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(Fragment)Chinese Vase Brings $24,723,000
The Qianlong period imperial vase became the most expensive object sold at an auction in New England when it brought $24,723,000. Skinner, Inc. photo.
A monumental (38¾" x 10¾") Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period fencai vase became the highest-grossing object sold at auction in New England and achieved the highest price ever ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Silver in the Met
A Book Review
Early American Silver in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
by Beth Carver Wees with Medill Higgins Harvey
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, distributed by Yale University Press, 2013, 328 pages, hardbound, $75 plus S/H from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, (800) 468-7386 or (www.store.metmuseum.org), or from Yale University ... (Read More)
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(Show)Rhinebeck Antiques Fair Canceled
The Rhinebeck Antiques Fair scheduled for October 11 and 12 in Rhinebeck, New York, has been canceled. The cancellation occurred after the advertisement appearing on page 2-D in this issue had been sent to press.
Originally published in the October 2014 issue of Maine Antique Digest. © 2014 Maine Antique Digest ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and Web site ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Banning the Ban
Editorial
Here are two numbers to know: H.R. 5052 and S. 2587.
They are two identical pieces of legislation that have been introduced in Congress and would roll back the new federal rules regulating trade of ivory. The proposed law is called the “Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014.”
In the House, the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Providence Auction Gallery to Launch
A new auction house, the Providence Auction Gallery, will hold its first sale on November 9. Partners in the fledgling venture include entrepreneur Kevin Bruneau, featured on the PBS television show Market Warriors; Louis Grande, Esq., an antiquarian and collector of 18th- and 19th-century American furniture; and Jeffrey Shore, whose ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Gone to Carolina
The Young Collector
We never take vacations. Oh, we go places, quite often, but almost always “There’s just this one stop I need to make in Hingham” or “It will only take five minutes, but we’ve got to deliver this five-hundred-pound corner cupboard, and I said we’d help her get it ... (Read More)
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(The Art of Marketing)Building Customer Loyalty
The Art of Marketing
Last month I covered the topic of promoting your business in a 21st-century way. This month I’ll move over to another topic—building customer loyalty.
It is rare that a business can survive without loyal repeat customers. Loyal customers are certainly your most valuable asset. If you can build ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Seeking Information about “Old-School Dealer” Mrs. Walter S. Sands
The photograph, inscribed “Mrs. Sands,” is rubber stamped on the back “photo by/ P.A. Beaudoin/ St. Augustine, Fla.” Several times in the inventory books is the notation “Just back from Florida.”
Mrs. Sands?
Mr. Sands?
Page from one of the inventory books.
Included with the books and booth photo was this group shot inscribed ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London
Ian McKay, <[email protected]>
Lots and lots of good things fill my pending files and will continue to feature in these reports even when the new season sales get up and running. Two of the London summer highlights, a Rysbrack bust of Franklin and a Gilbert Stuart portrait of a Mohawk chief, ... (Read More)
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