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(Young Collectors)Point, Click, Bid!
The Young Collector
We’re not lazy people. Trust us. In the past 48 hours we have gone to two grocery stores, the post office, the gas station, the pet store, and the bakery; worked on four upcoming lectures; made the necessary preliminary notes for this column and cranked out 800-plus words; ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Scouting the Competition
The Art of Marketing
Since beginning this column several months ago, I’ve received a fair number of open-ended questions, all of which I have answered as quickly as possible through e-mail. Answering individually has not been an easy task, so I thought I might spend some time in the column discussing ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)No Transparency at the Block
Auction Law & Ethics
Every time I pick up a paper or click on the news, someone is calling for transparency in something. Critics and the media demand transparency in this and that. The public wants transparency in everything—except their individual affairs. Transparency shows up time and again in discussions of ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London
Ian McKay, [email protected]
From the portraits of two beautiful women whose lives followed very different paths, this month’s selections move on to include Dr. Heller’s “silver lexicon,” blacksmithies and white owls, masterpieces of 18th-century French furniture making, overweight cattle and pigs, beautifully engraved glasses, and something to bring a smile to ... (Read More)
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(Feature)John Fignar of Saratoga Springs, New York
John Fignar is shown with the slot machine he bought in Las Vegas that got him hooked on gambling antiques. It’s a Pace “Saratoga” model machine made in 1937. In addition to being a slot machine, it also includes the world’s easiest pinball game, which you had to “succeed” at ... (Read More)
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(Show)Connecticut Spring Antiques Show in the Armory a Hit with Exhibitors and Visitors
No, it’s not an Oreo cookie! This 2 5/8" diameter carved walnut butter print, or stamp, came from the collection of Frederick S. Weiser, a Lutheran pastor and authority on Pennsylvania German culture and artifacts who died in 2009. The print is sitting on page 123 of Weiser’s Butter Prints ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Buyer’s Premium Dropped for Attendees of Cast-Iron Concept Sale
Hubley coupe, 6¾" long, $1003.
Excellent Kenton vehicles abounded. This sprinkler tank truck, 7" long, made the biggest splash at $1534.
Kenton city bus, 6" long, $1100.
Arcade yellow cab panel van, 8" long, restored, $1200.
From a bumper crop of farm equipment, three tractors, 5½" to 8" long, sold for $1000.
Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey
Photos courtesy ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Wootens Succeed at Debut Sale
This circa 1830 15-gallon stoneware storage jar signed by Harvey Drake of the Edgefield District, South Carolina, was the top lot of the sale at $168,000. See story for details.
A circa 1830 hunt board from Forsyth County, North Carolina, 41 3/8" x 54¼" x 19½", was the top furniture lot ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Garth’s Country Americana Auction
Soap Hollow blanket chest by Peter K. Thomas, dated 1862, poplar with its original stenciled decoration and red ground, trimmed in black and yellow, 28" high x 47½" wide, missing escutcheon inlays, replaced period glass pulls, $14,460.
Decorated Chippendale blanket chest, Pennsylvania or Virginia, dated 1791, pine and poplar, original paint, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Potomack Company Opens New Facility
This 36" x 36" silkscreen was the second Andy Warhol print offered at the sale. This image uses a photograph of flowers as its basic design. It is brightly colored with hot pink, yellow, and light blue blossoms and with green as the background. Signed by Warhol in graphite, it ... (Read More)
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