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(Fragment)2023 Failey Grants
The Decorative Arts Trust has announced that the 2023 Dean F. Failey Grant recipients will be British and Irish Furniture Makers Online (BIFMO), London; the Center for Painted Wall Preservation (CPWP), Hallowell, Maine; Preservation Long Island (PLI), Cold Spring Harbor, New York; and Stenton, Philadelphia.
The Failey grant program provides support ... (Read More)
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(Show)The February York Show
The Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale, York, Pennsylvania
The 180th Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale, held February 3 and 4 at Memorial Hall East on the Fairgrounds in York, Pennsylvania, seemed like a recovering aging friend who had lost a lot of weight after a serious illness: ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Inaugural Firearms Auction
Guyette & Deeter, St. Michaels, Maryland
Photos courtesy Guyette & Deeter
There have been big doings at Guyette & Deeter in St. Michaels, Maryland. The company launched its new firearms division with an inaugural sporting arms sale February 4 at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum up the street from its offices. A ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Metric Side of the Ruler
Beneath the Surface
Bias comes up often in conversation these days, and as is always the case when any word gets thrown around rapidly, the meaning begins to get dented up or to accumulate connotations that do not belong to it. Because it is often used in connection with ideas that ... (Read More)
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(Auction)From Rococo Revival to Rembert Redux
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions
Pool players call it “running the table” when someone prevents a competitor from even taking their first shot. At Brunk Auctions’ February 3 and 4 sale, dominant bidders gave competitors a chance to hoist their bidding paddles, but that was as far as ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Two Annual Shows Go Online
Promoter Kim Martindale canceled his annual February San Francisco Tribal & Textile Art Show and the late December American Indian Art Show and replaced them with two online shows February 23 through 26. Why? “There was not enough exhibitor or community interest,” he said.
This lack of interest was a surprise ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Strong International Jewelry Market Drives Bidders and Prices
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Doyle
If we had any question about how the latest jewelry sale at Doyle in New York City fared, the post-sale press release summed it up: “The current strength of the international jewelry market was on display...on February 2 as bidders across the country and overseas ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, February 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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(Issue Story)Historical Association Weighs Selling Leutze’s Washington Rallying the Troops
Should they keep it or sell it? Nearly everyone in Freehold, New Jersey, has an opinion.
What got the town in a tizzy is a historic gift. On July 16, 1937, shortly after Walter B. Howe and his brother gave the Monmouth County Historical Association (MCHA) the small version of the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Boston Athenæum Acquires Rare Painting by Robert Duncanson
The Boston Athenæum announced it has acquired a painting by the 19th-century artist Robert S. Duncanson (1821-1872). Boatman Delivering Goods on the South Fork, Shenandoah River, Virginia is the first work by Duncanson to enter the Athenæum’s special collections in the institution’s 215-year history.
Boatman Delivering Goods on the South Fork, ... (Read More)
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