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(Fragment)New Grading and Authentication Service for Antique Advertising
Experts in the field of antique advertising have launched a new company known as Authentication & Grading Services, or AGS. The principals include Dan Morris, founder of the Cedartown Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia in Georgia; and John Mihovetz, who is known for his track record as head of automobilia and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, October 2023
Eadweard Muybridge, Antigua, Ruins of the Church of El Carmen, Destroyed by Earthquake, 1774, 1875-77, 11" x 14". Olana State Historic Site, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, OL.1981.398.1.
—Through October 29 —Hudson, New York
Terraforming: Olana’s Historic Photography Collection Unearthed at the Olana State Historic Site focuses ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, September 2023
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)Dealer Pleads Guilty
On July 13 a Birmingham, Michigan, art dealer agreed to plead guilty to defrauding more than ten customers who had entrusted her with the sale of their art, worth over $1.5 million, according to United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
Wendy Halstead Beard, 58, pleaded guilty to one count of wire ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)$650,000 Artwork Leads to Lawsuit
On July 17 London’s Maddox Fine Art Ltd. filed a suit in federal court in Florida claiming it had been duped into buying a $650,000 Keith Haring painting the gallery alleges is fake. The gallery says Ghada Dergham of Tequesta, Florida, has refused to issue a refund.
Dergham, a “well-known private ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Storm Cancels Weston Antiques Show
When an unprecedented storm inundated the state of Vermont July 10, the village of Weston and many other communities suffered extreme damage. The Weston Playhouse, the main stage for the Weston Theater Company and home to the Weston Antiques Show, was badly hit. In spite of shutters, windows were breached, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, September 2023
An outrageously overloaded American penknife and an aged, indeed historic, tennis racquet are among the more unusual artefacts featured in this month’s “Letter,” along with a curious wooden fish—though more traditional fare also finds a place.
That racquet was offered in a sports memorabilia auction in June that also included a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Collier Gwin Agrees to Community Service Deal
The video of art dealer Collier Gwin of San Francisco, California, spraying a homeless woman with a garden hose on January 9 went viral on the Internet, and charges soon followed. Gwin, an art gallery owner and 42-year resident of San Francisco, was charged with misdemeanor battery.
On July 10 a ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)On the Oregon Trail
Beneath the Surface
In 2016, not long after Andrew hung out his shingle as an independent appraiser, a college friend reached out to see if he could help her father with his coin collection. Her dad was aging (as parents tend to do) and wanted to make a plan for his ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Was It Patrick Henry’s Pine Press?
In May 2023 the antiques community was introduced to an unassuming and previously unidentified piece of case furniture (see M.A.D., August, p. 164), a shallow, one-piece storage cabinet, popularly referred to as a “press.”
The 78” x 48½” x 14” press is constructed entirely of yellow pine and exhibits an overall ... (Read More)
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