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(Auction)The Mary Merritt Doll Sale II
Noel Barrett and Andy Ourant, Wyomissing, PennsylvaniaThe Mary Merritt Doll Sale IIby Lita Solis-CohenSimone Saurland bid on line from her house near Brighton in the United Kingdom during the first Mary Merritt Doll Museum sale on September 30 and October 1, 2006, and was not successful. That's why she came ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tapply Flies and Furniture at The Cobbs
The Cobbs Auctioneers, Peterborough, New HampshireTapply Flies and Furniture at The Cobbsby Mark SiscoThe Cobbs were pleased to present a portion of the sporting collection of the late H.G. Tapply at their auction on April 21 in Peterborough, New Hampshire. The Tapply items sold well, but it was early furniture ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)QUILT REPAIR USING COMPUTERS
QUILT REPAIR USING COMPUTERSby John P. Reid, e-mail: [email protected] so often the search for ways for antiquers to use computers takes me to an unexpected destination. That is the way it was when I discovered using computers for quilt restoration. This is an established field practiced by skilled needleworkers who ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Marathon Spring Catalog Sale in Manheim
Conestoga Auction Company, Manheim, PennsylvaniaMarathon Spring Catalog Sale in Manheimby Karl H. PassConestoga Auction Company in Manheim, Pennsylvania, held its two-day spring catalog sale on May 4 and 5. The 1411-lot sale was much larger than the typical multi-consignor catalog sales conducted by Conestoga. The large sale grossed over $750,000 ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Collector Within: Joseph Cornell
The Collector Within: Joseph Cornellby Jeanne SchintoJoseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination, the first major retrospective of the artist's work in more than 26 years, presents 180 of his finest pieces of "assemblage," the most celebrated of which are his box constructions. The intimate scale of the boxes, none of them ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Larson Clock Collection: Rare and Right
Cottone Auctions, Leicester, New YorkThe Larson Clock Collection: Rare and Rightby Jeanne SchintoWe've been asked to make it clear at the outset. Lindy and Karen Larson of Westminster, Vermont, are not going out of business, and they are not getting a divorce after 38 years of marriage-far from it. Neither ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Indian and Western Art
Cowan's, Cincinnati, OhioAmerican Indian and Western Artby Don JohnsonThere was the Henry Farny painting that sold for $1.16 million (includes buyer's premium), and there was the sale total of $2.7 million. The most intriguing story, however, to come from Cowan's latest sale of American Indian and Western art, held March ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Dolly Johnson Antique Show
Fort Worth, TexasThe Dolly Johnson Antique Showby David AndersonWith spring just around the corner, the Dolly Johnson Antique Show opened in Fort Worth, Texas, March 10 and 11, for the 44th time, making it one of the longest-running antiques shows of its kind in Texas and, perhaps, nationally. The show ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Treasures at Doyle's May Americana Sale
Doyle, New York CityTreasures at Doyle's May Americana Sale by Lita Solis-CohenDealers always check out Americana sales at Doyle New York knowing that 70% of the goods come from estates. Sometimes they find treasures among undercataloged lots with low estimates.The publicity for the sale on May 1 touted a silver-hilted ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Tenth Annual Historic East Berlin Antique Show
East Berlin, PennsylvaniaThe Tenth Annual Historic East Berlin Antique Showby Karl H. PassMay 17-19 marked the tenth annual Historic East Berlin Antique Show. All proceeds from the show go to the nonprofit East Berlin Historical Preservation Society and are used to maintain five buildings in its care: a 1790's stone ... (Read More)
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