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(Auction)Final Single-Owner Historic-Documents Auction Is "White Glove" Sale
A group of eight letters and documents by American and English writers including Jack London, Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Fenimore Cooper, and Rudyard Kipling sold for $16,800 (est. $5000/8000). London’s letter to a high school friend says in part that he often harks back to those teenage years, “but the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Collectors of Americana Shop in London
$7,051,842.
$826,795.
Serious collectors of Americana found some treasures to bid on in London this summer. Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of Mohawk Chieftain Thayendanegea, known in English as Joseph Brant (1742-1807), sold at Sotheby’s old masters sale on the evening of July 9 to an American private collector for £4,114,500 ($7,051,842) including buyer’s ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Times Change, and the Cobbs Change with the Times
This 1861, 3" wrought-iron Civil War ordnance rifle by the Phoenix Iron Company, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, led the auction at $37,200.
Two similarly sized 10" x 16" oils on canvas by Frank Henry Shapleigh (1842-1906) each show a farmyard scene viewed through a typical Shapleigh perspective from a shadowy barn interior. At ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Three-Day Maurice "Jake" Day Art Show
Fuchsia Flyers, a 20½" x 16½" watercolor by Jake Day, 1950-70.
Maurice “Jake” Day of Damariscotta, Maine, is best known for his work on the Walt Disney movie Bambi as well as magazine and book illustrations and whimsical paintings of woodland animals. He also carved sea shanties and birds out ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Changes at the Met
Morrison H. Heckscher retired on June 30 after 13 years as head of the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. He served a total of nearly five decades at the Met. Heckscher’s new title became Curator Emeritus of the American Wing on July 1, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Locust Grove Antiques Market
Construction on the brick house at Locust Grove began in 1790. It’s the centerpiece of the historic property, which hosts the antiques show twice a year. The house, outbuildings, and visitor’s center are open during the show.
The parlor on the second floor of the main residence at Locust Grove features ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 14th Annual Wells Outdoor Antiques Show & Sale
A very fine set of small individual spice boxes, nestled in a larger box, was offered by William Nickerson Antiques, Orleans, Massachusetts, for $240. The maple and tin set dates to about 1870 and features eight circular spice boxes with labels for ginger, mace, mustard, pepper, allspice, nutmegs, cloves, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Neal Summer Sale: A Box of Surprises
Blue dogs have been turning up regularly at auction in the year following the death of Louisiana artist George Rodrigue (1944-2013). The Yellow Robe of Texas, signed and dated 1991 and 20" x 24", ranks with the most appealing. The June sale cover lot—first time a Rodrigue has appeared there ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The 18th Dish Camp at Eastfield Village
Odd things of ceramic interest show up on the tables in the 1836 church where lectures are held.
This shows a mix of pottery wasters from a pit in Burslem, Staffordshire, England with extant examples and some re-created examples made by Don Carpentier to match, using his one-of-a-kind rose and crown ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Appellate Court Rules in Case about Thomas Cole's "Portage Falls on the Genesee"
A June 28, 2013, decree of the Surrogate’s Court, Cayuga County, New York, denied the motion of the Fred L. Emerson Foundation, Inc. to dismiss the petition for appointment of an administrator, and granted “Letters of Administration” to the petitioner, limited to enforcement of a charitable gift under the last ... (Read More)
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