Stories for July '24
(Fragment)Concord Museum Awarded $5 Million Grant
Concord Museum, Concord, Massachusetts, has received a $5 million grant from an anonymous donor. This grant will provide critical support to the museum as it continues to preserve and share Concord’s story for generations to come.
The grant will enable the museum to establish an endowed curatorship that honors curator David ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Decorative Arts Trust Awards Research Grants
The Decorative Arts Trust has awarded research grants to 14 graduate students.
The recipient of the Marie Zimmermann Grant, generously sponsored by the Marie and John Zimmermann Fund, is Lauren Lovings-Gomez from Rice University.
The recipient of the DARTS Grant, generously sponsored by the Decorative Arts Society of Orange County, is Danielle ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Summer Show in Maine
Gurley Antique Shows will debut the new Summer Bath Antique Sale on Sunday, July 28, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the newly built gymnasium at Morse High School in Bath, Maine.
“The high school is a state-of-the-art facility with great lighting, ample parking, easy access, and air-conditioning. It is located ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Eli Wilner Announces Matching Grants for Small Institutions
Eli Wilner & Company, New York City, best known for having framed Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and completing 28 projects for the White House, has announced that funding is available to cover part of the cost of framing projects for small ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Winterthur Acquires Rare Painting of Free Black Woman
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library has acquired an 1857 oil painting depicting an identifiable free black member of the regional Baltimore community, according to a press release.
In this group portrait, Vermont-born painter Thomas Waterman Wood (1823-1903) documented an important moment in history just before the American Civil War when the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, July 2024
Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyer’s premium when charged. We’re always looking for news of prices realized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R., Maine Antique ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Pewter Collectors Club
The Pewter Collectors Club of America (PCCA) held its annual meeting at the Marriott Courtyard in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, May 10 and 11. After the board met to discuss the business of the club, president Eric Lanka made a presentation titled “Introduction to Pewter,” which was open to the public and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Mixing It Up
Beneath the Surface
Not too long ago, a friend tagged us in a post on Facebook. It is so nice when your friends think of you, isn’t it? They see a beautiful old house filled with antiques, a quirky set of built-in bookshelves, or a trendy new mystery TV show, think ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Art Dealer Found Guilty of Embezzlement
Art dealer Douglas J. Chrismas, 80, of Los Angeles, was found guilty by a jury May 31 of embezzling more than $260,000 from the bankruptcy estate of Ace Gallery Los Angeles, an art gallery located in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles, while acting as the estate’s trustee and custodian. Chrismas ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Steve Slotin
Stopping at a drugstore for a Coke float some 30 years ago contributed to altering Georgia-born-and-bred Steve Slotin’s course in life. “There were face jugs in the cabinet by Lanier Meaders, who lived down the street. I thought I knew everything about the South—I knew every swimming hole, the best ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Weathervane Recovered 40 Years after Theft
An antique copper weathervane stolen from a Vermont railway station 40 years ago is now back in the Green Mountain State.
The 1910 steam locomotive and coal tender weathervane was atop the White River Junction Station in Hartford, Vermont, until its theft on November 3, 1983 (see M.A.D., January 1984, p. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Like No Other
The world of art and antiques got a little smaller when news of the death of Sanford L. Smith was revealed by the New York Times on May 26.
Smith, known to most everybody as Sandy, was more than a show promoter. He was champion of the industry.
He loved the stuff, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, July 2024
Sherron Francis (b. 1940), Strawberry 5, 1977, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 56½" x 22", signed, titled, and dated on the reverse.
—Through June 8 —New York City
Sherron Francis: Splash of Serenity, Paintings 1973-77 at the Lincoln Glenn Gallery is the first exhibition in 44 years dedicated to the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Sale of the Attix Collection
Locati LLC, Pineville, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Locati LLC
C. Thomas Attix Jr. (1927-2012) was a passionate collector who liked wood, silver, and Oriental rugs. A corporate lawyer for RCA, the father of four bought carefully, filling his house in New Jersey with furniture made in the mid-18th and early 19th centuries. He ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Record for McElwain Painting
Cordier Auctions in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, achieved a new world auction record for New Mexico landscape painter Louisa McElwain (1953-2013). During Cordier’s May 16 auction, McElwain’s Song of the High Desert sold for $48,360 (includes buyer’s premium). The buyer was a private collector from Texas. The previous record for a McElwain ... (Read More)
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(Show)Spring Fishersville Show
Fishersville Antiques Expo, Fishersville, Virginia
The 72nd biannual Fishersville Antiques Expo was held May 10 and 11 at the Augusta Expo Event Center in Fishersville, Virginia. Very few things have changed at Fishersville over the years. There are three constants regarding the show that probably go without saying: If you are ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Kirkland Museum and Denver Art Museum Merge
On May 9 the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art and the Denver Art Museum (DAM) announced a merger. The Kirkland Museum will become the Kirkland Institute of Fine & Decorative Art at the Denver Art Museum and will add to the DAM’s collection its own collection of decorative ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art
Bonhams, New York City
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Bonhams offered 90 lots at its spring American art sale in New York City May 1. The sale totaled $4,201,008 (with buyers’ premiums), and the sell-through rate was 80.85%.
The top-selling lot of the sale was New Mexico Recollection No. 8 byMarsden Hartley (1877-1943), which sold ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Weekday Online Sales and Live Gala Previews
Leland Little Auctions, Hillsborough, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Leland Little Auctions
For auctioneer Leland Little, the days of large in-house audiences at weekend sales are over. His auctions now are smaller, weekday online affairs. Large gatherings in his gallery are for community events, lectures, and previews of upcoming sales.
