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(Book Review)America's First Family of Clockmakers
A Book Review
Stretch: America’s First Family of Clockmakers
by Donald L. Fennimore and Frank L. Hohmann III
The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum and Hohmann Holdings LLC, 2013, 376 pp., hardbound, $75 plus S/H from the Winterthur bookstore, (www.winterthurstore.com), (302) 888-4707, or 1-800-448-3883, ext. 4707; or from ACC Distribution, (www.accdistribution.com) or ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Delaware Art Museum Announces Proposed Sales of Paintings to Pay Debt
At its March meeting, the board of trustees of the Delaware Art Museum voted to sell up to four works of art from its collection to raise $30 million to pay off a $19.8 million construction debt for the institution’s expansion a decade ago and to provide for operating costs. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Who are the Collectors and Where are They?
Editorial
Who is the typical collector? An educated man, aged 40-69, childless, and who is self-employed or an entrepreneur.
That’s the finding of “Collecting in the Digital Age,” an international survey released by art insurer AXA ART. More than three-quarters (76%) of the 972 respondents were male, 73% were aged 40-69, and ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Pep Up Your Tablet
Antique aircraft slideshow page as displayed on a television set by a tablet computer using an HDMI cable and adapter.
Computer Column #306
John P. Reid, [email protected]
Tablet computers are everywhere these days. Here are four ways you can pep up yours.
Stylus
One nice thing about moving from a smartphone to a tablet computer ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Was It Eli Terry or Was It Napoleon?
Eli Terry patent pillar and scroll shelf clock. Terry is probably best known for this clock, which was a great success, but this is not the clock that is the subject of this article. In fact, Terry’s first attempt in manufacturing described in this article was the making of wooden ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)American Quilts and Coverlets Exhibition at Edward Thorp Gallery
The Compass Star quilt in red, yellow, and white quilt cotton is circa 1880, 77" x 67½", probably Pennsylvania, and $7000. “We’re used to seeing this image in what, a three-inch disk in our hand? And here it is…as a full-size quilt. It’s in crisp condition and dates from the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Shot Heard Round the World
David F. Wood (left) and Joel Bohy are shown on the grounds of the Concord Museum on Patriots’ Day. Bohy took part in a weekend encampment that re-created David Brown’s Minute Man Company of Concord, Massachusetts. Brown and his men were at the North Bridge on April 19, 1775. Schinto ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Jewelry Winners
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
March and April were busy months for auction houses hosting jewelry sales with eclectic, vintage, antique, and contemporary offerings. There is no shortage of material, but the rare, the exquisitely made, the fine collections, and signed pieces still bring the best results.
Before the Skinner sale, much of ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Oops, We Did It Again
The Young Collector
We are back from the fourth annual “I am never doing that again!” That might be more familiar to the rest of you by its formal name, the Midwest Antiques Forum. Also, to be fair, the “never doing that again” part tends to refer exclusively to accommodating small ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Ships' Portraits and Sheet Music
Ships’ portraits have been painted, lithographed, and photographed in great numbers. Happily, there is another category to note: Sheet music featuring ships’ portraits.
They had peculiar qualities. They required the sometime cooperation of a group: a composer, a lyricist, an artist, a lithographer, and often a publisher. All covers were the ... (Read More)
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