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(Fragment)Bid Rigging Charges Dismissed
by Elizabeth DinanAlmost two years after he was accused of rigging the bidding for an antique nautical painting, a Warner, New Hampshire, auctioneer had two criminal charges dismissed because of a legal technicality.By order dated November 7, 2011, Portsmouth Judge Sawako Gardner dismissed charges against auctioneer Harold French that alleged ... (Read More)
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(Show)Getman's Boston Show Attracts Newbies Along with Regulars
Chris and Karen Doscher of Witt's End, Wallkill, New York, asked $3875 for the 1860-70 two-part oak dresser that they judged to be "probably Welsh." The 19th-century cant-back two-door open-top cupboard in later blue paint was $3500. The 18th-century Queen Anne walnut mirror with original beveled glass and gilt decoration ... (Read More)
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(Show)The ADA Show at Deerfield: Superb Offerings, Uneven Sales
Axtell Antiques, Deposit, New York, showed the 40" long weathered wood whale weathervane that came from Rockland, Maine, priced at $2950.A Bird in Hand Antiques, Florham Park, New Jersey, showed the circa 1935 Grenfell "Map of Newfoundland" mat, 42" x 31½". It was exhibited at the American Folk Art Museum ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Tom McCandless Collection
From atop a stone wall that runs throughout his farm, Norman Heckler takes a moment to survey the action. The stone walls on this property were once rubble, due to the passage of 100 to 150 years, but "in 1987, '88 we started our barn sales, and the whole family ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)John Bennett Vase Sells for $31,050
Photos courtesy Hyde Park Country Auctions.by Lita Solis-CohenThe Saturday after Thanksgiving is a good time for a country sale. Auctioneer Dominick Navarra of Hyde Park Country Auctions in Salt Point, New York, in Dutchess County, about 80 miles north of New York City and just off the Taconic Parkway, offered ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Judge Decides Conflict between Two Dealers, Sanctions One for "Fraud"
by David HewettA decision by Judge Victor Marrero in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, on November 10, 2011, brought to a close one of the more fascinating trials that art and antiques watchers have had to ruminate over in years.It all began in 2007. New York ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Inaugural Maryland Sale
This rare grouping of African-American slave items includes a tintype and a daguerreotype, along with documents relating to a Baltimore slave of the family of Dr. John Whitridge (1793-1878). A piece of paper with the daguerreotype reads, "Martha Ann Atavis/ generally known as/ 'Patty'/ died Feb 26th 1874/ 58 years ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"In Shad Season" on the Banks of the Detroit River
John Fulton Folinsbee (1892-1972) was born in Buffalo, New York. He began his formal art training at age 15 under landscape artist Jonas Lie and studied at the Gunnery School in Washington, Connecticut, during summers in Woodstock, New York, and at the Art Students League in New York City. He ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Roesen Still Life for $57,500
It just doesn't get any better than this. The classic American still life oil on canvas depiction of flowers in a glass vase on a marble-top table was signed on the lower right by Severin Roesen (c. 1815-c. 1872). In a gilt gesso deep cove Victorian frame, it sold for ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Adirondack Mountains Antiques Weekend
The round stone table trimmed with bark came complete with a pair of side benches. John Provo of North Salem, New York, offered the set at $7500 and priced the weathervane of a hunter with a dog (on the table but hard to see) at $225. When he got home, ... (Read More)
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