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(Auction)Small, Selective, and Successful American Paintings Sale
Granville Redmond, poppies and lupine by a lake with distant mountains, 283/4" x 35", sold to a San Diego collector for $542,000 (est. $350,000/550,000), a new world auction record for Redmond, which Levitt found "encouraging."Armin Hansen (1886-1957), fishermen salvaging a wreck, 26" x 38", sold for $290,000 (est. $150,000/250,000) to ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Protecting Consignors
EditorialConsignors are the backbone of the auction business. Any savvy auctioneer will tell you that the key to a successful auction business is getting good stuff to sell.We advocate two simple moves that will help protect consignors: requiring Internet bidders to register with a credit card, and employing escrow accounts.First, ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)New Art and Antiques Books Reviewed
by M.A.D. StaffThese are reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.John Singer Sargent: Venetian Figures and Landscapes, 1898-1913. Complete Paintings, Volume VI ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Impecunious Marine Art Collector
by A.J. Peluso, Jr.Photos
by Dan PelusoFor some of us, the purchase of a $250,000 James Buttersworth,
a $125,000 James Bard, a $50,000 Antonio Jacobsen or Fred Pansing, or even a $1500
yachting photograph might, under the circumstances, be better delayed. Fortunately,
there are relatively inexpensive-or should be-interim alternatives.
They ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Little Antiques Show That Could, and Did
Exhibitors Richard and Vernice Platt of Geneseo, New York, are a big part of the show's history and success.Don Naetzker of Fairport, New York, is celebrating his 50th year in the business and looking forward to the July Bloomfield, New York, antiques show. He is shown here with his favorites, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bottled Up
A record $26,880 was paid for an Old Sachem Bitters in pure green.American Bottle Auctions' latest sale, which began April 27 and ended May 8 (including callbacks), brought a total of $220,875 (includes buyers' premiums). Only six of the 302 lots failed to meet minimum bid, with those six selling ... (Read More)
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(Feature)N.C. Wyeth Catalogue Raisonne Receives Award
N.C. Wyeth: A Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings was selected as the winner of the 2009 American Association of Museums' (AAM) Frances Smyth-Ravenel Prize for Excellence in Publication Design for Books. The judges noted that "the quality of the catalogue is outstanding, from the paper to the consistently beautiful reproductions of ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Fair Game for a Sunny Weekend Foray
Someone went to a great deal of trouble when building this circa 1900 castle-style birdhouse, most likely built to entice martins. The 171/2" square x 18" tall bird castle of quality construction, in nicely weathered red, white, black, and green paint, was priced at $595. Paul Johnson said it was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Indian and Western Art
Cowan's, Cincinnati, Ohioby Don JohnsonPhotos courtesy Cowan'sSeminole finger-woven sash, 1835-38, white glass beads form 42 whole frogs and 14 half frogs, complete sash 120" long, $38,187.50.The tap ran hot and cold during Cowan's sale of American Indian and Western art in Cincinnati, Ohio, on April 4. Some things buyers wanted; ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Thor Konwin, Branford House Antiques, Brandon, Vermont
Thor Konwin with his antique business machines.A selection of index typewriters. Index models didn'thave keyboards; the user picked out a letter at a time.Konwin said, "With a keyboard you could type fortywords a minute. With an index you could do a page aday." So why did people buy index machines? ... (Read More)
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