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(Fragment)Political Memorabilia Worth $120,000 Stolen
Police are still looking for a break in a case involving the theft of political campaign memorabilia, worth about $120,000, taken from a locked ballroom at the Met Troy, in Troy, Michigan. The burglary at the hotel occurred between 11 p.m. on May 8 and 6 a.m. on May 9, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"May We Play" Sale
Stutz coupe, Gendron, circa 1926, pedal car, pressed steel, 28½" long, ex-Don Kaufman, near mint, the sale’s top seller at $22,420.
This Batman car by Yanoman, Japan, zoomed to $10,030, doubling the high estimate.
Broadway & Central Park omnibus, George Brown, 1880s, painted tin, 12½" long, $10,620.
Electric Packard pedal car, American National, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Canadian Dealer Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Smuggling Rhino Horns, Ivory, and Coral
Xiao Ju Guan, aka “Tony Guan,” 39, of Richmond, British Columbia, was sentenced on March 25 in United States federal court to 30 months in prison for smuggling rhinoceros horns, elephant ivory, and coral from the United States to Canada. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Laura ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)California Resale Royalty Act Loses in Court Again
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit handed Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and eBay a victory when it ruled on May 5 that California’s Resale Royalty Act was unconstitutional, as applied to out-of-state sales conducted by out-of-state agents.
California law requires that “whenever a work of fine art is sold ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Beacons Bring $27,000
These maritime beacons, made of copper and brass, have plaques reading “The Patent Lighting Co., Ltd. Hayes England.” The cut-crystal Fresnel lens prisms are set into bronze frames. With hinged and vented tops and hoisting rings, the beacons opened at $15,000. Bidders from the Internet and phone competed until the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Perfume Bottle Auction Brings $533,724
This 1957 Christian Dior limited-edition presentation perfume bottle, “J’appartiens à Miss Dior” (I belong to Miss Dior), sold for $66,000. The buyer was an Asian collector. The 7¼" high figural bottle and stopper are thick-walled frosted glass with enameled details; the bottom label is numbered “CCXLII (242)” and, according to ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Historic East Berlin Antiques Show
Mark Wannemacher of East Berlin, Pennsylvania, asked $975 for this copper kettle made by John Kidd in Reading, Pennsylvania, circa 1796.
Lynne Oppenheimer of Ivy Hill Primitives, Langhorne, Pennsylvania, asked $965 for the very large English pewter plate, 1720-40; the punched tin lantern was $385; the soapstone inkwell, $195; the stoneware ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fabergé Cane Tops Spring Auction
The top lot of the auction, this fabulous Fabergé cane with a handle of nephrite, gold, diamonds, and a ruby realized $11,800 (est. $10,000/15,000). Sweetening the deal, its ½" ringed gold collar was marked with a pre-1884 St. Petersburg city touch, with “56” (14 karats), and with “EK” for Fabergé ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Pure and Simple Antique Show
Shenandoah Valley pie safe, Rappahannock or Culpeper County, Virginia, grain painted, four tins, $2800 from Bob and Carole Closser of Red Kettle Antiques, Carthage, Indiana.
“Rabbits for Sale” sign, $110 from Tim and Charline Chambers of Missouri Plain Folk, Sikeston, Missouri.
Uncut hooked rug pattern, “E.S. Frost & Co. Biddeford, ME / ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Changes Afoot for Sotheby's Boston Office and for Its Former Director
William S. “Bill” Cottingham. Litwin Media photo.
Cottingham Fine Art, 67½ Chestnut Street, Boston. Schinto photo.
One day in mid-January a sign maker put up new signage on the 19th-century carriage house at 67½ Chestnut Street at the foot of Beacon Hill where Sotheby’s regional Boston office had been located for the ... (Read More)
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