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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, March 2021
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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(Fragment)Museum of Antique Coffee Mills Includes Coffee Bar
Café Museo, a museum of antique coffee mills in Clifton Forge, Virginia, that opened in 2020, is the only museum of its kind in the United States. Its name is Italian for “coffee museum.”
The museum includes antique coffee mills from Judith and Stephen Sivonda’s collection of more than 300 coffee ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Spinning a Nostalgic Yarn
The Young Collector
We are doing it again—we’re guest co-curating an exhibition. What had started out as a small show about one Ohio folk artist has blossomed into a major loan exhibition scheduled for early in 2022 at the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio in Lancaster, Ohio. The folk artist in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chew on This: A Gum Machine for $3450
Farrin’s Country Auctions, Randolph, Maine
Here’s a riddle: What does chewing gum have to do with the Battle of the Alamo? Rusty Farrin’s Americana auction in Randolph, Maine, on March 3 had the answer.
Thomas Adams (1818-1905) is regarded as the founder of the American chewing gum industry. He conceived the idea ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Canceled Sale of Monet Prompts Lawsuit
Piommiers en fleurs (Apple Trees in Blossom), 1872, a 23 3⁄8" x 28 7⁄8" oil on canvas by Claude Monet (1840-1926), was accessioned into the collection of the Union League Club of Chicago in 1895. Judge John Barton Payne sold it to the club for $500.
Fast forward 125 years. The ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Andrew Spindler
We are all spending much more time now in our houses and apartments because of COVID-19. Because we all might enjoy staring at someone else’s walls for a change, this column gives our readers an idea of what some of their colleagues, fellow collectors, and other readers surround themselves with ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Diverse Sale at CRN
CRN Auctions, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy CRN Auctions, Inc.
Sales at CRN Auctions in Cambridge, Massachusetts, are always eclectic and always interesting. Karin Phillips and Carl Nordblom, who cofounded CRN Auctions, put together a sale that was exactly that. The February 28 auction brought to market some historical silver, unusual furniture, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Figurehead Leads the Way at Thomaston
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine, kicked off the year with a three-day, 1300-lot auction from February 26 to 28. Day one offered lots of country and folk-art furniture and accessories. Day two focused on fine paintings, prints, and marine ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sports Cards Lead Evans Winter Americana Auction
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Mt. Crawford, Virginia
Photos courtesy Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates’ winter Americana auction was held at the firm’s gallery in Mt. Crawford, Virginia, in three cataloged sessions, February 25, 26, and 27. During the three-day sale, more than 1900 lots crossed the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Brady Mechanical Bank Collection Tops $2 Million
Morphy Auctions, Denver, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Morphy Auctions
Making connections with consignors has always been a staple of Morphy Auctions’ success. Dan Morphy and his father, Dr. John Morphy, are advanced collectors themselves and have developed many relationships with those having similar passions. When friends and colleagues find it’s time to pare ... (Read More)
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