Search Stories

Now showing 8070-8074 of 9312 result(s)

(Auction)

April Americana Sale
by Lita Solis-Cohen

Erastus Salisbury Field (1805-1900), a portrait of a young boy holding a book, circa 1830, 26 7/8" x 24", $15,000 (est. $4000/6000). At Christie’s sale of the collection of Kendra and Allan Daniel on January 20, 2001, this painting sold for $7050 (est. $12,000/18,000). It more than doubled in value ... (Read More)

(Feature)

Dealer Paul Scott Injured in Accident at Home
by

Popular New Hampshire antiques dealer Paul Scott was badly injured in a fall at his Hillsborough home on Sunday, May 10. The veteran New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association and Antiques Dealers? Association of America member was preparing for the week of sales at the May session of Brimfield when he ... (Read More)

(Feature)

SEC Charges Stamp Prices Manipulated: Europeans Charge Pyramid Scheme
by David Hewett

by David HewettAs if we needed any more of this.From a federal court in New York comes news about a new tactic used to profit in the old game of Ponzi schemes. You remember how it works: get investors to put money into a guaranteed short-term investment plan, pay off ... (Read More)

(Fragment)

Spatterware Record
by

$39,780. Photo courtesy Pook & Pook.The rarest English 19th-century spatterware seems to be recessionproof. Six phone bidders competed for a five-color rainbow spatterware platter, 13" x 15½", at Pook & Pook's April 24 and 25 sale in Downingtown, Pennsylvania (est. $8000/ 12,000). It sold for $39,780 (includes buyer's premium).That's a ... (Read More)

« 806 807 808 809 810 »