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(Auction)Auction for a New World
A first edition of Les voyages du sieur de Champlain by Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635) sold to Peter Harrington Books for $751,000 (est. $250,000/350,000). The volume, published in Paris in 1613, includes a map that documents the first attempt to record longitude and latitude for the New England coast; depictions ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bannister Paintings and a Whistler Print Lead Winter Sale
The Dyer by James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), a brown-toned etching on laid paper, trimmed to plate imprint, brought an attention-getting$115,000 (est. $8000/12,000). Cataloged K219, III state of IV, it has the artist’s butterfly signature and measures 19½" x 12".Edward Bannister’s Fishing Folk, King Phillip Rock, Mount Hope, oil on ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Susan Silver of Sheffield, Massachusetts
Susan Silver is shown with an Anglo-Indian wardrobe (to her right) of solid satinwood— not veneered—and ebony. “It breaks down into eight pieces,” she said. It’s $21,000.Silver’s shop on Route 7 in Sheffield, Massachusetts. It may look tasteful and sedate now, but, she said, it wasn’t when she bought it ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Daffodils, Lilies, and Pansies Bloom
Tiffany Studios Daffodil lamp, $63,250.Tiffany Dragonfly lamp in dichroic glass, $40,250.Leaded glass window, possibly by LaFarge, the Rudy Brothers, or perhaps another maker, $16,100.James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maineby Mark SiscoLeaded glass lamps led the way at James D. Julia's lamp and glass auction on November 19 and 20, 2009, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques & Art at the Armory
M.S. Rau Antiques, New Orleans, asked $1.5 million for this English silver wine cooler made by Rundell, Bridge and Rundell in 1837. Once in Windsor Castle, it was given to the Duke of Cumberland when he became King of Hanover. Queen Elizabeth has a similar one, but the duke had ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Garth's Americana Auction
Decorated corner cupboard, Pennsylvania, 19th century, poplar and pine, two-piece construction, alligatored reddish brown over yellow vinegar graining simulating curly maple, 86¼" high x 40½" wide, one pane cracked, brass pulls missing from the drawers, $36,425.Late Victorian diamond cluster ring with a center old-European-cut diamond, approximately 2.4 carats, surroundedby two ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Pair of Nisbet Card Tables at Strong Sale in Saint John
A pair of card tables by Saint John cabinetmaker Thomas Nisbet fetched $16,800 ($15,943). They were clearly very early pieces with all the details associated with this most famous of early 19th-century Canadian cabinetmakers.Tim Isaac Auctions, Saint John, New Brunswickby Peter SmitAll prices in Canadian funds; approximate U.S. funds in ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Antiques Software for Macs
Before Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh, antiques records were kept with cumbersome DOS programs such as PC-File 5.0.Computer Column #255by John P. Reid, [email protected] the last two issues we reviewed updates of Windows software for antiques dealers and collectors. I immediately got e-mail from collectors asking if there is similar ... (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.Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago, edited ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Photograph Album Leads Evans Sale
This historically significant photograph album contains 425 albumen prints by John K. Hillers (German-American, 1843-1925), most of which were taken during John Wesley Powell’s second Western expedition (1871-72) and with the Cushing Smithsonian expedition to study the Zuni and Pueblo peoples (1877-78). There were several photographers on these expeditions, but ... (Read More)
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