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(Auction)Maritime Art
Christie's, New York Cityby A.J. Peluso, Jr.It was interesting and multifaceted. There was something for everyone. There was $2,380,875 for Christie's on January 30.The bad news first. Consider that these didn't sell: an atypical Bradford (but a Bradford nonetheless); a Buttersworth with impeccable provenance of the ship Kennebec; a Roux ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Paint-Decorated Chests and Silver Creamer Highlight Two-Day Sale
Conestoga Auction Company, Inc., Manheim, Pennsylvaniaby Karl H. PassConestoga Auction Company held its multi-consignor spring Americana auction early this year on February 29 and March 1. The 1157-lot sale started on Friday afternoon with 116 lots of contemporary redware pottery by James Christian Seagreaves (1913-1997) of Breinigsville, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In The Trade: Thomas C. Campbell, Hawleyville, Connecticut
In the Tradeby Frank DoneganThomas Campbell has one of the simplest business plans you're likely to run across in the antiques trade. He doesn't have a shop; he doesn't do shows; he doesn't sell at auction; he doesn't have a Web site; he doesn't take consignments; he doesn't rent space ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)A Young Collector's Guide to Auctions -- and Relationships
The Young Collectorby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondWe love auctions. We should, because auctions pay our salaries. Andrew is a jack-of-all-trades of sorts at Garth's, and Hollie assists p4A.com in compiling auction records in an on-line database.What's not to love? Auctions have so much to offer. In an age where ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Rare Hemingway Items Sell for Record Prices
Swann Galleries, New York Cityby Jeanne SchintoIn 2007 Swann Galleries achieved five new auction price records for Ernest Hemingway items. On November 29 a publisher's advance proof of For Whom the Bell Tolls, signed and inscribed to the writer's longtime factotum, Toby Otto Bruce, sold for $96,000 (includes buyer's premium).At ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 150th Original Semi-Annual York Show
York, Pennsylvaniaby Karl H. PassFew shows can boast that they have been in existence for over seven decades. Started in 1934 by collector/ dealer Mable Renner, the Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale, held this year February 1-3 in Memorial Hall East on the York Fairgrounds in York, Pennsylvania, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Four Hundred Grand for a Book of Charts
James D. Julia, Fairfield, Maine ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)New Hampshire Auctioneer Richard Withington Passes Away
Richard Withington, the colorful auctioneer from Hillsboro, New Hampshire, died April 29 in Concord, New Hampshire.
We'll post more details as they become available. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Grogan Celebrates 20th Anniversary with $2.5 Million Sale
Grogan & Company, Dedham, Massachusettsby Jeanne Schinto"She adored nuanced conversation, was precise with her language, and delivered con brio editorial monologues reminiscent of those of the legendary Diana Vreeland for whom she worked as photo editor at Harper's Bazaar."The words are those of Angus Wilkie, author, decorative arts specialist, and ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Charles Sidney Raleigh: His Second Life
by A.J. Peluso, Jr.Charles Sidney Raleigh lived two lives.About the first, we know very little: that he was born in Gloucester, England in 1830; that he went to sea as a boy of ten; and that he spent the next 30 years as a seaman. Actually, we may know even ... (Read More)
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