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(Issue Story)Book Reviews
Here are brief reviews of books we’ve recently seen. We have included contact information for books that you can order directly from the publisher or museum. We also encourage you to consider supporting your local independent bookstore.
Migration of Stoneware Potters in North America by F. Robert Treichler (Carlisle Printing, 2022, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Denver Police Seeking Additional Victims of Theft
The Denver (Colorado) Police Department’s Special Victims Unit is asking for the public’s help to identify possible victims of a man who was posing as an antiques broker.
Princeton Wilson. Photo courtesy Denver Police Department.
Princeton Wilson was charged last year with eight felony counts: one count of theft from an at-risk ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Donald F. Moylan Collection
Hindman, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Hindman
The first of two auctions of items from the collection of Dr. Donald F. Moylan was held by Hindman (now Freeman’s | Hindman) November 3 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The single-owner sale netted $830,372.
Moylan began collecting in the early 1970s, buying from well-respected dealers such as John ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, November 2023
When a Sleeper Awakes
From the same August 8 sale held in Colchester by Reeman Dansie Auctioneers & Valuers that saw a bronze figure of Mercury sell for $858,350 (see October M.A.D., p. 86), another spectacular success story was provided by a little ring that came to auction from the same ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Assets of Antiques Mall Seized
On September 20 agents from the Kansas Department of Revenue (KDOR), accompanied by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department, executed tax warrants and seized the assets of Metcalf Antique Mall LLC in Overland Park, Kansas, for nonpayment of sales tax totaling $62,866.38.
Assets seized include all known bank accounts, on-site cash, business ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 35th Edition of The Art Show
New York City
The Art Show, the annual event of the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA), now in its 35th edition, opened to an illustrious and art-loving crowd Wednesday, November 1, at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. It raised $1 million from preview ticket sales for the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sale of the Kovels’ Collection
Rago and Toomey & Co., Lambertville, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Rago and Toomey & Co.
Terry and Ralph Kovel are legends in the American antiques world. They published more than 100 books and founded the online platform Kovels.com. The 55th edition of Kovels’ Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide was published in the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Steady Development at Mid Atlantic Festival
Mid Atlantic Antiques Festival, Poolesville, Maryland
The third installment of the Mid Atlantic Antiques Festival was held October 28 and 29 at Aix La Chapelle Farm in Poolesville, Maryland. When M.A.D. visited the festival in April, the biannual event was definitely in the process of finding its legs and establishing its ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Four Sales in Two Days at Grogan
Grogan & Company, Boston, Massachusettscolo
Photos courtesy Grogan & Company
At Grogan & Company sales are tightly focused, which gives bidders a good idea of when aparticular object will come up for bidding. The two-day autumn sale at the Boston auction house was 100% remote and was divided into four distinct events, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Fall Elverson Antique Show
Elverson, Pennsylvania
On a gorgeous fall day, the trees put on a colorful display, and so did the 46 dealers who exhibited at the Elverson Antique Show in Elverson, Pennsylvania, Saturday, October 28. More than 300 paid admission during the first hour, and more than 560 came to shop before the ... (Read More)
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