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(Show)The Baltimore Summer Antiques Show
The Baltimore show filled the convention center for the 30th year. It has become far more elegant than it was for its first quarter-century. It has white carpets, spacious aisles, and wooden walls—not much pipe and drape. It is an upscale show, which pleased some dealers and made others nostalgic ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: This month's column turned out to be an all-ceramic exercise. In last month's tail-end feature, "The Shape of Things to Come," I illustrated and briefly described items drawn from two major London ceramic sales—the early English delft and slipwares from Syd Levethan's remarkable Longridge collection and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Auction for Andrew Wyeth Memorial Endowment
Jamie Wyeth, Portrait of Andrew Wyeth, 1969, oil on canvas, 24" x 32". ©Jamie Wyeth. It's estimated at $1/2 million.From November 8 through 29, Adelson Galleries in New York City will host an on-line auction of art in support of the Farnsworth Art Museum's campaign for the Andrew Wyeth Memorial ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chinese Bronzes Fly at Late Summer Auction
Chinese gilded bronze censer, Ming Dynasty, $124,200.Chinese oval bronze brazier, 17th century, $36,800.Thomaston Auction Galleries has compiled an impressive record of selling the marine paintings of contemporary British artist Derek G.M. Gardner (1914-2007); some of their prices approached or topped those achieved by Christie’s or Bonhams. This 23½" x 35½" ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New York Auction Bill Vetoed
by Betty FloodNew York Governor David A. Paterson has vetoed legislation that would have created statewide auction requirements by extending the current strict and effective consumer protection provisions that regulate the practices of auctioneers in New York City to counties statewide with a population of 200,000 or more.The legislation, which ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Diamond Jewelry Sales Exceeding Expectations Here and Abroad
This signed antique Tiffany & Co. carved moonstone brooch, depicting the man in the moon, is framed by old-European-cut diamonds. With an approximate total weight of 3.50 carats and on a platinum and 18k gold mount, 1" in diameter, it rose above the $10,000/15,000 estimate to realize $20,145. Skinner.This 14k ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors Show
Eight Lightning quart canning jars, all in different colors, $3750 from Robert Christ of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.Three-sided KT2 poison bottle in cobalt, $2650; cathedral pickle in light emerald green, $3250; and Constitutional bitters in citron, $4500, from Howard Crowe of Crowe’s Bottles, Gold Hill, North Carolina.From Ferdinand and Elizabeth Meyer of ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Zoning Out
In 2006, the City Council of Everett, Washington, passed a zoning ordinance that created so-called “retail streets” in the downtown area. The idea was to create a pedestrian-friendly area, concentrating retail activity into a small area. City leaders hoped to attract throngs of window-shoppers strolling by the storefronts. Some retail ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Gould Auction Company: Paint, Paint, and More Paint
This painted New Hampshire chest, stenciled in red on a chrome yellow background with illustrations of a two-story house, a cross, and lots of trees and foliage, sold for $8337.50.Cherry red painted Maine cutlery tray with a tall handle and a heart cutout, $4025.A richly colored hooked rug reading “Welcome ... (Read More)
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(Show)Upstairs, Downstairs on Cape Cod
David Thompson Antiques & Art, Mashpee and Wellfleet, Massachusetts— the former on the Upper Cape, the latter on the Lower—brought a set of circa 1830 Greek Revival chairs. Probably Boston-made, the six were offered at $4500.George and Barbara Peckham of South Dennis, Massachusetts, asked $1295 for the dry sink with ... (Read More)
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