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(Book Review)Celebrating the Beauty of Life at Home
A Book Review
This book isn’t about antiques, though there are lots of antiques on almost every page, and it’s not about old houses, though most of the houses are old, and if they’re not old, they feel old in that lovely, comfortable way an old house feels. The owners of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Democracy in America
Voices and Votes: Democracy in America, presented by the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street in cooperation with the Museum Association of New York (MANY), examines the nearly 250-year-old American experiment of a government “of, by and for the people” and how each generation continues to question how to form “a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rooms That Tell America’s Story
A Book Review
We often think of the many spectacular rooms of the White House when we imagine our leaders greeting those of other countries such as presidents and prime ministers, heads of states, secretaries of state, and diplomatic ministers. But before a visit to the White House, most foreign dignitaries ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, April 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)The Philadelphia Show
The Philadelphia Show on the East Terrace of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, held during the last weekend in April (April 25-28), is where 41 dealers in American, European, and Asian works of art hope to find the next generation of collectors and to reconnect with the passionate antiquarians who ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with John Nye
(On March 25th, it was announced Nye & Co. had been sold to Andrew Holter)
Born in Boston and raised in Lexington, Massachusetts, when the aesthetic of furnishing a room was pairing an Oriental rug with mahogany furniture, John Nye—outdoorsman and owner of the auction house Nye & Company in Bloomfield, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Buy the Dip
In this issue we complete our coverage of Americana Week in New York City, a bellwether event. By crunching numbers and looking at past sales, one thing stands out—prices of antiques are lower. The elite, high-powered, and fresh stuff still brings significant numbers, but there are plenty of bargains.
Rather than ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Baltimore Sideboard Gifted to MESDA
The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) is the recipient of an inlaid sideboard made in Baltimore, Maryland, between 1800 and 1815, a gift of Beth and Stanley Weiss from the Stanley Weiss collection. “In the early nineteenth century, Baltimore’s craftspeople produced some of the most sophisticated inlaid Neoclassical ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, April 2024
The Whole Booke of Psalmes, London, Company of Stationers, 1643.
—Through April 13 —New York City
Judging a Book by Its Cover: Bookbindings from the Collections of The Grolier Club, 1470s-2020 highlights selections from seven centuries of the Grolier Club’s collection of bindings. The exhibition explores the history of decorated bindings, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Brunk Sells Property from the Brooklyn Museum
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
The March 20 auction at Brunk Auctions in Asheville, North Carolina, of deaccessions from the Brooklyn Museum in New York City included architectural woodwork from four period rooms along with furniture and decorations made in the 17th through the 20th centuries. Most were ... (Read More)
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