In keeping with that ... (Read More)
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(Auction)History Lessons for Sale
Freeman’s | Hindman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman’s | Hindman
Americana sales at Freeman’s | Hindman often provide some history lessons. The most recent yearly spring Americana sale, held April 30, the Tuesday after the Philadelphia Show, provoked active bidding on some historical relics that had remained in the family of Benjamin ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Philadelphia Show
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Philadelphia Show, which filled the purpose-built tent on the East Terrace of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) on the last weekend in April, kicked off with a crowded and festive preview party on Thursday, April 25. The show continued through Sunday, April 28.
Since its move to the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Mid-Atlantic Festival Continues to Grow
Mid-Atlantic Antiques Festival, Poolesville, Maryland
The fourth installment of the Mid-Atlantic Antiques Festival was held April 27 and 28 at Aix La Chapelle Farm, a working farm located in the outskirts of Poolesville, Maryland. The farm’s owners, Joy and Jon Siegel, are the developers and promoters of the festival.
The festival is ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Objects Associated with Presidents Spur Bidding
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Important historical artifacts associated with the assassinations of two American presidents led Heritage Auctions’ recent Americana and political “Signature” auction. A rare first printing of the reward poster for the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865 and a Bible used nearly 100 years ... (Read More)
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(Show)Two Days at the Liberty Antiques Festival
Liberty Antiques Festival, Staley, North Carolina
Photos by Pete and Donna Prunkl
M.A.D. has covered the April or September opening at the Liberty Antiques Festival for the past 19 years. This year’s spring opener was Friday, April 26, or “Retirees’ Day,” in the words of one dealer. This year, accompanied by my ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Illustration Art
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
The enduring appeal of illustration art was evident at Heritage Auctions’ recent auction of original works from famous illustrators whose works have adorned the covers and pages of magazine covers and pulp fiction novels and who have created pinup portraits and posters.
The Dallas-based auction ... (Read More)
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(Auction)California and Western Art
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
On April 23 at Bonhams’ auction of California and Western art in Los Angeles, total sales came to $2,500,000. Director of fine arts Scot Levitt commented, “This auction solidified the age-old adage that the cream of the crop always finds a strong market. Paintings such ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Good Things Come in Small Auctions
Bruce Gamage, Jr., Antiques, Rockland, Maine
Photos courtesy Bruce Gamage, Jr., Antiques
Good things come in small packages. And good things come in small auctions too. The April 22 auction held in Rockland, Maine, by Bruce Gamage, Jr., Antiques didn’t yield any five-figure megastars. But it did produce lots of collector and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Collections Fill Three-Day Auction
Devin Moisan Auctioneers, Inc., Epping, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy Devin Moisan Auctioneers, Inc.
Excellent collections make for excellent auctions. Devin Moisan’s three-day online auction held April 19-21 included not one but two such entities. Spread out over three days, the 1200-lot sale took some time to sell. The quality of the collections ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sgraffito Mug Brings $40,000
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook, Inc.
The April 18 and 19 “Americana and International” sale at Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania, followed the traditional Pook format. A printed catalog came in the mail a few days after it was posted online with more information and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Modern American Art at Christie’s
Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie’s
The second edition of Christie’s dedicated modern American art sale took place April 18, and the results were positive.
“It’s working,” said Paige Kestenman, senior specialist of American art, while touring Christie’s Rockefeller Center galleries with Maine Antique Digest. The rooms were filled with 105 examples ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Pursuit of Beauty
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
A stellar selection of renowned Tiffany Studios decorative lamps and works of art glass accompanied a collection of spectacular Steuben Aurene glass and a group of rare whimsical Victorian-era art pottery that together highlighted Heritage Auctions’ April 18 “Pursuit of Beauty: Art Nouveau, Art ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Art Including Sporting Art and Dogs in Art
Doyle, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle
Doyle held its annual sale of fine art including sporting art and dogs in art live in its East 87th Street salesroom in New York City Tuesday, April 16. A handful of bidders came and went during the two-and-a-half-hour auction. The sale offered a section ... (Read More)
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(Show)Hundreds of People, Thousands of Toys
Greater Boston Antique and Collectible Toy Show and Sale, Dedham, Massachusetts
The spring edition of the Greater Boston Antique and Collectible Toy Show and Sale was held Sunday, April 14, at the Holiday Inn Boston-Dedham Hotel and Conference Center in Dedham, Massachusetts. Hundreds of collectors, buyers, and sellers convened, trading up ... (Read More)
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(Show)Nor’easter Fails to Dampen Maine Show
Scarborough High School Vintage and Antique Show & Sale, Scarborough, Maine ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Homegrown Show Keeps Growing
Greater Rochester Spring Antique Show, Henrietta, New York
After a few inches of white stuff on the ground the night before and after a earthquake hit another part of the state about 200 miles away but before the big total eclipse (which was covered by clouds), the Greater Rochester Spring Antique ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Part One of Smith Toy Collection Reaches $1.27 Million
Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Bertoia Auctions
The March 16 sale at Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey, was one for the books if acquiring pre-1900 American toys was the goal. It was the first session (part two is upcoming) of the dispersal of the lifetime collection of Linda Smith and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana
Freeman’s | Hindman, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Freeman’s | Hindman
Two books by black authors brought the highest bids during the auction titled “American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana” held by Freeman’s | Hindman in Cincinnati, Ohio, February 27.
First edition of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, ... (Read More)
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