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(Issue Story)Letter from London, October 2020
The “Classic” Case of Lucretia, the Demonic Sphinx, and Punchinello
Five of the best-selling lots from the wide-ranging July 29 “Classic Art” sale held by Christie’s are featured here, and we begin with an oil on panel that is a portrait of an unidentified man by an unknown Burgundian artist—but a ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Black River Antique Show
Ludlow, Vermont
The Black River Antique Show, held October 2 and 3, opened on Friday at 1 p.m. under a large tent pitched on the Paul P. Pullinen Field adjacent to the Ludlow Elementary School in Ludlow, Vermont. It was one of two shows that constituted Vermont Antiques Week in 2020, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Collector’s Lens
The Young Collector
Sometimes we like to muse about what we would do if independently wealthy. We would buy our friends a lot of “This made me think of you” gifts, we would probably have an array of interesting business cards printed just for laughs, and we might hand over mowing ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Calder Mobile Brings $1,872,500, Setting Record for Hindman
Triple Cross, a 1947 standing mobile by Alexander Calder (1898- 1976), sold for $1,872,500 (includes buyer’s premium) at Hindman in Chicago on October 1. The 31½" x 37" x 11¾" sculpture, estimated at $600,000/800,000, set a record for the highest sale price in the Chicago auction house’s 38-year history. The ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Auctioneer Sentenced
On August 20 auctioneer David Hall was sentenced to one to three years in prison and ordered to pay $227,100 in restitution. In February Hall had pleaded guilty to second-degree grand larceny for not paying over $227,000 in auction proceeds to a consignor. He was scheduled to be sentenced in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Harold Gordon, Creator of Fake “Bingham” Secretary, Sentenced
On September 29 Harold Gordon, 71, of Templeton, Massachusetts, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in federal court in New Haven, Connecticut, to five years of probation. Gordon was also ordered to pay restitution to Connecticut dealer Allan Katz in the amount of $84,500.
On January 29, 2019, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)GSA Establishes Rules for Art in Federal Buildings
On September 25 the General Services Administration (GSA) published new rules regarding the “Art in Architecture” program for federal buildings in order to comply with Executive Order No. 13934, issued by President Trump on July 3.
The Executive Order, titled “Building and Rebuilding Monuments to American Heroes,” required revisions in the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Philadelphia Print Shop Has a New Owner
The Philadelphia Print Shop, a fixture on Germantown Avenue in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia and at major antiques shows, has been sold. The new owner is David Mackey, a Main Line commercial real estate/land developer, collector, and sometime dealer in maps and prints of Chester County (www.malvernmaps.com). Mackey ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Alexandra Mann-Nelson
We are all spending much more time now in our houses and apartments because of COVID-19. Because we all might enjoy staring at someone else’s walls for a change, this column gives our readers an idea of what some of their colleagues, fellow collectors, and other readers surround themselves with ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Lyman Parks Portraits: A Major Private Sale
Private sales are a big part of the art and antiques business. Discoveries and record prices are reported by auctioneers and sometimes touted by dealers at shows. Museums occasionally send out press releases when they buy something special. But private sales are, well, private. We never know who is selling ... (Read More)
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