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(Fragment)Co-Presidents Howell and Kenny Retire from Classical American Homes Preservation Trust
The announcement of the retirement of Margize Howell and Peter Kenny as co-presidents of Classical American Homes Preservation Trust (CAHPT), effective March 31, came as a surprise to the world of antiques and historic preservation.
Howell was the founding executive director of CAHPT and served previously as the curator of the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Jeff and Beverley Evans
We are all spending much more time now in our houses and apartments because of COVID-19. To give our readers an idea of what some of their colleagues, fellow collectors, and other readers surround themselves with in their abodes—on the walls, floors, or ceilings—we are introducing this new column—“Hanging with…”—because ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Adaptations
The Young Collector
Human beings, we are always being told, are highly adaptable. It is, one hears, a key to our evolutionary success. (Assuming we are still an evolutionary success. We seem to be botching that at the moment.) As usual, the reality is more complex, and although we are highly ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Opening Up
On May 8 Maine Governor Janet Mills announced that retail stores in 12 mostly rural Maine counties would be permitted to open on May 11 with enhanced safety precautions. The opening timeline aligns with neighboring New Hampshire. Good news for dealers with open shops.
Shops in Aroostook, Piscataquis, Washington, Hancock, Somerset, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Whimsical and “Thoughtfully Made” Hit Home Runs
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Freeman’s
Freeman’s May 21 sale of jewelry and watches—which in pre-pandemic times would have been a live sale—was held online, and there were many ways to “attend” the auction. I communicated via e-mail with Virginia Salem, vice president, and department head of jewelry and watches, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bidders Undeterred by Pandemic or Remote Format of African Americana Sale
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
"I am still somewhat dumbfounded that we managed to pull off a strong sale given the circumstances,” director of books and manuscripts Rick Stattler wrote in an e-mail shortly after Swann’s annual printed and manuscript African Americana sale on May 7. The auction ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Staying at Home
The Young Collector
We write this in our first week of Ohio’s mandatory “Stay at home” order. “Stay at home,” Ohio Governor Mike DeWine thinks, and we agree, sounds a good bit less ominous than “Shelter in place,” which conjures visions of 1960s elementary school kids crowding under their desks. We ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Shrubsole’s Terzameron
As the coronavirus takes hold and the world faces these challenging times, antiques dealers wonder what they can do to keep in touch with collectors and not be forgotten. Tim Martin, Jim McConnaughy, and Ben Miller of S.J. Shrubsole, dealers in antique silver in New York City, have come up ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Executive Director for Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
Beth Twiss Houting will be the new executive director for the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania. She will begin on May 4.
For the last nine years, Houting has been the senior director of programs and services at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, where she oversaw on-site, online, ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)In Pursuit of History
A Book Review
"H. Richard Dietrich Jr. loved to collect,” writes his son, H. Richard Dietrich III, in In Pursuit of History: A Lifetime Collecting American Art and Artifacts, the book about his father, who was “driven by an abiding love of history” and “a thirst for discovery.”
H. Richard Dietrich Jr. ... (Read More)
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