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(Show)The Adirondack Antiques Show and Sale
Blue Mountain Lake, New York
The Adirondack Antiques Show and Sale at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, New York, was held Saturday, September 17, and Sunday, September 18, with 33 dealers from South Carolina to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Attendance was clocked in at 1601 patrons, and the dealers ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Collection of Nan Gurley
Gurley Auction Co., Parsonsfield, Maine
Nan Gurley (1943-2016) was a powerful force in the New England antiques business and was well known and highly respected as a show promoter and dealer. She didn’t turn to show management until the 1980s, when she ran venues in Deerfield and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Portland, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Selling of Kovels' Collectibles: Part One of Many
Rachel Davis Fine Arts, Cleveland, Ohio
Photos courtesy Rachel Davis Fine Arts
“I really won’t mind if you say the sale was not that good” is not the comment one expects when interviewing the main consignor after her auction has taken place.
But not everyone is Terry Kovel.
For the record, the prices realized by ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Henry Clay Gold Medal Tops Lincoln Auction
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Isn’t it interesting that Abraham Lincoln is one of our country’s most beloved presidents? He was shy and reserved and not a blowhard or attention-junkie by any means, and surely his “everyman” ways struck a chord. It definitely has where collecting anything related to ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chinese Teacups Soar at Quinn's
Quinn’s Auction Galleries—Central Virginia, Louisa, Virginia
Photos courtesy Quinn’s Auction Galleries
Quinn’s Auction Galleries—Central Virginia held its fall fine and decorative arts auction at the firm’s galleries in Louisa, Virginia. The sale on September 17 offered a good mix of American and Continental antiques, fine art, ceramics, modern three-dimensional art, and Asian ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Comparing Computers
Computer Column #333
John P. Reid, [email protected]
One thing is inevitable in modern life: a day will come when that old personal computer has to be replaced. My wife just retired her eight-year-old Windows Vista desktop machine. It was getting cranky and was not fast enough for modern software.
Computers are not new ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Dealer's Fair Has New Management
The Dealer’s Fair, held at the Goshen Fairgrounds in Goshen, Connecticut, will be under new management this fall. Maria McLennan, owner of Covet Antiques, and Annie Fletcher Itin, creative director and owner of the Fletcher Design Group, will partner under the name of Hunt & Gather Events.
Now in its fourth ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in 2 Barns
Hilliard, Ohio
This one was different. It was a risk. And at the end of it all, promoter Jennifer Sabin was perplexed.
“I don’t know what to think,” she said.
She stood just outside two pole buildings that gave the day’s event its name, Antiques in 2 Barns. The show, held on Wednesday, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Brexit Leads to BADA Dealers Showing in New York City
There will be a dedicated pavilion of members of the British Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA) at the Palm Beach Show Group’s New York Art, Antique and Jewelry Show taking place at Pier 94 in New York City November 9-13.
The BADA initiative is being launched as a response to the U.K.’s ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Fall Sales Topped by Antique Kashmir Sapphire
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
The two-day September jewelry auction held September 11 and 12 by Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, Illinois, yielded $4.5 million for 1336 lots and showed the continued market strength of exceptional colored stones, including what Alexander Eblen, director of fine jewelry at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, called an “Old-World ... (Read More)
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