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(Auction)Printed & Manuscript Americana: Lincoln and Baseball, Fire and Brimstone
A 13½" x 18" lithograph published in 1860 by Currier & Ives—"The National Game. Three 'Outs' and One 'Run'"—sold to a dealer for $10,800 (est. $800/1200). The price is the new world record for an uncolored lithograph by the firm, according to Swann. Besides being the year that Lincoln was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Two Maine Auctions
Refinished oak Hoosier cupboard, complete with all the "guts," including flour sifter, bin, and spice jars, $2310. Foster photo.Gorham sterling silver flatware, 53 troy ounces, $1705. Saco River photo.A 20" x 21" watercolor by late 20th-century Maine artist Peter Rolfe, dated 1975 and showing seagulls wheeling around a weathervane on ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Book Review: American Furniture 2010
A Book Reviewby Lita Solis-CohenAmerican Furniture 2010Edited by Luke BeckerditeThe Chipstone Foundation, distributed by University Press of New England, 2010, 290 pages, hardbound, $65 plus S/H from UPNE, (www.upne.com) or (800) 421-1561.American Furniture takes a yearly look at the latest research. It is where scholars in the field discuss ways ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Reading the American Market for Antique Scientific Instruments
Figure 1. Surveyor's compass, H.M. Pool, Easton, Massachusetts; note the two spirit levels placed at right angles for leveling. $402. The Auctioneers Group photo.Figure 2. Surveyor's compass, F.W. & R. King, Baltimore, Maryland; note the brass cover and mount. $1035. The Auctioneers Group photos.Figure 2A. Signed dial of Figure 2.Figure ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Gold Gets the Silver, James Gets the Gold
These 18k gold bowls or wine cups, presented to Benjamin Smith Lyman by the Hokkaido Mining and Steamship Company in 1907, sold along with some documenting letters for $18,400, only slightly higher than the gold market price at the time.A richly luminous oil on canvas by British artist David James ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Computer Column: Programming Opportunities
Appraisers need a way to add descriptions such as "Pottery Last Supper..." and tags such as "folk art," "circa 1960" and "Ocomichu, Mexico" to pictures as they are taken.by John P. Reid, e-mail: [email protected] are some business opportunities for all you tablet computer and smart phone application or "app" programmers.-Appraisal ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)John Rogers: American Stories
A Book ReviewJohn Rogers: American Storiesby Ian BerkePhotos courtesy New-York Historical SocietyJohn Rogers: American StoriesEdited by Kimberly OrcuttNew-York Historical Society, 2010, 244 pages, softbound, $35, or hardbound, $50, plus S/H from New-York Historical Society, (www.nyhistorystore.com) or (888) 860-6947.Kimberly Orcutt, associate curator of American art at the New-York Historical Society (NYHS), ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Potomack Company Finds Its Place
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginiaby Walter C. NewmanPhotos courtesy The Potomack CompanyThe high lot of the sale was this bronze gui (a traditional Chinese food and ritual vessel) dating from the Shang Dynasty (circa 1600-1050 B.C.). Cast with masked animal-form handles and with bands of leiwen decoration on the base ... (Read More)
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