Stories for June '23
(Fragment)Colby Receives Significant Gift from Marin Family
The Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville, Maine, announced it has received 184 works of art from the estate of Norma B. Marin. Marin (1930-2022) was married to John Marin Jr, son of the Modernist painter John Marin.
Over the last 50 years, the Marin family has gifted to the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Mark Indursky of Lost Found Art
When M.A.D. recently bumped into Mark Indursky, he was visiting the Found Object Show: Art without Intent in Manhattan. As many collectors will do, he arrived early to peruse what might appeal.
Scoping out the show was certainly an easier endeavor than the time he fished out a crushed bucket from ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New York’s Investigation of Sotheby’s Expands
A court filing on April 21 reveals that the New York attorney general’s investigation into alleged improper use of resale certificates at Sotheby’s has expanded. In November 2020 New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Sotheby’s, accusing the auction house of defrauding the state of New York ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Book Reviews
Florida Sculptors and Their Work: 1880-2020 by Deborah C. Pollack (Schiffer Publishing, 2022, 184 pages, hardbound, $65 plus S/H from Schiffer Publishing [www.schifferbooks.com] or [610] 593-1777).
The first thing you should do with Deborah C. Pollack’s Florida Sculptors and Their Work: 1880-2020 is flip through its pages to scan the images ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)A Curious Plan
How does a relatively new museum get objects? In Tennessee, two legislators want to raid the Tennessee State Museum’s storage area.
On January 30 a bill was introduced in the Tennessee State Legislature that would require the Tennessee State Museum to turn over all artifacts relating to the Confederate States of ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Quest for the Chest: Madeline Yale Wynne’s Masterpiece
Photographs by Penny Leveritt, courtesy Historic Deerfield
An inadvertent encounter with an unassuming turn-of-the-20th-century photograph of a 1903 bride’s chest, tucked in among hundreds of other images, prompted a two-decades-long search to bring the chest home. The improbable, against-all-odds hunt led eventually to a fund-raising campaign for the linen-style chest’s acquisition ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Minardi Named New Editor of Americana Insights
Scholar, author, and curator Lisa Minardi will serve as the new editor of Americana Insights, a publication focused on 18th- and 19th-century Americana and American folk art. Minardi succeeds founding editor Robert Shaw, who retired at the start of 2023.
Minardi serves as executive director of Historic Trappe and its Center ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, June 2023
Angelo Testa, IBM Disks, 1952-56, linen plain weave, screenprinted, 51¾" x 104¾". Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Costume Council Fund. Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA.
—Through July 2 —Los Angeles, California
Coded: Art Enters the Computer Age, 1952-1982 at Los Angeles County Museum of Art explores how the rise of computer technology, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rare Reward Poster Brings $166,375
The first printing of the reward poster for the capture of John Wilkes Booth and two other conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln was auctioned by Nate D. Sanders Auctions for $166,375 (includes buyer’s premium) April 27. Bidding began at $100,000.
Photo courtesy Nate D. Sanders.
The poster was issued ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Wolf Family’s Jewelry Collection
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s
The April 20 sale of exceptional jewels from the Wolf family collection at Sotheby’s in New York City was a highly anticipated event. The presale buzz beckoned to us, including an episode of “Frank’s Files” by Frank Everett of Sotheby’s. “Frank’s Files: The Wolf Collection,” ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Oddities Flea Market
Chicago, Illinois
From the inky skull stamped on the back of your hand upon entry to the pounding sound of goth metal music, it was clear this was a different kind of show. The Oddities Flea Market in Chicago April 1 and 2 opened with a line of people who paid ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Scarlett Fever
Barridoff Auctions, South Portland, Maine
Photos courtesy Barridoff Auctions
Barridoff Auctions held a small, approximately 145-lot sale of art Saturday, April 1, at its comfortable facility in South Portland, Maine. The sale included paintings, prints, sculpture, and photographs. It was 90% sold.
Leading all sales was a 40" x 49 1/8" oil on ... (Read More)
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(Show)April Fools’ Day and the Greater Rochester Spring Antique Show
Henrietta, New York
There were no “fools” and no “fooling around” at the Greater Rochester Spring Antique Show, produced April 1 by the Genesee Country Antique Dealers Association (GCADA). The collectors and dealers who came and the exhibitors who exhibited were savvy, serious, and smart. At 10 a.m. the huge overhead ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tiffany Windows Shine
Cottone Auctions, Geneseo, New York
Photos courtesy Cottone Auctions
Cottone Auctions held a small 218-lot sale March 31 in Geneseo, New York. Almost every lot sold, and the total was almost exactly $3 million. “There may have been about five lots that passed,” said Matt Cottone. “It was a great sale.”
Tiffany ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Ring Flask Rings Up $204,000 at Crocker Farm
Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland
Photos courtesy Crocker Farm
“There are still great objects resurfacing and coming onto the market,” remarked Mark Zipp of Crocker Farm following the Zipp family’s spring sale. This was one of the questions when starting out 20 years ago—how to find the material over time, sale after sale. ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Grassroots Antiques Show
Elverson Antique Show & Sale, Elverson, Pennsylvania
The parking lot was full, and there was a big crowd waiting for the doors to open at 10 a.m. at Twin Valley High School in Elverson, Pennsylvania, for the spring edition of the Elverson Antique Show & Sale March 25. There were dealers ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Folk Art and Americana: The Brandegee Collection
Garth’s Auctions, Columbus, Ohio
Photos courtesy Garth’s Auctions
A single-owner sale of Americana and folk art that ranged from a William and Mary one-drawer stand to a Howard Finster metal sign brought a strong response at Garth’s Auctions March 18, indicating there’s no lack of interest in fresh goods with the right ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Roadside Attractions: The Susann Craig Collection
Hindman Auctions, Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Hindman Auctions
Assuming that an adage in the auction world is true—that single-owner sales reflect the personality of the individual who selected the goods—then it stands to reason that the Susann Craig collection sold at Hindman Auctions in Chicago March 9 would come across as colorful, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Maritime Auction
Eldred’s, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred’s
Cape Cod auction house Eldred’s put together a two-day marine sale February 28 and March 1 in East Dennis, Massachusetts. Drawn from an array of maritime collections such as that of Chuck and Jan DeLuca, Michael Gill, Richard Kelton, and Stephen D. Weinroth, the objects ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Decoys and More at Copley
Copley Fine Art Auctions, Hingham, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions
From the Hingham, Massachusetts, offices, Stephen B. O’Brien Jr. and his Copley Fine Art Auctions brought 657 lots of decoys and fine art to market in an online auction February 24 and 25 that brought more than $2.2 million and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Live Auction with Good, Solid Antiques
William Smith Auctions, Plainfield, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy William Smith Auctions
Notable for its breadth and depth, the William Smith Auctions’ February 22 sale was replete with American art and furnishings, Chinese art, fine rugs, and other good, solid antiques. Held live in the Plainfield, New Hampshire, gallery, the sale drew the ... (Read More)
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