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(Fragment)Judy Goffman Cutler Wins Big in Norman Rockwell Painting Trial
by David HewettOn Thursday, April 8, Roger L. Hunt, Chief U.S. District Judge for the U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, ruled that Judy Goffman Cutler was "the true owner of the painting" Russian Schoolroom by Norman Rockwell.Art dealer Jack Solomon had sued Goffman Cutler, the co-owner of the National ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.The Art of Aiden Lassell Ripley by Stephen B. O'Brien Jr. ... (Read More)
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(Show)Connecticut Spring Antiques Show Draws Enthusiastic Response
Greg K. Kramer & Co., Robesonia, Pennsylvania, showed the 1860-70 colorful stuffed and appliquéd quilt with fine quilting work; approximately 100" square, it cost $22,500. The wing chair from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, which had descended in the Foster family and was ex-Bill Samaha, was tagged $10,500.Heller-Washam Antiques, Portland, Maine, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Peter Tillou's Cabinet of Curiosities
This 17 5/8" high pair of painted Chinese pottery figures of horses with finely detailed trappings, Northern Qi Dynasty, sold for $60,000 (est. $20,000/30,000).Amethyst geode with calcite inclusions, 30" high x 22" wide, $6000 (est. $2000/3000).Christie's, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy Christie'sPeter Tillou, the enthusiastic and eclectic collector and ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Marin Indian Art Show
“Things are turning around,” said Jackson Clark II of Toh-Atin Gallery, Durango, Colorado. “I’ve had my best show in three years. People’s attitudes seem better; there are smiles on people’s faces. We’ve had great traffic, and people are buying good things.” This Navajo Transitional weaving, circa 1900, (detail shown) is ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Vermonter Buys $101,200 Double Portrait in Vermont
$101,200 (includes buyer’s premium). Photo courtesy Lucinda Seward.by David Hewett"This thing is just fantastic. It's the prettiest and best painting I've ever owned!" an enthusiastic Joseph Martin said two days after he purchased the large folk art portrait of two children and their pet cat at a Robert Prozzo auction.It ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: A lifetime cast of Alberto Giacometti's L'Homme qui marche I, sold for $103.7 million by Sotheby's on February 3.Man Walking, Lamp Standing…Billed as one of the most iconic images in modern art and the pinnacle of Alberto Giacometti's experimentation with the human form, L'Homme qui marche ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The William Kelly Young Sale
This molded redware whippet in a gray/silver paint with a green rectangular base is stamped twice “John Bell.” In good condition with light wear, it sold for $14,950 (est. $8000/10,000).A rare temperance ovoid jug with elaborate applied figural decorations, signed by J.L. Stone, Kosse, Texas, sold on the phone to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Buyer Who Reneged Has Penalty Tied to Piece's Next Sale
by David HewettPhoto courtesy William J. Jenack Auctioneers.The little silver and enamel box in William J. Jenack Auctioneers' April 11 sale has an interesting history, besides its Russian birth and subsequent travels, that is. When it was hammered down at Jenack's Chester, New York, sale, it finished one segment of ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Unveiling
Where was it made? The walnut table with splayed cabriole legs and a two-board top is similar to a table with a three-board top pictured in Southern Antiques by Paul H. Burroughs (1931), which is open to the image.From left, Phil Zimmerman, Skip Chalfant, and Philip W. Bradley inspect the ... (Read More)
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