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(Show)Scott Antique Market: July and January Designer Events Bring Special Buyers
Atlanta, Georgiaby Karla Klein AlbertsonTo the question "Where did you get that?" hundreds of dealers in shows around the country have answered "I found it at Scott's Market." So it makes sense to take a trip to the source, join the hunt, and see what turns up when you have ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Pressing Irons Stay Hot
Simmons and Company Auctioneers, Indianapolis, Indianaby Don JohnsonThe clothes dryer broke last week. It simply refused to dry. Nary a tumble nor a BTU of heat. But the light inside the door still worked, as if to taunt us as we replaced every fuse known to man in order to ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Early War Shirt Is Star of Tribal Arts Sale
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoA spectacular 19th-century Native American war shirt from the Plains, made of two bighorn sheepskin hides, was the top lot at Skinner's latest American Indian and ethnographic art sale on Sunday, September 23 in Boston.The auction house's expert, Douglas Diehl, said it had been collected ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Strange Fish Sell at Skinner
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoMilton Avery's Strange Fish made the biggest splash at Skinner's auction of prints, paintings, and sculpture in the auction house's Boston gallery on September 7. The fish brought $215,000 (including buyer's premium) from a New York dealer bidding by phone.Signed and dated 1951, the oil ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Collectors Make a Statement at Summer Vintage Poster Auction
Swann Galleries, New York Cityby Richard de ThuinOf the 21 top-selling lots in an auction of vintage posters at Swann Galleries in New York City on August 1, 20 sold to collectors with the remaining lot won by a dealer. The five highest-selling lots went to collectors at prices ranging ... (Read More)
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(Show)Sturbridge Antique Textiles Show Celebrates Its 50th Presentation
Sturbridge, Massachusettsby Ed PfeifferOn September 3, Labor Day, the Antique Textiles and Vintage Fashions Show & Sale, held in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, celebrated its 17th year and staged its 50th event.Show manager Linda Zukas explained how it started. In 1991 she was a dealer in antique textiles and had been doing ... (Read More)
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(Feature)State of the Union Festival
Union, Maineby Mark SiscoNow finished its 26th year and counting, there's no end in sight for the Maine Antiques Festival, held at the fairgrounds in Union, Maine. Paul Davis's brainchild is still northern New England's biggest outdoor antiques show, and although some folks feel business isn't what it was ten ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Granddaddy of Them All
Santa Fe, New Mexicoby Alice KaufmanNew York City and Santa Fe dealer John Molloy calls the Whitehawk Antique Indian Art Show "the granddaddy of them all." The show started 29 years ago under the direction of dealer Don Bennett (who still exhibits at the show) and continues to attract dealers ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 149th Original Semiannual York Show
York, Pennsylvaniaby Karl H. PassThe Original 149th Semi-annual York Antiques Show & Sale was held August 31 through September 2 in Memorial Hall East on the York (Pennsylvania) Fairgrounds. Managed by Melvin Arion, this show is a popular event for Mid-Atlantic collectors and dealers. There are many collectors who only ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: Connecting with the Young eCollector
The Young Collectorby Andrew Richmond and Hollie DavisWe had beginner's luck. We'd cranked out one column and were sitting at home wondering vainly what we should write about next when our issue of M.A.D. arrived. In perusing the letters to the editor, we found out that Generation X is considered, ... (Read More)
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