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(Show)The 57th Annual Fox Valley Antiques Show
Sam Scott of Denise Scott Antiques, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, is shown checking the drawer of a $1675 pine stepback open-top cupboard with original paint. Redware on the lower shelf ranged from a $145 bundt pan to a $65 pie plate and an $875 loaf pan.
Spring Hill Farm Antiques, Broadhead, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Wayne Holt's World
The top lot of the sale was a signed Louis Comfort Tiffany table lamp on slender arched legs. Signed on the shade and base with a “396,” it sold to the phones for $15,400.
This early 19th-century painted blanket chest with lift top originated in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. It was tucked ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Winterthur's Philadelphia Furniture Forum: What Was Learned?
The Cadwalader family—John; his wife, Betsy Lloyd; and daughter Anne—by Charles Willson Peale in its traveling frame had just returned from a six-month trip to two museums in Korea and one in Australia. Bret Headley made the frame because the original frame was too fragile to travel, and it had ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Few Fireworks but One Rarity Discovered at Americana Auction
“Paul Revere, patriot, silversmith, engraver, and artist?” That was the question some viewers asked auctioneer Steven Fletcher prior to the sale, he said. He told us that he answered them with, “Of course he was an artist. How do you think he laid out the designs on the many pieces ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Lion-Decorated Pitcher from Manhattan Sells for $115,000
This early Manhattan, New York, ovoid stoneware pitcher with an incised standing lion sold for $115,000 (est. $20,000/30,000). This fresh-to-the-market discovery was a highlight of the large sale.
The watch spring decoration seen here on this one-gallon jug is often associated with Cheesequake, New Jersey, stoneware manufacturer Captain James Morgan, based ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rago Brings in $5.6 Million
University City porcelain gourd vase, exterior glaze in green, University City, Missouri, 1912, signed “UC 12,” 9¾" x 3". It sold for $26,250 (est. $10,000/ 15,000). Lillian Hoffman had bought it from Martin Eidelberg in 1976.
Martin Brothers stoneware frog tobacco jar, England, 1895, base signed “Martin Bros.” and head signed ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Doyle Mines Jewelry Sales
This circa 1900 Arts and Crafts gold, diamond, and pink button pearl ring with a 7/8" wide center sold for $5313 (est. $2000/3000). Doyle New York.
This antique silver, lapis cameo, and diamond brooch realized $3125 (est. $800/1200). Doyle New York.
This group of jewelry including a child’s jade bangle, carved jade ... (Read More)
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(Auction)"The Fireman" Leads $2.4 Million Sale
This color study for The Fireman by Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) sold for $216,000 (est. $50,000/100,000). The 14"x 11" oil on paperboard was sold along with a photograph of the sitter, Howard Lewis.
The inscription on the Rockwell photograph says, “To Howard Lewis/ the fireman who came to my rescue/ sincerely/ Norman/ ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fruit-Eating Rat Leads Potomack Company Sale
The high lot of the Potomack sale was this Chinese ink on paper on scroll. The artist is Qi Baishi (Chinese, 1864-1957). He is known for what are often described as “whimsical” works in watercolor. This 31" x 9½" piece fits that description. The image shows a rat sitting on ... (Read More)
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(Show)Marin Show: Art of the Americas
New York City dealer Ross Traut, a known minimalist, was asking $8500 for this circa 1890 Navajo textile. He reported he’d sold “lots of small stuff” and that Marin show attendees had shown interest in “more important textiles.”
Dealer Jeff Voracek of Penryn, California (Sacramento/Reno, Nevada, area), was offering this 1865-68 ... (Read More)
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