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(Show)The Weston Show: 49 Years, with or without Mother Nature's Assistance
Weston, Vermontby David HewettThe only element separating this year's version of the Weston Antiques Show from those of the past was attributable to Mother Nature. Where the setting for past shows has been smack-dab in the middle of the shining yellows and vivid reds of Vermont's premier attraction, foliage season, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Leslie Hindman Auctioneers to Expand, Add Glass Department
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, Illinoisby Sharon VerbetenWhen Leslie Hindman Auctioneers reopened the doors of its Chicago auction house four years ago, success was not only on the horizon. It was expected. And with the firm's reputation and experience in the auction world, owner Leslie Hindman planned for big things. "We're ... (Read More)
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(Feature)27th Summer Antiques Show Sizzles a Second Time
Baltimore, Maryland
by Robert Kyle
The Three Musketeers did it again. The trio of young show promoters, known as the Palm Beach Group, convincingly confirmed that last year's dramatic resurrection and rebirth of a middling 26-year-old downtown Baltimore event was no accident. One for all and all for one certainly translated into ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Correction about Indian Weathervane Sold at Sotheby's
The Indian weathervane sold at Sotheby's on October 4, 2007, to Leigh Keno was gilded, not painted as the caption suggested in an effort to explain the comparatively low price of $241,000 (M.A.D., December 2007, page 3-D). An Indian weathervane of this size sold at Northeast Auctions for $365,500 in ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Mancuso's Books at the 25th St. Armory Changes Dates
Mancuso Show Management's annual Books at the 25th St. Armory in New York City is changing dates and will be held on January 11 and 12.
The show has traditionally been scheduled as one of the final shows of Americana Week in New York City. The 69th Regiment, however, has ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Dutch Joinery in 17th-Century Windsor, Connecticut
by Erik K. Gronning, Joshua W. Lane, and Robert F. TrentThe earliest American furniture scholars were intrigued about furniture made by Dutch artisans in the English colonies of North America. Queen Anne chairs were habitually referred to as "Dutch," and the large size and broad proportions of New York furniture ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)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 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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