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(Feature)Exhibitions
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and Web site ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Computer Column: Cataloging a Collection On Line
by John P. Reid, [email protected] column has often discussed software for cataloging antiques collections. A few services now provide cataloging that is totally on line: no software is needed on your computer except your Internet browser, and no data is stored on your computer.This makes things easier in several ways. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Emancipation Proclamation Broadside Sells for $2,085,000
A broadside copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, 21¾" x 17¼", on J. Whatman watermarked paper, sold to David Rubenstein for $2,085,000. It is dated January 1, 1863, but was printed and signed in 1864, "Abraham Lincoln" as president, and co-signed by William Seward as secretary of state and John Nicolay ... (Read More)
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(Show)NYC20
The tent to the left of the Metropolitan Opera House in Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center was a good venue for the show. It was light and airy and accessible with easy in and out for dealers. This fresh venue on the West Side of New York City attracted a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Cautious Sale
Described by the cataloger as a "mysterious creation," this early Edgefield, South Carolina, slave-made face jug is thought to have been made for the maker's pleasure rather than as part of his production. Unusual and haunting, it was the sale's top seller at $38,500.Signed "LM May 13 1863 Dave," this ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Keno Auctions' Successful Small Sale
Four phone bidders and dealer Andrew Schoelkopf in the salesroom competed for The Otter Cliffs, Mount Desert Island, Maine by William Trost Richard (1833-1905), 1866, oil on panel-backed canvas, 36¼" x 29", signed and dated lower right. Estimated at $40,000/100,000, it sold for $235,600 on the phone. Keno said it ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Palm Beach Show Group Acquires LA Show
The Palm Beach Show Group has acquired the Los Angeles Art Show from the Fine Art Dealers Association (FADA), according to a press release.The acquisition, which closed June 13, includes the Los Angeles Fine Art Show: Modern & Contemporary and the Los Angeles Fine Art Show: Historic and Traditional. A ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Salesman's Sample Barber Chair Takes Off
$47,150. Cottone photo.by Fran KramerIt was the wild, wild West at Cottone Auctions in Geneseo, New York, on June 23-not because of the American Indian artifacts and the Winchester rifles, but because of a very rare chair. A Victorian period salesman's sample barber chair, 25" high, made of quartersawn oak ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Young Collector: From House to Home
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondSo, where were we? (No, really, where were we? We usually can't remember.) That's right—our panel discussion in Chicago as part of the Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair. During the discussion, it came up that we (the antiques business and the American people) don't have ... (Read More)
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(Show)East Berlin Show Hits 15
Early buyers on the Thursday evening preview prepare for the doors to open. Mostly York show dealers and out-of-town collectors shop preview night.Claudia Collins of Groundhog Hollow Antiques, Felton, Pennsylvania, had a booth next to Stephen Burkhardt. The two Pennsylvania country dealers are brother and sister. She priced the mirrored ... (Read More)
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