Search Stories
Now showing 4130-4140 of 9324 result(s)
(Fragment)Vilinsky Is New Director of 20th-Century Decorative Arts & Design at Bonhams New York
Beth Vilinsky has been appointed director of the 20th-century decorative arts and design department at Bonhams in New York City, effective immediately. Vilinsky will oversee all facets of the department’s strategic development and administration. Her focus will be on expanding and curating auctions, including Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts, Tiffany, ... (Read More)
|
(Issue Story)Amanda Bury, Cazenovia, New York
Amanda Bury.
Bury’s home and shop.
A packed corner in the shop.
Bury’s side patio from which she sells her garden items.
Two Mexican silver necklaces. The one with the black ribbon is an “armadillo” necklace by Hector Aguilar, $2650. The scroll-link necklace from the 1940s is by William Spratling and is priced at ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)Proposed Rule Change for Elephant Ivory; Antiques, Defined by ESA, Are Exempt
When it comes to federal restrictions on ivory, there’s good news.
On July 25 President Obama announced that the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is proposing revisions to the African elephant rule under Section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The new rules would prohibit most non-antique interstate ... (Read More)
|
(Computer Article)Utilizing the Internet When You Move
Google Earth can show neighborhood details down to parked cars, a tennis court, and a swimming pier on the nearby river.
Computer Column #321
John P. Reid, [email protected]
Antiquers are not the only people who move a home or business to a new location. Many people do so. However, a move from a ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Smith's Labor Day Auction
William A. Smith Inc., Plainfield, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy William Smith
“It was a fabulous sale. We had a great crowd,” declared a member of the William A. Smith auction staff the day after Smith’s annual Labor Day sale on September 7. Much of the material offered at this Smith auction was ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Foster Packs 'Em in Again!
Robert L. Foster, Newcastle, Maine
As Robert Foster summed up his September 5 and 6 auction in Newcastle, Maine, it was “a hell of a sale.” Nobody packs a gallery like he does, and his Labor Day weekend offerings always produce wall-busting crowds and noteworthy sales results.
Australian-born Martin Lewis (1881-1962 immigrated ... (Read More)
|
(Issue Story)New Appreciation
Editorial
During the second weekend in August, Maine Antique Digest set up a promotional booth at the Maine Antiques Festival, promoter Paul Davis’s signature show in Union, Maine. The three-day show, once home to approximately 380 dealers, has seen the number of dealers decline in recent years because of the economy, ... (Read More)
|
(Book Review)The Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky
A Book Review
The Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky by Gaylord Torrence Skira Rizzoli and the musée du quai Branly, 2014, 320 pages, hardbound, $65
The landmark exhibition The Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky was at the musée du quai Branly in Paris from April to July 2014, ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)A Classical Collection and New Faces at the Winter Antiques Show
New York City dealer Carswell Rush Berlin is selling a private collection of Classical furniture and period decorative accessories including some rare lighting. “It came from a southern mansion. The collectors are simply downsizing,” he said. Berlin is not running an auction or devoting a stand to the collection at ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)The New Selkirk Faces Lawsuit over Use of Name
In September 2014 Amelia and Jeff Jeffers, owners of Garth’s Auctions in Ohio, announced they were expanding and had bought the assets associated with the defunct Ivey-Selkirk Auctioneers in St. Louis, Missouri, including company names and other intellectual property. “We were interested in a name that has an incredible and ... (Read More)
|
1 (800) 752-8521 • PO Box 1429 • Waldoboro, ME 04572
