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(Fragment)Last Two Stolen Wyeths Recovered: All Six Are on View at PMA
The remaining two N.C. Wyeth paintings that were stolen from Portland, Maine, businessman Joseph Soley in 2013 have been recovered. The paintings are The Encounter on Freshwater Cliff and Go Dutton, and That Right Speedily.
The FBI recovered both of the paintings on October 9, 2015, when a third party surrendered ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Show for Richmond
The new Virginia Festival of the Antique will be held October 23-25 at the Virginia Historical Society at 428 North Boulevard in Richmond.
“The Virginia Festival of the Antique is an adaptation of famous Richmond antique shows from the last several decades. We are committed to making the show more academic, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings, Furniture, & Decorative Arts
Doyle New York, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle New York
Portraits, landscapes, and a few pieces of silver were the notable sales in Doyle’s American paintings, furniture, and decorative arts auction on October 7, 2015. Works consigned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, including two portraits by Gilbert Stuart, as well ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)American Folk Art, Lovingly Collected
Two Children in Blue is a watercolor and graphite on paper attributed to Mary B. Tucker. She probably worked in Massachusetts from about 1840 to 1844. This 20 1/16" x 24 5/8" portrait is one of a group of 17 watercolor portraits, of which eight are signed and dated by ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Historical Accommodations
The Young Collector
Several months ago, Robert Hunter, editor of Ceramics in America and photographer extraordinaire, posted a Paul Scott platter on his Facebook page. Scott has “a penchant for rescuing cast-offs…[and] using them as a canvas for biting social commentary,” according to the online statement from Ferrin Contemporary, taking “fragments” ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Mastro Sentenced to 20 Months
On August 20 the former owner and CEO of a sports memorabilia auction house was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for using phony bids to fraudulently inflate the price of his company’s listings at auction.
William Mastro, as the owner and chief executive officer of Mastro Auctions, and several ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Armed to the Teeth
James D. Julia, Fairfield, Maine
It was another big three-day deal for the James D. Julia auction company in Fairfield, Maine, from October 5 through 7, 2015. Big in that Julia’s gun division is by far the largest of the multiple segments of his auction company; big in that it moved ... (Read More)
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(Show)Main Line Antiques Show
Radnor, Pennsylvania
For the last decade the Main Line Antiques Show has benefited Surrey Services for Seniors, which helps seniors live a full life while remaining in their homes. Local businesses support the show and so do a long list of patrons. Anne Hamilton and Betty Moran were the honorary chairs ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Pewter-Inlaid Clock Sells for $192,000
Lancaster tall-case clock in a cherry case, dated and with initials in the sarcophagus top “FR 1762 ST,” the brass dial engraved “Rudy Stoner”for Rudolph Stoner (1728-1769), 100" tall, sold for $192,000 (est. $15,000/20,000) to Alan Miller for the Chipstone Foundation. Pook & Pook photos.
This Lancaster tall-case clock has a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Devenish Bank Sale Totals over $1 Million
Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Bertoia Auctions
The highly anticipated sale of the 40-year mechanical and still bank collection of Clive Devenish at Bertoia Auctions in Vineland, New Jersey, on October 3, 2015, clearly lived up to its fanfare in the face of uncertain weather and the economy.
The gentleman in ... (Read More)
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