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(Feature)Early War Shirt Is Star of Tribal Arts Sale
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoA spectacular 19th-century Native American war shirt from the Plains, made of two bighorn sheepskin hides, was the top lot at Skinner's latest American Indian and ethnographic art sale on Sunday, September 23 in Boston.The auction house's expert, Douglas Diehl, said it had been collected ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Strange Fish Sell at Skinner
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoMilton Avery's Strange Fish made the biggest splash at Skinner's auction of prints, paintings, and sculpture in the auction house's Boston gallery on September 7. The fish brought $215,000 (including buyer's premium) from a New York dealer bidding by phone.Signed and dated 1951, the oil ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Collectors Make a Statement at Summer Vintage Poster Auction
Swann Galleries, New York Cityby Richard de ThuinOf the 21 top-selling lots in an auction of vintage posters at Swann Galleries in New York City on August 1, 20 sold to collectors with the remaining lot won by a dealer. The five highest-selling lots went to collectors at prices ranging ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Granddaddy of Them All
Santa Fe, New Mexicoby Alice KaufmanNew York City and Santa Fe dealer John Molloy calls the Whitehawk Antique Indian Art Show "the granddaddy of them all." The show started 29 years ago under the direction of dealer Don Bennett (who still exhibits at the show) and continues to attract dealers ... (Read More)
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(Feature)State of the Union Festival
Union, Maineby Mark SiscoNow finished its 26th year and counting, there's no end in sight for the Maine Antiques Festival, held at the fairgrounds in Union, Maine. Paul Davis's brainchild is still northern New England's biggest outdoor antiques show, and although some folks feel business isn't what it was ten ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 149th Original Semiannual York Show
York, Pennsylvaniaby Karl H. PassThe Original 149th Semi-annual York Antiques Show & Sale was held August 31 through September 2 in Memorial Hall East on the York (Pennsylvania) Fairgrounds. Managed by Melvin Arion, this show is a popular event for Mid-Atlantic collectors and dealers. There are many collectors who only ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Tarnished Silver
by Walter C. NewmanO what a tangled web we weaveWhen first we practise to deceive!This famous passage by Sir Walter Scott is found toward the conclusion of his epic poem, Marmion, which is a story full of betrayal, disguise, and deceit. That may be an apt description of a Tiffany ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rare Rolhfs Chair Stars at Cottone's First Auction in Own House
by Fran KramerTwo auctioneers in the Cottone family: son Matt (left) and father, Sam.Sam Cottone selling the chair. He is looking down at a left bid."No balloons or ribbons for our opening!" That's what Sam Cottone said at the end of his final sale inside Peter's Party House in Mt. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Antiques Manhattan Revived, Helps Fill Pier Void
Antiques Manhattan, an antiques show that was last seen in New York City in 2003, will return this January, according to show promoter Barry Cohen of b4rTime, Inc. An e-mail to the trade from Cohen reads, "The cancellation of the Americana at the Piers show for 2008 has left a ... (Read More)
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(Feature)A Sometimes Up and Sometimes Down October Sale
by David HewettThe three-day sale held by Northeast Auctions October 26-28 in Manchester, New Hampshire, is difficult to summarize. It grossed about $6.3 million, and consignors (at least the two we spoke with at the sale) were certainly pleased with the results, but no one was whistling in the elevator ... (Read More)
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