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(Show)Attendance Was Up, and Furniture Sold
Kay G. Previte Antiques, Aurora, Ohio, offered this 1790-1810 one-drawer table in its original black tar-paint finish for $650. With Hepplewhite legs, a scalloped apron, and dovetailed drawer construction, it was held together with wood pins. The scallopedged hand-painted tole tray with a central motif of a fountain and flowers ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Skinner Sells Unprecedented Horological Tool Collection
Skinner, Inc., Marlborough, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoPhotos courtesy SkinnerAfter the tools and books, a section of clocks from various consignors went up, including some from the Crom estate. The top lot of the day, a circa 1815 nine-month duration regulator by Jean Joseph Lepaute (1768-1846), clockmaker to Napoleon I, was Crom’s. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New President of AAWR
The Artists Archives of the Western Reserve has appointed Herbert Ascherman Jr. as its president. Ascherman is a fourth-generation Clevelander and the city's most prominent portrait photographer. A highly regarded artist, lecturer, writer, and photo-historian who has published and exhibited internationally, he brings more than 35 years of business acumen ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: This time of year, as has always been the case, sees my files of "Letter from London" selections—the certainties, probables, and possible—grow ever larger, and in writing this column at the end of June, I find myself still wanting to include material from sales held in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Lesson from Grogan & Company: Start Low, Aim High
The sale’s top lot, Study of a Woman by Adolf von Menzel (1815-1905), sold on the phone for $32,200 (est. $3000/5000). The 8¼" x 5½" pencil and charcoal on paper was initialed and dated “92.”The Little Love God by Charles E. Mills (1856-1956) made $7475. This 60" x 48" oil ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Pristine Willard Clock Turns Up
Photos courtesy Gary Sullivanby Lita Solis-Cohen"I bought an Aaron Willard tall-case clock with a spectacular Boston-made dial depicting a fisherman in the lunette, a fine old surface, and with a mint paper label inside the door and a fine old surface," said Sharon, Massachusetts, dealer Gary Sullivan on the phone, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Ann Arbor Antiques Market
Mad Anthony Books, Lowell, Michigan, has been a mainstay at Ann Arbor for many years, carrying the latest antiques reference books. Here dealer Carole Chenevert is shown reaching for an Arts and Crafts furniture book for a customer.Alice Dewey Antiques, Temperance, Michigan, always has interesting things for the home. The ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Indicted in Connection with Stealing Antiques from Hospital
Paul Galzerano, 58, of Groveland, Massachusetts, a former associate vice president for Beverly Hospital in Beverly, Massachusetts, has been indicted in connection with stealing antiques from the hospital. An Essex County Grand Jury returned sealed indictments against Galzerano on March 26. Those indictments were unsealed on June 30.According to authorities, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Dawson and Wyeth Top Maine Auction
Erastus Salisbury Field (1805-1900) oil on canvas, once used as a fireboard, $26,450.Montague Dawson (1895-1973) oil on canvas of The Lofty Trader “The ScottishMoors,” $71,875.Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maineby Mark SiscoThe cover lot for the Thomaston Place Auction Galleries auction on May 22 and 23 in Thomaston, Maine, was ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Puff Piece: A Look at Japanese Folk Tobacciana
Only 3" tall but packing a 1000-watt stare, this Daruma tonkotsu (Japanese tobacco box) has a body made of paulownia wood.The Zen monk’s fine-grained face allowed the artisan to show details, including a five-o’clock shadow. The eyes are mother-of-pearl, and the body is inlaid with a stylized pipe and a ... (Read More)
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