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(Auction)Crocker Farm Sale Is One for the Record Books
Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland
Photos courtesy Crocker Farm
The massive ovoid vessel by Dave Drake stands nearly 25" high with a circumference of 77". It survives without cracks but with four areas of loss to the rim. The poem jar went to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Hit Debut and a Welcome Return
Downeast Art & Antiques Show, Blue Hill, Maine
The Downeast Art & Antiques Show made its debut with a well-attended preview party on August 2 at George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill, Maine. The show continued August 3 and 4. The tagline for the show read “A continuing tradition since 1948.”
How ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Stewart Collection of Western Art
Bonhams, Los Angeles
Photos courtesy Bonham
Specialist Katherine Halligan said she was “thrilled with the results” of Bonhams’ August 4 Los Angeles auction, “Portrait of the West: The Diane and Sam Stewart Collection.”
“We knew going in that the Stewarts purchased these paintings at the top galleries and auctions, but we believed in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Decorative Arts Trust Awards Research Grants
The Decorative Arts Trust’s annual research grants will be awarded to 14 recipients in doctoral and master’s programs. Each year the trust awards research grants to graduate students working on a master’s thesis or Ph.D. dissertation in a field related to the decorative arts. The trust encourages projects that advance ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Arrests Made in Maine Museum Robbery
On June 19 the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a burglary at the Oakfield Railroad Museum in Oakfield, Maine. Tools, artifacts, lanterns, and other objects had been stolen sometime in the days leading up to the date the burglary was reported.
Museum volunteers located some objects hidden nearby, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)California Art Sale
Bonhams, Los Angeles
Photos courtesy Bonhams
"Very, very pleased with the outcome,” said fine art director Scot Levitt about Bonhams’ August 3 California art auction in Los Angeles. Levitt said that with so much of the bidding action being online, it is difficult to predict an auction’s outcome. He needn’t have worried ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)1stDibs Goes Public
On June 10 shares in 1stdibs.com, Inc., began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol DIBS. The initial public offering (IPO) of its common stock began trading at $21.50 after being priced at $20 per share.
1stDibs (www.1stdibs.com) is an online marketplace for vintage, antique, and contemporary furniture, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Zoar Antiques Show & Artisans’ Tent Expands and Shines
Zoar, Ohio
Outdoor events continue to see an upswing in attendance numbers, and the same held true for the 2021 edition of the Zoar Antiques Show & Artisans’ Tent, located just on the outskirts of historic Zoar village in Zoar, Ohio. The show was held July 31 and August 1, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Massachusetts Americana Online
Willis Henry Auctions, Marshfield, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Willis Henry Auctions
Marshfield, Massachusetts, auctioneer Willis Henry is known for interesting Americana, folky and formal, and Shaker material. The August 1 online sale brought to market objects of coastal Massachusetts history that bidders were pleased to buy. Stoneware, woodenware from Hingham, Massachusetts, paintings, instruments, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Western Art Auction Tops $17.5 Million
Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, Reno, Nevada
Photos courtesy Coeur d’Alene Art Auction
It seems only fitting that while the U.S. Olympians in Tokyo were busy setting new world records, the same was taking place in Reno, Nevada, at the Coeur d’Alene 36th annual Western art auction. Continued interest in fine Western art ... (Read More)
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