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(Computer Article)Computer Column: A Good Accounting
Computer Column #240by John P. Reid, [email protected] month is all about antiques businesses. Seldom in the past 20 years has this column discussed bookkeeping or accounting software. Setting up an accounting system is complicated. Good computer skills alone do not make a good accountant. People spend years in college or ... (Read More)
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(Feature)American Furniture, Folk Art, Maritime Art, and Prints
Christie's, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenRare Monhegan Island-style red-breasted merganser drake carved by Augustus Aaron Wilson (1864-1950) of South Portland, Maine, circa 1900, with carved crest and eyes, relief-carved wings, and a slightly turned head, 161/2" long (est. $100,000/150,000). One of three knownfrom the same rig, it was purchased from ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Washington Miniature Soars at Last Skinner American Furniture Sale of 2008
by David HewettPhotos courtesy Skinner.On November 1 and 2, Skinner sold the Herbert Nilson collection of clocks, followed by American furniture and decorative arts from several sources, at its Boston galleries. The entire 900-plus-lot sale brought just under $2.2 million.Several lots sold on one bid, and the entire sale had ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Buechler Auction
Chris Huntington, Blockhouse, Nova Scotiaby Chris BeckettBy mid-afternoon the crowd had thinned, and bargains were to be had.All prices in Canadian fundsLarry and Ruby Buechler were originally from Ontario. In Blockhouse, Nova Scotia, where they ended up, that's the sort of thing everybody knows. Their name, however, was solidly German, ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Pet Peeves of an Auction-Goer
by Steve ProffittWhere has the year gone? While my watch runs the same, each year seems to pass quicker than the one before, and this year was no exception. I'm using a reader's letter to close out 2008. An advantage of writing this column is that I regularly receive interesting ... (Read More)
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(Show)After the Crash, Exhibitors at ADA Show Expected the Worst! (But Were Pleasantly Surprised!)
Deerfield, MassachusettsAfter the Crash, Exhibitors at ADA Show Expected the Worst! (But Were Pleasantly Surprised!)by David HewettKaren DiSaia is one of the hardest workingshow managers in the country and isalways there early and leaves late. WithDeerfield wrapped up, she'll head for ashow in Minneapolis next. DiSaia andher husband, Ralph, operate ... (Read More)
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(Auction)N.C. Wyeth Illustration Leads September Art Auction
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoThis 30" x 291/4" oil on canvas by N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945) sold for $225,150. The catalog listed its title as That Endless Stream across the Dubuque Ferry Was Flowing on Ahead of Me, and the Fast-Going Part of It Was Passing Me Every Hour like ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)NYC Antiques Garage Show Stays Put
New York City's famous Antiques Garage at West 25th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues was expected to close and integrate into Hell's Kitchen Flea Market at West 39th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues by November 30. Following discussions between the Antiques Garage and representatives of the parking structure ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Art Storage Facilities Face Scrutiny
by Daniel GrantFine art storage sites, and storage facilities in general, tend to make the news only when a catastrophe strikes. Some examples include a fire that consumed hundreds of contemporary paintings and sculptures at Momart, a fine art storage company in London, in 2004; a blaze at Artex, a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings and Sculpture
Sotheby's, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy Sotheby'sSotheby's sale on September 24 of mid-priced American paintings and sculpture, held the day before its Americana sale, was a two-session event that dispersed 181 of the 271 lots offered for a total of $4,009,001, a 66.8% sold rate by lot and 76.5% ... (Read More)
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