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(Feature)In the Trade: Mary Jean McLaughlin of Ivoryton, Connecticut
In the Tradeby Frank Donegan Mary Jean McLaughlin sells only wicker. She calls it "the orphan of the antiques business." If that's true, then her rambling Colonial Revival home in Ivoryton, Connecticut, is one heck of an orphanage. Eighteen or 20 of its rooms (she's not exactly sure of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auctioneers and the Misunderstood Tool
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve Proffitt Here's an old joke. Junior was a woodcutter by trade. He was a man's man, but not the brightest penny. As we say down South, if he was twice as smart, he'd be a half-wit. Junior started off with a hand ax cutting pulpwood. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Northeast Ends Its August Sell-a-thon with $6.23 Million Sale
Portsmouth, New Hampshireby David Hewett August is famous in New Hampshire for many reasons: the long-awaited native tomato finally ripens; the Red Sox begin or threaten to begin their traditional swoon (some years they wait until mid-September); and Northeast Auctions holds its two biggest events of the year—the Americana and ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Lots of Maritime Lithographs
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire by A.J. Peluso, Jr. Northeast Auctions' August 18 and 19 sale in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was particularly rich in lithographic offerings, with well over 100 examples. There were no records achieved, and the sale might be viewed hereafter as a missed opportunity. (The focus here ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Call It Oosik or Baculum, It's a Popular Bone to Pick
by Robert KyleA world-record price for the largest known antique penis bone was set August 26 when the I.M. Chait Gallery in Beverly Hills, California, sold a 4½' long petrified walrus reproductive part for $9600 (including buyer's premium). The successful telephone bidder from Florida was representing Ripley's Believe It or ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Rago's 19th- and 20th-Century Fine Art Auction
Rago Arts and Auction Center, Lambertville, New Jerseyby Lita Solis-Cohen Rago Arts and Auction Center kicked off the fall season at noon on Saturday, September 15, at its gallery in Lambertville, New Jersey, with a special sale of art by Pennsylvania and New Jersey artists. This was immediately followed by ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Round Top Reorganizes; Prince Hangs In for Another Year
Damariscotta, Maineby Mark SiscoWith four major auctions and the Maine Antiques Dealers Association show at River Arts at Round Top Farm in Damariscotta all happening in the week prior to Labor Day, Maine has a legitimate claim to its own Antiques Week, following the officially designated week in New Hampshire. ... (Read More)
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(Show)New Kid Still Shines
Santa Fe, New Mexicoby Alice KaufmanEven after six years, promoter Barry Cohen's Historic Indian & World Tribal Arts: Santa Fe show is still the new kid in town. Held at the College of Santa Fe's Shellaberger Tennis Center, August 9-12, it also remains the kid voted most likely to succeed.Cohen ... (Read More)
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(Show)Historic Casino Is a Beautiful Setting for the Saratoga Springs Antique Show
Saratoga Springs, New Yorkby Ed PfeifferSaratoga Springs, New York, some 180 miles north of Manhattan, is a beautiful place. Its wide streets are lined with vintage, architecturally attractive residences and other structures, surrounded by colorful flower gardens and big, mature trees. The historic place was a famous watering hole in ... (Read More)
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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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