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(Show)Second Annual Show at Longfellow's Wayside Inn
Dan Meenan is a member of the Sudbury Militia, a group of reenactors or, more formally, historical interpreters of the Colonial period, specifically for the American Revolution in Sudbury, Massachusetts. For more information, see the Web site (www.sudburyminutemen.org).A portion of the tent and some of the vintage cars on exhibit ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Shenandoah Antiques Expo
Martin and Darlene Facazio of Culpeper, Virginia, were set up in the infield. Darlene was pleased to announce that since her husband is now retired, they will be able to participate in more shows. Marty had no comment. The Facazios offered this array of small brass and tin lanterns that ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The 30th-Anniversary Indiana Art Auction
The Sentinel by Edward K. Williams (1870-1950), oil on canvas, 30" x 36", signed, with 1935 Hoosier Salon tag, $31,900."Ol' Saint Nick" by T.C. Steele (1847-1926), oil on canvas, 27" x 20", signed on frame and dated 1870, $82,500.By the Side of the Road by William Forsyth (1854-1935), oil on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Thinning of the Herd
The catalog's cover lot, Highlights, a 38¼" x 46¼" circa 1928 still life by Joseph Kleitsch (1882-1931), sold for $506,000 (est. $400,000/600,000), the auction's highest price. The catalog described it, in part: "Rarely has a painting of this quality come on the market, which can be considered at the top ... (Read More)
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(Auction)No Tool Like an Old Tool, Unless It's a New Tool
Boxwood and Brazilian rosewood plow plane by E.W. Carpenter of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in mint condition, with patented arms and handle, $5830.This veneer saw had a finely carved cherubic face surrounded by floral arabesques and a few wormholes. It was probably of 18th-century French origin and sold for $632.50.A Macassar ebony ... (Read More)
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(Show)Reunion in Madison: The Tenth Annual Madison Antiques Show & Sale
The wide variety of offerings from Paul and Shirley Cox of Salado, Texas, is obvious in this view. A Washburn parlor guitar of Brazilian rosewood ($3500) sits on a black walnut three-board-top table ($1850). The table is believed to be of Pennsylvania origin and has three drawers in the apron. ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2011 Los Angeles Antiques Show
Bonnie Grossman of The Ames Gallery, the lone dealer of Outsider art in the show, exhibited a collection of southern face jugs. Jugs originally were made to serve as vessels for syrup, water, and whiskey. The craft lay dormant until a revival in the '60's and '70's. The popularity of ... (Read More)
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(Feature)New Deaccessioning Criteria in New York
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(Feature)Spring Jewelry Auctions
The top lot at Christie's sale was this cut-cornered, rectangular-cut diamond ring, approximately 37.16 carats, the diamond flanked on either side by three graduated baguette-cut diamonds and mounted in platinum. The accompanying GIA report states that the diamond is D color with internally flawless clarity. It sold to a private ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bonhams Raises Buyer's Premium
Bonhams announced on May 27 that it will change its buyer's premium rates effective September 1. The new rates in the United States will match Christie's and Sotheby's: 25% up to and including $50,000, 20% from $50,001 to $1,000,000, and 12% above $1,000,000. Robert Brooks, chairman of Bonhams, said, "We ... (Read More)
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