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(Issue Story)Hanging with Joshua and Rachel Gurley
“As kids we were carted around to every auction in New England,” said Rachel Gurley as she and her older brother, Joshua, hung out with M.A.D. in early January.
The Gurleys, Joshua and Rachel, commiserating before one of their shows.
Just off from running a weekend show in Boxborough, Massachusetts, the Gurleys, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Arrested in Museum Theft
A routine Google search by Massachusetts dealer Len Estabrooks helped lead to the arrest of a man and the recovery of objects allegedly stolen from the New Bedford Whaling Museum.
On January 5 police arrested Robert M. Burchell, 42, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, for allegedly stealing dozens of artifacts from the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Historic New England Acquires Boston Jewelry Archival Material
Historic New England has acquired archival material from the Frank N. Nathan Company and the Church Company. Both firms were part of Boston’s jewelry industry in the late 19th and early to mid-20th centuries. The material sheds light on consumer taste, the design process, and the materials used in jewelry ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Pitfalls in Making Good Decisions as a Collector
Experienced antiques collectors have learned a thing or two, especially when it comes to deciding which pieces to add to their collections. They know that forces weigh on them, sometimes only on the edges of awareness or hidden altogether, and not always positive. Nor is the collector’s thinking always rational. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Alderfer Auction Opens Second Location
Alderfer Auction has opened a second location, a 14,000-square-foot facility at 584 West Swamp Road, Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
According to the company, the decision to expand to a second location came from a desire and need to increase its footprint with room for more offices, processing, and a showroom plus ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, March 2023
This month’s “Letter” contains any number of curious items, not least a tiny ring inset with a “Toadstone,” which turns out to be the fossilised tooth of a long extinct fish, and a very rare early printing of the sheet music for “Jingle Bells,” a familiar song that centuries later ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New CEO at Hindman
Alyssa D. Quinlan is the new chief executive officer at Hindman. She has served as Hindman’s chief business development officer for the past three years, a period in which Hindman increased annual sales by 43%. In 2022 the company recorded its highest-ever annual sales total.
Alyssa D. Quinlan.
Quinlan has 25 years ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Collecting Denim
Never in his wildest dreams could a miner in the Old West have imagined that the jeans he wore and labored with by candlelight would sell for $87,400 during a 2022 festival celebrating all things denim.
Nor could Solomon Warner have believed that a pair of jeans he stocked in his ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Americana Week
Like a high school reunion, Americana Week in New York City returned this January after three years of pandemic-related cancellations, changes, and difficulties. Hair was grayer, waistlines were a little larger, and, as at any reunion, there were fewer people in attendance than the last time.
There was a real joy ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)John Balgingham: An Unrecognized 18th-Century Irish/American Cabinetmaker
In November 2020 I chanced to view on the website for Philip Bradley Antiques three images of a magnificent walnut slant-top desk (fig. 1). Both amazed and impressed with the form, material, and craftsmanship exemplified by this piece, I had the good fortune to acquire it. As a regular contributor ... (Read More)
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