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(Feature)Editorial: Sutton's Law
Some in the art and antiques show business, caught up in a tough economic climate, have taken a cue from medical students and are employing a version of Sutton’s law. (Sutton’s law is the principle of going straight to the most likely diagnosis of a problem. It’s named for bank ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Richard Withington: "He Made Country Auctioneering a Business"
by David HewettAt 4 a.m. on the morning of Tuesday, April 29, Hillsborough Center, New Hampshire, auctioneer Richard Withington died. He passed away at the Birches in Concord, New Hampshire, a community for those with Alzheimer's disease. Withington had been hospitalized after a stroke.It was only circumstance that had landed ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Prior-Hamblen Portrait Charms at Americana Auction
Freeman's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenFreeman's traditionally had held its spring sale the Saturday after Antiques Week in Philadelphia with its presale viewing during the week when the dealers and collectors come to town for shows and museum exhibitions. This year the preview began before the shows opened and continued during ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Madam Walker to Malcolm X at Annual African-Americana Sale
Swann, New York Cityby Jeanne SchintoThe top lot of Swann's 13th annual sale of printed and manuscript African-Americana on February 21 was an assembled unpublished album containing large, original Currier & Ives chromolithographs depicting African-Americans in stereotypical poses and situations. About half of them were printed with a heavy oil-based ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Shenandoah Valley Redware Highlights Crocker Farm Ceramics Show and Auction
Crocker Farm, York, Pennsylvaniaby Karl H. PassThe Zipps of Crocker Farm, Inc., Ryderwood, Maryland, added something new for their ceramics auction, held March 8 in the Old Main Building at the fairgrounds in York, Pennsylvania-a show and sale. Renting tables for $100 apiece, dealers in antique and contemporary pottery could ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Pilgrim-Century Tulip and Sunflower Press Cupboard Generates Excitement
Garth's Auctioneers & Appraisers, Delaware, Ohioby Don JohnsonA Pilgrim-Century press cupboard that got high billing in a 1931 auction was turning heads again during Garth's January 4 and 5 sale in Delaware, Ohio, where it was the top lot of the weekend at $38,775 (includes buyer's premium). "It's one of ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Ogunquit Museum of American Art Mounts Major Holdings from Permanent Collection
by Rose Safran Well over 20 years ago, walking in Ogunquit, Maine, I wandered into a small, private oceanfront museum located near Perkins Cove where a popular cliff walk offers visitors magnificent vistas of the state's rockbound coast. Greeting me at the museum's entrance was an elderly gentleman clad in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fresh Consignments Garner Strong Results
Craftsman Auction, Lambertville, New Jerseyby Lita Solis-CohenMarket watchers say that the art market usually doesn't react immediately to downturns in financial markets and that the art and antiques markets don't feel the impact for many months, or even years. The record-breaking Craftsman Auction weekend sale at Rago Arts and Auction ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Philadelphia Antiques Show
Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenIt pays to worry. The Philadelphia Antiques Show committee was apprehensive about the move from their long-established venue at the 33rd Street Armory to the Navy Yard. They were criticized for their aggressive tactics in securing the Navy Yard, which had been developed as a show venue ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Kathy Immerman of Kuttner Antiques, Sheffield, Massachusetts
by Frank DoneganThere are all sorts of ways to get into the antiques trade: maybe as a collector who couldn't resist the siren song of dealing; maybe it seemed natural to follow in the footsteps of antiques dealer parents; or maybe holding a real job seemed unappealing as opposed to ... (Read More)
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