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(Feature)Americana Sale Provides Good Barometer of Market
There were five phone bidders for this Berks County, Pennsylvania, dower chest, dated 1788. The lid and front are profusely decorated with stylized tulips and hearts. It is similar to a chest in the Titus Geesey (1895-1969) collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art with the same date, but the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Midrange Rugs Carry Two New England Oriental Rug Auctions
Some of Skinner's most attractive decorative carpets suffered from high estimates and reserves, or had extensive restoration, and didn't sell. Its two most successful carpets were a 24'6" x 14'2" Indo-Persian that brought $23,700 (not shown) and this very decorative 19'4" x 13'2" Persian Bahktiari that sold for $18,960.There were ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: This Is Now, That Was ThenThis month's column is in two parts. It begins with reports on five sales of recent weeks, under the general heading "This Is Now," and then rushes headlong through what is left in my file boxes of last year's sales. I ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Murals Discovered
by Nancy Smoak, Projects Director, Rufus Porter MuseumA Hebron, Maine, couple has some advice for all owners of early homes with wallpaper walls-look under the wallpaper to see what is on the plaster. When they bought their home two years ago, they knew it had a long history, having been ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Auction Pulls in Nearly $2 Million
The top-priced lot from the first two sessions of clocks from the Herbert Nilson collection, this 30" high Simon Willard "lighthouse" clock with alarm mechanism, glass dome, mahogany veneered case, and turned brass feet sold to a phone bidder for $71,100 (est. $20,000/30,000). Three phones and two floor bidders were ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)26-Year-Old Burlwood Antique Center Closed During 2009
It's a sure sign of spring, seeing the lines of buyers ready to enter the Burlwood Antique Center in Meredith, New Hampshire, on May 1.This year, spring will surely come, but there will be no line. Last fall, the husband-and-wife owners of Burlwood, Mark Diette and Mary Di Maria, announced ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Curator at Corning
The Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York, has appointed Florian Knothe as its new curator of European glass. Knothe, who comes to the museum from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is responsible for curating current and changing exhibitions, conducting research, and managing acquisitions for the museum's European glass ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Admission Options and Prices at Winterthur
Winterthur has initiated new tour offerings and pricing options. The museum will now offer visitors a single ticket option, providing them with full access to the Winterthur Garden and Galleries as well as an introductory tour showcasing some of the most spectacular rooms in the 175-room house. The new adult ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Salander Indicted
by David HewettManhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau announced on March 26 that a grand jury had voted to indict Lawrence Salander and his art gallery, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, LLC, on 100 counts. The counts include grand larceny of $88 million from investors and collectors, falsifying business records, scheming to defraud, forgery, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Christie's Sues Minor Over Unpaid Bill
A Rearing Stallion by Sir Anthony van Dyck, 43" x 45½", sold for GBP3,129,168.75. Not shown, a painting by George Stubbs brought GBP347,268.75, and Flying Childers Held by a Groom by Thomas Stringer sold for GBP32,343.75. Christie's claims Minor owes over $7 million and has refused to pay.Halsey Minor, an ... (Read More)
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