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(Auction)The Invisible Man Makes an $82,600 Statement
The Last Moving Picture Company, New York Cityby Richard de ThuinAn insert from The Invisible Man realized a record-setting price during the fifth annual Hollywood Poster Auction held Saturday, November 10, 2007, in the Gold Ballroom at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City. A dealer in the salesroom paid ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Fine Folk Art Finds at Gould's
Gould Auction Company, Gardiner, Maineby Mark SiscoTimothy Gould still brings forth fresh items to auction several times a year. He admits that truly "fresh" is getting harder and harder to find, but there was enough heretofore undiscovered merchandise at his November 17, 2007, auction in Gardiner, Maine, to keep us ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Author R.L. Wilson Acquitted in Kentucky Firearms Museum Case
by Robert KyleA criminal court case that lingered two years after the Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. Attorney's office handed up indictments ended January 22 when a jury acquitted internationally known gun collector and author Robert L. Wilson and two others of conspiring to defraud the owner of the Frazier Historical Arms ... (Read More)
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(Feature)A Show with a Mission
Green Bay, Wisconsinby Sharon VerbetenThe crisp seasonal chill in the air and the pending holidays may have been on the minds of many attendees at the Green Bay-De Pere Antiquarian Society's Holiday Antique Show and Sale, held November 16 and 17, 2007, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, but the show's organizers ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Guyette and Schmidt's Fall Decoy Sale
Guyette and Schmidt, Inc., Easton, Marylandby Karl H. PassGuyette and Schmidt, Inc. held its fall decoy sale November 7 and 8, 2007, in conjunction with the Easton Waterfowl Festival, an annual event that overtakes the small town of Easton on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The auction in the Talbot County Community ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Heartland Fall Edition Antiques Show
Richmond, Indianaby Don Johnson"Look at this! It's eighty-five dollars."She wasn't talking to me, but I couldn't resist looking over my shoulder to see what the woman had found. In her hands was a tractor-type lawn sprinkler in old green paint, pulled from beneath a farm table in an east-central Indiana ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Triple-Format Western Memorabilia, Photography, and American Indian Art Sales
Heritage Auction Galleries, Dallas, Texasby Karl H. PassHeritage Auction Galleries held a large two-day event on November 10 and 11, 2007, at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas. Beginning with Western photography, the sale was broken into three sessions with three separate, well-illustrated catalogs. The photography and artifacts session ... (Read More)
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(Show)Music Valley: Warm, Dry Tent for Permanent Venue
Nashville, Tennesseeby Karla Klein AlbertsonFor the October 25-27, 2007, show, the Music Valley Antiques Market in Nashville, Tennessee, made a few important changes to its big-tent setup. The result significantly improved conditions for dealers and collectors alike.Photos taken during the show's rainy weekend in October 2006 displayed a wet floor ... (Read More)
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(Show)Dealers Beat Odds at Peabody Essex Museum Show
Salem, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoNobody did gangbusters at the Peabody Essex Museum's 35th annual antiques show, November 23-25, 2007. Nobody sold to the walls at this traditional Thanksgiving weekend event that benefits the museum's education and public programs. Yet a number of dealers had good or even very good sales, for ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Treasures Show and Sale
Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenTreasures-the antiques, tribal arts, textiles, and jewelry show at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology-tweaked its image on its third annual outing October 26-28, 2007, to include treasures that archaeologists might dig up a thousand years from now, such as 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century ... (Read More)
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