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(Show)Earlier Times Antiques & Folk Art Show
Millersburg, Ohio
There remains a comfortable, laid-back atmosphere at the semi-annual Earlier Times Antiques & Folk Art Show. Like the surrounding community, it’s part of what gives the show its allure.
The six tins in this walnut pie safe each have a design of an urn with a central heart, all surrounded ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)American Furniture 2024
A Book Review
American Furniture 2024, the annual journal published by the Chipstone Foundation that focuses mostly on 18th- and 19th-century furniture history, was delayed because of production difficulties. It was well worth waiting for!
It is the 31st volume of American Furniture, the first of the Chipstone hardback journals that has ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Liberty Antiques Festival: Past, Present, and Future
Liberty, North Carolina
"Antiques have been our life," said Mary Ellen Sico. She and husband Vito Sico had antiques shops in their home state of New Jersey and then in North Carolina. Mid-1990, they were chatting about the possibility of an outdoor antiques show with their real estate agent-friend Janet Hill. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Record-Setting Million Dollar Decoys at Guyette & Deeter
No decoy had ever sold at auction for $1,000,000, but two decoys did at Guyette & Deeter's Part I sale of the James and Diane Cook collection. The first lot of the April 23 and 24 sale was a superbly painted wood duck decoy in fine condition by Joseph Lincoln ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Million Dollar Decoys Lead Guyette & Deeter's Best Sale Ever
Guyette & Deeter, Lombard, Illinois
Photos courtesy Guyette & Deeter
There had never been a decoy sold at auction for $1,000,000 until April 23, and then there were two. The first lot in Guyette & Deeter's two-day decoy and sporting art sale in Lombard, Illinois, finally did it: a decoy was hammered ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Three-Panel Screen Sells for $826,000
Bonhams, New York City
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Four works by Bob Ross (1942-1995) were offered in the sale with proceeds benefitting American Public Television and Public Broadcasting Service. Seen here is Purple Mountain Range, painted in 1993, 18" x 24". The painting went to an online bidder for $279,900 (est. $35,000/55,000). It ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Watching the Race
The British tabloid Daily Mail has intrigued us with an interesting experiment. In March, the Mail created the "Race to GBP10,000." The newspaper has given GBP500 to five contestants to see who can turn that amount in GBP10,000 first. The Mail noted that any profits made will go to charity.
Each ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Daguerreian Society's Annual Benefit Auction
Collectors and dealers of early photography are invited to consign material to The Daguerreian Society's annual benefit auction, which will be held October 17 in Washington, D.C., during the society's annual symposium, which will run October 15-17.
The three-day symposium brings together collectors, dealers, museum professionals, conservators, and artists interested in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)A Tale of Two Astor Titanic Watches
Photos courtesy Freeman's
On April 22 in Chicago, Illinois, Freeman's sold a Patek Philippe 18k gold-cased pocket watch, with Tiffany & Co on its dial, to an Irish businessman for $1,024,000 (includes buyer's premium); the estimate was $300,000/500,000. Its seemingly ironclad provenance placed it on the recovered body of John Jacob ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Illustration Art Luminaries Lead Auction
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
The nostalgic and whimsical appeal of illustration art continues to make it one of the most desirable and collectible categories of artwork for people of all ages.
Dallas-based Heritage Auctions’ April 21 Illustration Art Auction once again proved that works of illustration art, from the ... (Read More)
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