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(Issue Story)Fitting It In
Beneath the Surface
At a recent show, we sold our two biggest and heaviest things, which always means it is a successful show. In our early auction days one strategy of ours was to go to shows and walk the floor the last few hours; we would usually come up with ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Amelia Jeffers
Amelia Jeffers wears a bracelet that reads “fearless,” and she subscribes to the notion “The harder I work, the luckier I get.”
Luck has rested on her shoulder since childhood. “I’m a poor kid from West Virginia,” she said, who had no generational ties to antiques. Thanks to an elementary school ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Landmark Maps of Texas: History and Much More
A Book Review
Frank and Carol Holcomb compiled a vast collection of maps during their 45 years of collecting. Many of these maps are the illustrations for Landmark Maps of Texas, which is less of a scholarly history of Texas maps and more of a cartographic art lesson of the state. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)L.A. Pawn Shop Owner Indicted
Glenn Steven Bednarsh, 58, the owner of a pawn shop in the Mid-City area of Los Angeles, California, was indicted on April 22 for allegedly conspiring to sell a stolen Andy Warhol print trial proof, which was shipped from the Beverly Hills office of an auction house to Dallas, Texas, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, June 2025
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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(Book Review)Concord Museum’s American Revolution Collection
A Book Review
“The Revolution, the great turn from a monarchy to a republic, was already over well before April, 19, 1775, the day the Revolutionary War began.” So writes David F. Wood, celebrating his 40th year as Concord Museum curator and author, in his new richly illustrated book.
Eyewitness to Revolution: ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Ohio Man Charged in Online Auction Fraud
Paul Jackson of Youngstown, Ohio, was charged on April 7 in federal court with two counts of wire fraud. Jackson is accused of defrauding “Online Auction Site 1” from November 2017 through August 2021. The online auction site is not named in the court filing, but prosecutors state that it ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Jim Crow Meets Bluebeard: Imagination and Humor in the Staffordshire Potteries
The Collector’s Find
The story, or perhaps the journey, began at Elinor Penna’s home on Sunday, October 1, 2023. That was the day members of the Staffordshire Figure Association (SFA) had the opportunity to purchase figures from Penna’s vast collection of Staffordshire figures, numbering in the thousands. Penna, a well-known collector ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Collector Discipline
For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories. —Plato
Collectors need many attributes if they are to build a collection over time that they are proud of. Patrick Bell of Olde Hope names three. Passion and knowledge are two. (And of course money never hurts.) ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, June 2025
Manufactured by Thomas W. Jones, New York, peacock weathervane, 20" x 27½", circa 1885, copper. Private collection.
—Through June 8 —Waterville, Maine
Into the Wind: American Weathervanes at the Colby Museum of Art dives into the history of weathervanes, exploring their symbolism, use, and manufacture and what their designs advertised as they ... (Read More)
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