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(Fragment)New Dates for Fort Worth Show
The Fort Worth Show of Antiques, Art & Jewelry has changed the dates of the 2021 show from March to April. Formerly slated for March 5-7, the event will now take place April 9-11.
According to promoter Andrea Canady, “After consulting with our exhibitors and attendees, the April date was highly ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Buffalo Dealer Pleads Guilty to Violating Endangered Species Act
On New January 29 dealer Michael T. Merisola, 62, of Buffalo, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Chelsey M. Vascura in U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, to charges related to selling a mounted leopard, an endangered species. Merisola pleaded guilty to one count of violating the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fresh, Colorful Americana Sold
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook, Inc.
The Thursday and Friday auction on January 28 and 29 at Pook & Pook in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, was offered without an audience in the salesroom, with absentee and phone bidding and live online bidding via Bidsquare.
The sale was all about ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Sale at Stair Galleries
Stair Galleries, Hudson, New York
Stair Galleries conducted a two-day online Americana sale on January 28 and 29 at the company headquarters in Hudson, New York. The sale featured the collection of Zane Studenroth (1946-2019), a friend of the gallery. A spokesperson for the auction house said, “The auction was great. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rehs Galleries Nears Completion of Julien Dupré Catalogue Raisonné
Rehs Galleries Inc., New York City, is nearing completion of a virtual catalogue raisonné on Julien Dupré (1851-1910).
The project began in 1991 when gallery owner Howard Rehs noticed a lack of biographical information about the 19th-century artist Julien Dupré, whose paintings he was handling. According to Rehs, “As the artist’s ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Fireworks for Leleu Lots in the U.K.
The design sale held by Sworders in Stansted Mountfitchet, England, on January 26 included ten lots of work by Art Deco giant Jules Leleu (1883-1961), one of the largest groups of pieces by Leleu to come to market in recent years. The collection was consigned by the Greek descendants of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Shearer Desk and Weathervanes Are Highlights
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
How ironic that a desk made by a pro-Tory joiner who wrote and hid a letter within it referring to the British burning of the Capitol on August 24, 1814, should come to market the same month the second assault on our nation’s Capitol building ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)COVID Cancels a Consignment
In December 2020 federal Judge Denise Cote ruled that the COVID-19 pandemic was a “natural disaster” and thus allowed auction house Phillips to terminate a contract to sell a Rudolf Stingel painting consigned by JN Contemporary Art LLC.
The contract, signed on June 27, 2019, called for the painting to be ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)United Flea Markets Acquires Texas Flea Market
Denver-based United Flea Markets, owner of the largest portfolio of flea markets in the country, has acquired a controlling interest of Cole’s Antique Village and Flea Market in Pearland (Houston), Texas. This acquisition marks United Flea Markets’ 15th property and the company’s first flea market in Texas.
In mid-November, the company ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Marion Harris
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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