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(Auction)To Build a Fire with Rusty Farrin
Farrin's Country Auctions, Augusta, MaineTo Build a Fire with Rusty Farrinby Mark Sisco Ernest and Elizabeth Johnson spent decades collecting historical documents, books, signatures, and lots of other artifacts. When they passed on, Farrin's Country Auctions of Augusta, Maine, got a chance to sell the estate, which it did on ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Wilson Willet Feeder Is Tops at July Decoy Sale
Decoys Unlimited Inc., Hyannis, MassachusettsWilson Willet Feeder Is Tops at July Decoy Saleby Jeanne SchintoWas the top bird at the Decoys Unlimited sale on July 21 and 22 at the Cape Codder Resort & Spa on Cape Cod made by Fred Nichols of Lynn, Massachusetts? Or was it the work ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Grand Examples of Ocean Liner Art and Memorabilia
Christie's, New York CityGrand Examples of Ocean Liner Art and Memorabiliaby A.J. Peluso, Jr.For collectors of ocean liner material, May and June 2008 will be remembered with fondness if you were a buyer and with regret if you weren't. The auction of the Frank O. Braynard collection at Swann in ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: The One That Got Away
EditorialThe One That Got AwayYou can't help but empathize with Jack Rennert of Poster Auctions International Inc., a New York City firm that has produced poster auctions for over 20 years.Rennert had a line on a significant collection of French Mistinguett performance posters that Aspen, Colorado, collector Edwin Glickman owned. ... (Read More)
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(Show)SOFA 2008
New York CitySOFA 2008by Lita Solis-CohenFor the 11th year SOFA (Sculpture Objects & Functional Art) offered one-of-a-kind, limited-edition, and handmade objects in ceramics, glass, fiber, metal, and wood. The fair filled the 67th Street Armory on Park Avenue in Manhattan from May 29 through June 1 and held a crowded ... (Read More)
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(Show)Be in It to Win It
Bedford, New HampshireBe in It to Win It by Fran KramerLongtime show promoter Frank Gaglio of Barn Star Productions compared exhibiting in his one-day Monday Bedford Pickers Market in Bedford, New Hampshire, to playing a lottery. "To win it, you have to be in it," he said.Not everyone is a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Southern Folk Pottery
Southern Folk Pottery Collectors Society, Bennett, North CarolinaSouthern Folk Potteryby Marty SteinerVolume 31 of the Southern Folk Pottery Collectors Society encyclopedia of pottery arrived late in April. Actually, it was the sale catalog for the society's 31st absentee auction. This auction officially ended on May 17, but the society has ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Joel Kopp: Sculpture, Paintings, Carvings
A Book ReviewJoel Kopp: Sculpture, Paintings, Carvingsby Lita Solis-CohenJoel Kopp: Sculpture, Paintings, Carvingsby Joel Kopp, with an introduction by Kevin MarkeyImpress, 2007, 180 pages, hardbound, $95 postpaid (by check only) from Joel Kopp, 230 Central Park West, Apt. 12A, New York, NY 10024; (212) 362-1653. The book can be autographed ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Auction Kicks Off Antiques Week
Northeast Auctions, Manchester, New HampshireAmericana Auction Kicks Off Antiques Weekby David HewettAntiques collectors and dealers alike anticipate Ronald Bourgeault's big Northeast Auctions summer Americana sale in Manchester, New Hampshire. It opens the series of seven events that have become known collectively as Antiques Week in New Hampshire. Dealers and collectors ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)WorthPoint and Heritage Team Up
WorthPoint and Heritage Team UpWorthPoint Corporation (www.worthpoint.com), an Internet-based data and media company that offers a database of sales records on art, antiques, and collectibles, announced that Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries, the world's largest collectibles auctioneer and third-largest auction house, has selected WorthPoint as a data publishing partner. Under the ... (Read More)
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