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(Issue Story)Letter from London, November 2021
Ranging from modestly priced items seen in provincial sales to a curious 16th-century painting that made a million dollars in London, this month’s selection is most definitely a varied one—both in content and in the sums raised.
That painting, which was among lots from the collections of Jasper Conran, keeps company ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Mimi Adler’s Americana at Nye & Company
Nye & Company, Bloomfield, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Nye & Company
In the old days, collectors of Americana would haunt city shops and country markets and bid at fancy on-site estate auctions and at farm sales. Some even made the rounds of tag sales. Now collectors browse the Internet in their pajamas ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings Set Records
Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, Connecticut
Photos courtesy Shannon’s
Woman Playing a Guitar,signed and dated 1901 by Susan Watkins (1875-1913), sold for $106,250 (est. $15,000/25,000). The price was an auction record for the artist. The oil on canvas, 25" x 30" (sight size), was painted in Paris, where the California-born and New ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Shelburne Museum Reattributes Shorebirds to Bunn
Shelburne Museum Reattributes Shorebirds to Bunn
In the “Bunn or Bowman” decoy debate, one major museum has made a choice. The Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont, has reattributed five shorebird decoys in its collection to Native American carver Charles Sumner Bunn (1865-1952).
“For nearly a century, there has been confusion and controversy ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Supply Chain
In August I bought a clearance refrigerator from a big box chain at a significant discount. The sale of the floor model fridge was final—no returns. Tickled with the bargain I had gotten, I had it loaded in my Toyota Tacoma pickup truck, drove it home, and unloaded it by ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Brewster Portrait Stands Tall Among Americana
CRN Auctions, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy CRN Auctions
Emile Gruppé (1896-1978), Sugaring Vermont, 1972, 30" x 36" (sight size), oil on canvas, signed and titled on the stretcher, sold for $12,200 (est. $5000/7000).
The October 24 sale at CRN Auctions, Cambridge, Massachusetts, brought a wide range of material from many different collections and ... (Read More)
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(Show)New Show for MADA
MADA Fall Antiques Show, Topsham, Maine
On a chilly October 23, the Maine Antiques Dealers Association launched a new one-day antiques show in Topsham, Maine. The first annual MADA Fall Antiques Show saw 28 dealers set up in two barns at the Topsham Fairgrounds. The show was a no-frills affair that ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Clyde Singer Painting Leads Art Auction
Rachel Davis Fine Arts, Cleveland, Ohio
Photos courtesy Rachel Davis Fine Arts
American and European paintings, prints, and sculptures, including works from the Cleveland School of Art, made up the October 23 live and online event presented by Rachel Davis Fine Arts, Cleveland, Ohio. Davis is a big proponent of art from ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Country and Americana Auction
Soulis Auctions, Lone Jack, Missouri
Photos courtesy Soulis Auctions
Despite steady interest in Americana, some intriguing items on that market still walk a narrow trail, stepping along a thin line between staying upright and stumbling. Yet there was sure footing during the country and Americana sale held by Soulis Auctions on October ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, November 2021
Ray Welch, Auction, oil on canvasboard, 22" x 28" framed. Robert Chase collection.
—Through December 18, 2021 —Springvale, Maine
Ray Welch (1915-1996), who signed his work “Ray-Welch,” was a mill worker in Sanford and North Berwick, Maine. He began painting watercolor scenes in 1957 and quickly moved on to oils. His ... (Read More)
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