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(Issue Story)Cord Shows Ltd. Adds Two New Shows
Vivien Cord and Ed McClure of Cord Shows Ltd., Armonk, New York, have added two new events to their 2008 schedule.On Sunday, September 21, the Putnam County Antiques Fair will debut at the Patterson Recreation Center, 65 Front Street, Patterson, New York. It will accommodate 60 booths.On December 6 and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Reorganized Salander-O'Reilly Emerges, Sotheby's Cancels Auction, and Art Owners Complain
by David HewettIf the Lawrence Salander/Salander-O'Reilly Galleries Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings seemed convoluted last time you looked, read on for the truly bizarre.A quick reiteration of the situation. A core group of creditors entered a Chapter 7 Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition for the gallery on November 1, 2007, in New York ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Firearms Column
by Robert KyleWhen a government doesn't understand its own gun laws, bad things can happen.At first light on September 13, 2006, members of Britain's Metropolitan Police surrounded the suburban home of Mick Shepherd, for over 30 years an internationally known and well-respected firearms collector and dealer. The 56-year-old grandfather is ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Paul Kleinwald, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
In the Tradeby Frank DoneganHere's yet another antiques dealer who ended up in the trade by accident. Back in the late 1960's and early '70's, when Paul Kleinwald was a young guy trying to find his way in the world, "antiques," he said, "weren't even on my radar." It's easy ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Understanding Auction Markets
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve Proffitt "Mr. Proffitt, I've got one of those complaining sellers on my hands and would appreciate your advice on how to handle him. Of course, his complaint is about what his things brought, and he blames me for that. I sold everything in an auction, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Whale Flips Tail and Records Fly at Morphy's $7.7 Million Steckbeck Bank Sale
Morphy Auctions, Denver, Pennsylvaniaby Dick FrizChalk up a new entry in the Guinness Book of World Records. Topping off an unremitting whirlwind spending spree, a capacity crowd on October 27, 2007, at Morphy Auctions in Denver, Pennsylvania, rallied the Stephen and Marilyn Steckbeck 488-lot mechanical bank collection to an astounding ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Low Attendance Doesn't Hurt Big-Bucks Items
Northeast Auctions, Manchester, New Hampshire by David HewettThe three-day sale held October 26-28, 2007, by Northeast Auctions in Manchester, New Hampshire, was a winner, but in a rather quiet fashion. It grossed $6.3 million. There was a record-breaking Windsor chair that sold for $160,000 (includes buyer's premium). An Indian weathervane ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Price Auction
Tim Potter Auction Services, Port Perry, Ontario, Canadaby Robin McMullenAll prices in Canadian funds (the exchange rate on the day of the sale was CN $1 = $1.00017 US)In Ontario three well-known collections of antiques have come up for public auction in the last few years. The first was for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)New Record Set for Automata at Skinner Sci-Tech
Skinner, Inc., Bolton, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoAn agent for a Russian billionaire came to the Skinner science and technology auction in Bolton, Massachusetts, on Sunday, October 28, 2007, and bought 16 lots of mechanical music boxes and automata for $1,041,960.50 (including buyer's premium). One of his purchases, a pair of life-size ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Art of Woodcarving in America: A Symposium
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusettsby Jeanne Schinto"The idea of what a carver can do is sometimes a very hard thing to come to grips with," keynote speaker Alan T. Miller told his audience at the Peabody Essex Museum's symposium "The Art of Woodcarving in America." It was held November 3 ... (Read More)
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