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(Auction)The Circus Is Coming to Town
Freedom Auction Company, Sarasota, Florida
Photos courtesy Freedom Auction Company
The arrival of the circus used to be a highlight for any community it visited. The very first signs of a circus’s impending arrival were the posters that popped up all around town weeks ahead. Vacant buildings, fences, and telephone poles were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Outsider Art Sale at Christie’s
Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie’s
Christie’s sale of Outsider art on February 3 in New York City, which offered 143 lots and took two auctioneers five hours to conduct, achieved $2,239,625 (with buyers’ premiums) and had a sell-through rate of 98%. The presale estimate, which does not include the buyer’s ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Invest in Your Nest
Beneath the Surface
In anticipation of new toys to play with, since both kids have fall birthdays, foreshocks, if you will, before the seismic main event of Christmas, we usually spend a little time in late fall “deaccessioning” household goods. It is amazing how things accumulate, and, especially in the years ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chinese Export Art Sale at Christie’s
Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie’s
Christie’s annual Chinese export art sale during Americana Week included the fourth tranche of the famed Tibor collection, formed over decades in Mexico and encompassing every category of Chinese export porcelain, from small tea wares to massive jars and porcelain birds and animals as well ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Auction Prices Realized, February 2022
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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(Show)Online New York Show Shines Once Again
The New York Antiques Show
If two years of life during a pandemic has taught us anything, it’s how to make the best of a not-so-great situation. The New York Antiques Show, an online-only event, has done that with astounding success.
Friday, January 28, through Sunday, January 30, found the second annual ... (Read More)
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(Show)The York Show, Winter Edition
Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale, York, Pennsylvania
The Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale was held January 28-30 on the York Fairgrounds in Memorial Hall East. Fewer than the usual number of dealers were exhibiting because of late cancellations, according to manager Melvin Arion. “I had to redesign ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Nantucket Historical Association Acquires “Lost Work”
The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) has acquired The Old Falconer of Ben Gana, Sheik of the Ziban, 1906, by Elizabeth Rebecca Coffin. The association stated that it acquired the painting “thanks to a generous gift from the Friends of the Nantucket Historical Association with additional support from members of the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Fine Jewelry Collections Bring Strong Results at Case
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Case Auctions
Case Auctions, Knoxville, Tennessee, held its winter auction on January 29 and 30, and fine jewelry was sold on both days. According to Sarah Campbell Drury, vice president of fine and decorative arts, the sale had “a high sell-through rate—overall we sold 97 percent.... ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Vintage Posters
Potter & Potter Auctions, Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Potter & Potter Auctions
With 825 lots to sell on January 29, Potter & Potter Auctions in Chicago had something to offer many of the myriad subsets of poster collectors: propaganda, women designers, travel (especially Air India, with destinations such as Australia and New ... (Read More)
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