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(Feature)Pop Culture: The Thing That Wouldn't Die
Geppi's Entertainment Museum, Baltimore, Marylandby Karla Klein AlbertsonThere were probably ancient Greeks who thought Euripides wrote tearjerkers for the masses. Medea is definitely a weeper. And there were certainly Romans who would never dream of mingling with the riffraff at the Coliseum. For most ordinary mortals, however, pop culture is ... (Read More)
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(Show)Round Lake Is a Shot in the Arm
Round Lake, New Yorkby Betty Flood, assisted by Jessica McKeeThere were no signs of a soft economy at the 35th annual Round Lake Antiques Festival, held June 23 and 24 to benefit the library of the village of Round Lake, New York. From the reported numbers of people using the ... (Read More)
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(Feature)"Sketched at Sea"--The Exhibit and the Market
by Jeanne SchintoI've been on a mission these last few weeks, trying to find dealers—or even a dealer—who could speak to me about the market for mariners' sketches. These are drawings, primarily of ships and shorelines, executed by sailors and other travelers at sea. They are included in illustrated journals, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Traylor's Blue Cat Claws Its Way to $42,550
Slotin Folk Art Auction, Buford, Georgiaby Marty SteinerThe sales of almost every established auction house, especially those that specialize, are like the children of a large family. There is a lot of similarity from one to another, but, as in families, each sale takes on its own unique personality.Slotin Folk ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Indian Art Auction
Sotheby's, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenThere were just 160 lots in Sotheby's American Indian art sale on Friday morning, May 18, which brought a small tribe of enthusiastic collectors and dealers to the New York City salesroom to bid on Pueblo pottery from the Leede collection, baskets from the Charlotte ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Folk Art in the Tramp Art Style: Debunking the Myths
by Clifford WallachEver since I bought my first piece of tramp art over 20 years ago I realized that I knew as much as the dealers I bought the pieces from. In other words, there was a serious lack of any kind of scholarship about tramp art. It was obscure ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Diverse Collection Sells in Cincinnati
Treadway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohioby Don JohnsonTreadway Gallery's annual June auction in Cincinnati, Ohio, has traditionally been a showcase of Rookwood pottery and other ceramics. This year's sale, held June 1 and 2, was a bit different. Rookwood once again played a major role, but a diverse range of items from ... (Read More)
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(Show)Gate Up, Results Mixed at Annual Wells Antiques Show
Wells, Maineby Rose SafranBefore opening time on a beautiful clear Sunday morning, June 24, the crowd was lined up at the entrance to Laudholm Farm in Wells, Maine, where the well-promoted Wells Antiques Show & Sale has been held for the past several years. The action thinned out toward the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)More Trouble for Salander-O?Reilly Galleries
On September 7 Salander-O’Reilly Galleries lost a big one. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)One of 600
One of 600
by Walter Newman ... (Read More)
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