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(Show)An Elegant Array of Formal to Rustic Antiques
Heart of Tennessee Antique Show, Lebanon, Tennessee
This year’s show was the eighth annual edition of the Heart of Tennessee Antique Show, which opened with early buying and a bit of wine from 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, February 15, and continued Friday and Saturday, February 16 and 17. The ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Margi Hofer Steps Down from New-York Historical Society
At the end of 2023, Margaret “Margi” Hofer left the New-York Historical Society Museum & Library, completing a 30-year career at the institution. Hofer joined the society in 1993 and rose to become vice president (later senior vice president) and museum director in 2015.
“Margi has been instrumental in the evolution ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)2024 Failey Grants
The Decorative Arts Trust is pleased to announce that the 2024 Dean F. Failey Grant recipients are the Andrew Jackson Foundation in Nashville, Tennessee; Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania; Fallingwater, Mill Run, Pennsylvania; Museo de las Americas, Denver, Colorado; Newport Historical Society, Newport, Rhode Island; and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Acknowledging, Not Erasing, the Past
Slotin Folk Art Auction, Buford, Georgia
Photos courtesy Slotin Folk Art Auction
Many collections that come to auction are pleasing to the eye; they encapsulate the history of an artist or celebrate the material produced by a company. Maybe the collection is a representation of a certain genre, time period, or artistic ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Potomack Midwinter Sales Cover All the Bases
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
The Potomack Company’s most recent suite of online-only sales ran from February 6 to 9 out of the firm’s Alexandria, Virginia, gallery. More than 970 lots were offered in five broad categories: 20th- and 21st-century fine art (February 6); American, English, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Boston Collects
Doyle, Boston, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Doyle
Doyle presented “Boston Collects” February 9 at its location in Back Bay, Boston. The title of the auction refers to the objects for sale, as they all had Boston relevance, whether by maker or collector, or they were sold in Boston.
One major collection was from the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Kindig Collection
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook, Inc.
The two-day sale at Pook & Pook, Inc., February 8 and 9 was a diverse assemblage of antique furniture and furnishings from the Kindig warehouses. It marked the end of an antiques business run by three generations of Kindigs in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Alderfer Auction Collaborates with Gallery to Expand Reach
Alderfer Auction, a leading auction house in southeastern Pennsylvania for over 60 years, has collaborated with Rich Timmons Fine Art Gallery in Doylestown to utilize their gallery space for special exhibitions, previews, evaluations, and events.
The new alliance provides Alderfer with a secondary location in the heart of Buckingham Township, conveniently ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Freeman’s and Hindman Merge
On January 9 it was no longer a rumor—the big news was out: Freeman’s of Philadelphia, America’s oldest auction house, has merged with Hindman, for more than 40 years the major auction house in Chicago.
This is not Hindman’s first merger. In 2019 Leslie Hindman Auctions merged with Cowan’s Auctions in ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Scenes from an Antiques Show
Beneath the Surface
Valentine’s Day is approaching, and although we might say that we have learned a few things about romance and relationships after nearly 25 years of living together, it would probably be more accurate to say that we have learned a few things about romance and relationships from setting ... (Read More)
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