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(Feature)Lalique Owl Flies
A clear and frosted glass Rene Lalique owl car mascot known as Hibou sold for $47,300 (includes buyer's premium) at Turkey Creek Auctions in Citra, Florida, on November 17, 2007. Hibou was from the estate of Edgar Hoover Bankard, who was the purchasing agent for B & O Railroad around ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)New Managers for Columbus Show
Rod Lich and Susan Parrett of Rod Lich Promotions, Inc. have been hired to manage the 2008 Columbus Academy Antiques Show in Columbus, Ohio, April 25-27.Lich and Parrett have promoted and managed shows for 28 years in Kentucky and Indiana. Their shows include the Louisville Locust Grove Antiques Market, the ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Rare Unillustrated Medal Surfaces
A rare medal at a bargain price. Isn't that the dream of all collectors?According to an article by Eric von Klinger in the January 14 issue of Coin World, it happened to a trader whose on-line I.D. is jonathanb.The medal he bought for $65 is a 36.5 mm gold school ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)New Multiuse Antiques Building to Open
The former Calico House, then Great West Trading Center, is poised to become one of New Hampshire's largest antiques centers. Hooksett residents Mike and Karen Donnell have come to an agreement with the owners to utilize what Mike Donnell calls "one of New Hampshire's most beautiful buildings.""This is a lifelong ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bonhams American Paintings Sale Dealt a Large Blow
Bonhams, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenAfter the Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Area Chamber of Commerce announced plans to auction paintings by Grant Wood, Marvin Cone, and Norman Rockwell at Bonhams in New York City on November 28, 2007, it produced an uproar in the town where Grant Wood and Marvin Cone ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Cincinnati Art Galleries, Cincinnati, Ohio: Holiday Sale 2007
by Don JohnsonThis one was a little different. Rookwood is generally the star of the show when Cincinnati Art Galleries holds its annual holiday sale. For this year's event, held November 3 and 4, 2007, two Rookwood items dominated the ceramics offering, but it was a Russian chalice from a ... (Read More)
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(Feature)New Law Would Force New York Antiques Shops to Offer Access to Restroom
by Jessica Best and Betty Flood, Cuyler News ServiceAntiques dealers in retail establishments may be forced to allow customers access to a restroom, whether the restroom is officially available to the public, under legislation introduced by Assemblyman George Latimer (D-Westchester).Shoplifting has been a concern among antiques establishments, according to an ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)NHADA Elects New Officers
The New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association held its annual business meeting on November 14, 2007, at the Bedford Village Inn in Bedford.The 2008 slate of officers elected at the meeting are president, Kathy Schoemer, Kathy Schoemer American Antiques, Acworth; immediate past president, Linda Tate, The Tates Antiques, Sanbornton; secretary, Melissa ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Antique Center Presents Theme Rooms
According to a press release, Matthew Mead, contributing editor for Country Home magazine, and From Out of the Woods Antiques, Goffstown, New Hampshire, opened their second seasonal room display at From Out of the Woods Antiques on December 8, 2007, to a standing-room-only crowd.The theme was a bedroom setting with ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Wallachs Seek Help with Tramp Art Book
Clifford and Nancy Wallach are working on a new book, Tramp Art Another Notch: Folk Art in the Tramp Art Style, to be published by Schiffer Publishing. According to the Wallachs, "It will be an advanced study of the art form, including all the new information we have uncovered since ... (Read More)
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