, were asking $120 to $160 for each of these Scottish spongeware pieces from the late 19th century, made for import to the U.S. The designs were applied to the porcelain with specially cut sponges dipped ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)American Ceramic Circle Presents 2007 Book Awards
The American Ceramic Circle (ACC) presented two book awards at its annual meeting on November 1 in Baltimore, Maryland.Ceramics in America 2007, edited by Robert Hunter, is devoted to porcelain produced by Gousse Bonnin and George Anthony Morris at the American China Manufactory in Philadelphia from 1769 to 1772. Bonnin ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Fresh Estates from Buffalo and Beyond Bring Bidders to Grogan
Grogan & Company, Dedham, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoThis gilt and patinatedbronze figure by Emile Guillemin (French, 1841-1907) came to the sale from Claire Golant’s estate and sold to a New York dealer for $26,450 (est. $8000/12,000). From the top of the goddess’s torchère to the bottom of her carved giltwood marble-top ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Classics Endure: The Murfreesboro Antique Show
Murfreesboro, Tennesseeby Sarah DruryDealer R.L. Pinson (left) was there when the Murfreesboro show debuted in 1967 and is still selling. Promoter Don Detwiler (right) has headed up the event for the past six years and has won good reviews from dealers for increasing the show’s attendance and visibility.David P. Taylor ... (Read More)
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(Show)Granville Antiques Fair Had Something for Everyone
Granville, Ohioby Mary Ellen HareWest Main Antiques, Zanesville, Ohio, offered cast-iron urns from 1870-80 for prices ranging from $125 to $250.For those longing for department stores of yore, Summer Kitchen Antiques, Columbus, Ohio, offered a green ceramic mug marked “Lazarus, 1851-1941,” a nostalgic piece recalling the now-defunct Lazarus Department Store, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Moore Collection
Edward Hicks’s Peaceable Kingdom with Quakers Bearing Banners, 1829-30, a 17½" x 23¼" oil on canvas in a cherry veneer frame hand lettered by the artist, sold for $1,314,500 (est. $2/3 million) to a phone bidder, underbid by Pennsylvania dealer Kelly Kinzle in the salesroom. One of five painted between ... (Read More)
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