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(Feature)Dog Portrait and Crowell Black Duck Lead $3.2 Million Sale
Copley Fine Art Auctions, LLC, Plymouth, MassachusettsDog Portrait and Crowell Black Duck Lead $3.2 Million Sale by Jeanne SchintoA world auction price record was set for Edmund H. Osthaus when his outstanding portrait of a pointer with a quail in its mouth was sold at Stephen B. O'Brien Jr.'s third ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Manhattan Media Merges with Wendy Show Management
by Lita Solis-CohenAfter denying rumors that Westchester Enterprises, the management company for Wendy Show Management, was for sale, the company announced on August 7 that it has merged with Manhattan Media, publishers of Avenue magazine. Wendy Show Management, the longest-established management company for art and antiques shows in the U.S., ... (Read More)
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(Feature)No Peace with "Peaceable Kingdom" for Sotheby's
by David HewettOn September 2, Sotheby's Inc. filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, against Halsey Minor, the California founder of CNET Network, which was bought by CBS this year for a reported $1.8 billion, for failure to make payment for three paintings.One, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Who Owns the Artworks of Martin Ramirez?
Who Owns the Artworks of Martín Ramírez?by Clayton PenningtonA legal battle between the heirs of Martín Ramírez (1895-1963), who spent most of his adult life committed to California psychiatric hospitals, and a retired therapist, who acquired 17 Ramírez artworks over 45 years ago, is being fought in courts on both ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)York Antiques Gallery Sold
York Antiques Gallery SoldConstance Greer, the owner of the York Antiques Gallery in York, Maine, has sold all the assets of the business to a new entity, The York Antiques Gallery, LLC, which is owned by two local York residents, Daniel J. Hartigan and Mark E. Toney. Greer and the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Second Annual Ohio Valley Auction
Garth's, Delaware, OhioThe Second Annual Ohio Valley Auctionby Don JohnsonAn hour into Garth's second annual Ohio Valley auction, held May 23 and 24 in Delaware, Ohio, company president/auctioneer Jeff Jeffers offered an 1866 exhibition poster from Pomeroy, Ohio, advertising a freak show that featured wildlife attractions such as the Ring ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Fall Hartford Show Canceled
Linda Turner of Forbes and Turner Antiques Shows has announced that due to unforeseen circumstances the Fall Hartford Antiques Show at the Connecticut Expo Center has been canceled for September 2008. Plans for the 2009 Fall Hartford Antiques Show are in the early stages of development at this time.© 2008 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dealers Sought for New Vermont Antiques Show
Plans are underway for a new fall antiques show at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction, Vermont. The Vermont Antique Expo & Sale on October 4 and 5 is designed to showcase Vermont's antiques and antiques dealers with two days of quality shopping for antiques enthusiasts. Champlain Valley Exposition ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Opinion: Just Say No to Fractional Gift Law Change
by Daniel GrantAs a supporter of the arts—meaning that I believe government should provide money and tax incentives to help arts organizations and institutions as well as individual artists—I should share the indignation that is being expressed over the issue of limiting what are called "fractional gifts" to museums. It's ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Construction at Ohr-O'Keefe Museum Resumes: Board Erects Gehry Pods As Symbol of Hope
by Karla Klein AlbertsonWhen Hurricane Katrina struck the Mississippi Gulf Coast three years ago, the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art in Biloxi—a complex of small buildings, which would include a gallery for the unique ceramics of local "Mad Potter" George Ohr (1857-1918)-was under construction. At the groundbreaking ceremony on May 15, ... (Read More)
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