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(Feature)The War between the States on the Web
Computer Column #227by John P. Reid, [email protected] War material is always good. Sometimes it is hot. J.E.B. Stuart's personal battle flag, hand sewn by his wife, Flora, brought $956,000 (including 19.5% buyer's premium) at its December 2006 Nashville, Tennessee, auction, according to Heritage Auction Galleries (www.ha.com) in Dallas, Texas. The ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The National Capital Winter Antiques Show Postponed
Washington, D.C.-based promoter Armacost Antiques Shows has announced that its new antiques event, the National Capital Winter Antiques Show, has been postponed until 2008. The inaugural show had been scheduled to take place November 30-December 2, 2007.New dates, location, and other details will be released in the near future. More ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Firearms Column
by Robert Kyle As 19th-century Americans spread westward, the horizon got bigger, and so did the wild animals. The old single-shot muzzle-loaders and early models of the smaller caliber Winchester rifles were appropriate for small game and white-tailed deer in eastern forests but no match for bison, elk, antelope, sheep, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Mary Jean McLaughlin of Ivoryton, Connecticut
In the Tradeby Frank Donegan Mary Jean McLaughlin sells only wicker. She calls it "the orphan of the antiques business." If that's true, then her rambling Colonial Revival home in Ivoryton, Connecticut, is one heck of an orphanage. Eighteen or 20 of its rooms (she's not exactly sure of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auctioneers and the Misunderstood Tool
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve Proffitt Here's an old joke. Junior was a woodcutter by trade. He was a man's man, but not the brightest penny. As we say down South, if he was twice as smart, he'd be a half-wit. Junior started off with a hand ax cutting pulpwood. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Northeast Ends Its August Sell-a-thon with $6.23 Million Sale
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
by David Hewett
August is famous in New Hampshire for many reasons: the long-awaited native tomato finally ripens; the Red Sox begin or threaten to begin their traditional swoon (some years they wait until mid-September); and Northeast Auctions holds its two biggest events of the year-the Americana and folk ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Call It Oosik or Baculum, It's a Popular Bone to Pick
by Robert KyleA world-record price for the largest known antique penis bone was set August 26 when the I.M. Chait Gallery in Beverly Hills, California, sold a 41/2' long petrified walrus reproductive part for $9600 (including buyer's premium). The successful telephone bidder from Florida was representing Ripley's Believe It or ... (Read More)
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(Show)Scott Antique Market: July and January Designer Events Bring Special Buyers
Atlanta, Georgiaby Karla Klein AlbertsonTo the question "Where did you get that?" hundreds of dealers in shows around the country have answered "I found it at Scott's Market." So it makes sense to take a trip to the source, join the hunt, and see what turns up when you have ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: Connecting with the Young eCollector
The Young Collectorby Andrew Richmond and Hollie DavisWe had beginner's luck. We'd cranked out one column and were sitting at home wondering vainly what we should write about next when our issue of M.A.D. arrived. In perusing the letters to the editor, we found out that Generation X is considered, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Easton Home: Seniors and Antiques under One Roof
by David SperlingWe normally do not associate fine antiques with assisted living. Yet such a partnership does exist under one roof in the village of Easton, Pennsylvania, about one hour north of Philadelphia and one and a half hours west of New York City.I first became aware of "clocks in ... (Read More)
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