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(Auction)Charlton Hall Sells Hopper Collection
Charlton Hall Galleries, Inc., West Columbia, South Carolina
Photos courtesy Charlton Hall Galleries, Inc.
History ran deep in maps, books, and manuscripts from pre-Revolutionary War times through the Civil War at Charlton Hall Galleries’ February 10 online auction, and history was made with several record-setting prices.
The 376-lot, no-reserve sale of the collection ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)MADA’s Annual Coastal Show Moves One Week Earlier
The annual Coastal Maine Antiques Show is moving to one week earlier. The popular one-day show produced by the Maine Antiques Dealers Association (MADA) will be held on Wednesday, August 16, at the Great Salt Bay Community School in Damariscotta, Maine.
The show was scheduled for August 23—its traditional fourth Wednesday ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Fuehrs to Open Antique Round Top
On March 18 antiques dealers Ted and Jennifer Fuehr will open Antique Round Top in Round Top, Texas. The 8000-square-foot, climate-controlled venue will showcase the wares of their company, American Spirit Antiques, along with curated collections from a select group of antiques dealers.
“When you’ve been in the business for forty ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)2023 Failey Grants
The Decorative Arts Trust has announced that the 2023 Dean F. Failey Grant recipients will be British and Irish Furniture Makers Online (BIFMO), London; the Center for Painted Wall Preservation (CPWP), Hallowell, Maine; Preservation Long Island (PLI), Cold Spring Harbor, New York; and Stenton, Philadelphia.
The Failey grant program provides support ... (Read More)
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(Show)The February York Show
The Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale, York, Pennsylvania
The 180th Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale, held February 3 and 4 at Memorial Hall East on the Fairgrounds in York, Pennsylvania, seemed like a recovering aging friend who had lost a lot of weight after a serious illness: ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Inaugural Firearms Auction
Guyette & Deeter, St. Michaels, Maryland
Photos courtesy Guyette & Deeter
There have been big doings at Guyette & Deeter in St. Michaels, Maryland. The company launched its new firearms division with an inaugural sporting arms sale February 4 at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum up the street from its offices. A ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Metric Side of the Ruler
Beneath the Surface
Bias comes up often in conversation these days, and as is always the case when any word gets thrown around rapidly, the meaning begins to get dented up or to accumulate connotations that do not belong to it. Because it is often used in connection with ideas that ... (Read More)
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(Auction)From Rococo Revival to Rembert Redux
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
Pool players call it “running the table” when someone prevents a competitor from even taking their first shot. At Brunk Auctions’ February 3 and 4 sale, dominant bidders gave competitors a chance to hoist their bidding paddles, but that was as far as ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Two Annual Shows Go Online
Promoter Kim Martindale canceled his annual February San Francisco Tribal & Textile Art Show and the late December American Indian Art Show and replaced them with two online shows February 23 through 26. Why? “There was not enough exhibitor or community interest,” he said.
This lack of interest was a surprise ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Strong International Jewelry Market Drives Bidders and Prices
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Doyle
If we had any question about how the latest jewelry sale at Doyle in New York City fared, the post-sale press release summed it up: “The current strength of the international jewelry market was on display...on February 2 as bidders across the country and overseas ... (Read More)
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