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(Auction)Successful Sale Draws Strength from Diversity
Case Antiques, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee
Photos courtesy Case Antiques, Inc.
This year’s summer auction at Case Antiques, Inc., in Knoxville, Tennessee, is a joy to examine because the high points were drawn from so many different sought-after specialties. The more than 1200 lots offered July 9 and 10 included objects of immense ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Day in the Country
Pure Country Antique Show, Chrisman, Illinois
Mark and Jill Mattingly have created an event that goes beyond an ordinary antiques show. The second annual Pure Country Antique Show, held July 9 at the Bloomfield Barn near Chrisman, Illinois, not only featured a growing field of dealers in a beautiful rural setting ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)In Plain Sight
Art theft usually conjures up images similar to the film The Thomas Crown Affair. Sophisticated thieves with elaborate and complicated plans to evade security and make off with masterpieces are the stuff of movie plots.
There’s been a rash of art thefts reported recently, and they are decidedly not seasoned criminal ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Challenging Assumptions
Beneath the Surface
Thunderstorm season has arrived in the Ohio River valley, and storms here are fierce and deeply satisfying. We are generally protected from the more dangerous aspects of midwestern storms, with the terrain discouraging tornadoes, but the mountains pick up the reverberations of thunder and roll it around to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bomb Squad Handles Antique Explosive Device
On July 7 at approximately 9:10 p.m. troopers Scott Irish and Steve Sicard from the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad responded to a home on Charlene Drive in Mansfield after a suspicious object was found by family members at the residence.
When they arrived they visually examined the object, which had ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, July 2022
There is a distinctive Far Eastern feel to this month’s selection, reflecting some very strong and indeed quite startling, even six-figure results. There may be more to come in these columns, but in this “Letter” readers will find such things as heavenly globe and dragon vases, a stunning banquet plate, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques and Artisans in the Church Yard
South Salem, New York
Buying commenced at 9 a.m. on the grounds of Stevens Memorial United Methodist Church in South Salem, New York, at the annual July 4 Antiques and Artisans in the Church Yard show, managed by Debbie Turi of D. Turi Antique Shows.
Red, white, and blue flags, clothing, and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Poisonous Books
“Nobody expects something as benign as books to be covered in poison,” said Dr. Melissa Tedone, head of library material conservation at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library.
But when she was asked to repair the emerald-green cloth covering on a second edition of Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste, a mid-19th-century ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Palm Beach Art Dealer Charged with Carrying Out Art Fraud Scheme
The crimes, if true, were brazen. Art dealer Daniel Elie Bouaziz is accused of buying low-cost prints and palming them off as high-priced originals. In one instance, he’s accused of buying an Andy Warhol reproduction print for $100 via an online auction in May 2019 and selling it in December ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Sale of Mark and Marjorie Allen’s Estate
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook
On July 1, the morning after the first session of the sale of Mark and Marjorie Allen’s estate at Pook & Pook, an image of a large pine server with well-worn blue paint was posted on Instagram announcing its price of ... (Read More)
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