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(Issue Story)New Ammi Phillips Discoveries
David R. Allaway has spent more than a decade creating the digitized catalog of portraits by Ammi Phillips (1788-1865), the most prolific American folk artist. His study identifies sitters, provenance, and sale information. It lists Phillips’s portraits in alphabetical order in Volume 1, with sections on unidentified portraits, and displays ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)R. Scudder Smith, 87, Publisher and Editor
Reprinted courtesy Antiques And The Arts Weekly
The Smith family announces with sadness the passing of R. Scudder Smith on August 14. He was 87 years old. Born April 12, 1935, Robert Scudder Smith was the elder son of Paul Scudder Smith and Mary Starr Conger Smith, and older brother to ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Bite the Bullet
At every auction I attend as a reporter, I register and get a bidding number. The reason is two-fold: the registration gets me on the auction house’s mailing list, and, who knows, I might get a bargain if something is going cheaply. At every registration, I’m asked if I have ... (Read More)
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(Show)Fourth Annual Show—After a Three-Year Hiatus
Maine Antiques Exposition, Portland, Maine
In October 2017 John and Elizabeth DeSimone of Goosefare Antiques and Promotions, Saco, Maine, debuted a new antiques show in Portland. Sixty-six dealers set up at the inaugural Maine Antiques Exposition at Brick South at Thompson’s Point.
The show ran successfully for three years, and then the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Original 179th York Antiques Show and Sale
York, Pennsylvania
The Original 179th York Antiques Show and Sale at the York, Pennsylvania, fairgrounds September 23 and 24 was a shadow of what it once was but still a “great dealers’ swap meet.”
Reduced to only 50 dealers from the 75 advertised, and down from 98 in its heyday, the show ... (Read More)
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(Show)Back To Our Roots Antique Show
Dayton, Ohio
Concentrating on early country antiques and primitives, the Back To Our Roots Antique Show was held September 24 on the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Dayton, Ohio. The semiannual event featured a full slate of 44 dealers in a comfortable indoor setting.
The show began in 2015 in Medina, Ohio, south ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, October 2022
Sign for the Black Horse, circa 1771. Connecticut Historical Society, 1961.63.8.
—Ongoing —Hartford, Connecticut
Between 1750 and 1850 more than 50,000 inn and tavern signs were produced by American painters, creating a distinct visual language and offering a glimpse into tavern life, travel, and patriotic ideals. Only a fraction of these signs ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The McCallister Collection
Sotheby’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s
Many doctors have the collecting gene. Dr. Larry McCallister (1935-2021) was one of them. He had a passion for American furniture. His hobby was woodworking, and he appreciated the talents of cabinetmakers. He bought William and Mary, Queen Anne, Chippendale, Federal, Classical, and Gothic Revival ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Quality Jewelry at a Fair Price
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Chiswick Auctions
Chiswick Auctions, headquartered in Chiswick, London, presented a jewelry auction on September 22 “which sold 87% of the lots for 95% of their estimates,” according to Raphaëlle Godfrey, acting director of jewelry. Godfrey had been covering for Sarah Duncan, head of the jewelry department, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)$7 Million Total for Two Days
Rago/Wright, Lambertville, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Rago/Wright
Rago/Wright’s September 22 early 20th-century design sale and September 23 modern design sale in Lambertville, New Jersey, were the company’s first post-COVID-19 live sales and the first after Toomey & Co. joined the company and moved its business from Oak Park, Illinois, to Wright’s headquarters ... (Read More)
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