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(Show)Yes, “Strings” Attached at Rhinebeck
Fall Antiques at Rhinebeck, Rhinebeck, New York
Yes, “Strings” Attached at Rhinebeck
by Fran Kramer
Musical strings from a violin could be heard at the October 9 and 10 Fall Antiques at Rhinebeck’s opening in the usual place, the Dutchess County Fairgrounds, buildings A, B, and C, in the small historic village of ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Record Day at Fishersville
Fishersville Antiques Expo, Fishersville, Virginia
The 67th semiannual Fishersville Antiques Expo was held as scheduled, October 8 and 9, at the Augusta Expo in Fishersville, Virginia. The show is staged by Heritage Promotions, Lynchburg, Virginia. The firm is co-owned by Ray and Martha Stokes and their daughter, Lesley Bartram. Fishersville is ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Western Art Sells at Heritage
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Colorful landscape vistas, sculptures of Native Americans, and paintings of the majesty of life in the American West were popular with bidders in Heritage Auctions’ October 8 “Art of the West Showcase Auction.”
Landscape paintings by art professor Birger Sandzén and the bronze sculptures of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Artemus USA and Edelman Arts Sued Over Lease
Art leasing and art finance companies Artemus LLC and Edelman Arts, Inc., are being sued in the Supreme Court of the State of New York for allegedly not paying rent on a seven-story townhouse at 111 East 70th Street in New York City. The suit was filed by the Permanent ... (Read More)
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(Auction)African American Art Sale
Swann Auction Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Auction Galleries
For the third time in 18 months Swann Galleries held its African American art sale online because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This time the sale, held on October 7, resulted in the auction house’s highest-grossing event.
At the end of the six-and-a-half-hour ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Little Objects Were a Big Deal
Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers, Saint Louis, Missouri
Photos courtesy Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers
Joyce Schoedinger of Columbus, Ohio, had the right idea. Collectors love to collect, but ardent acquirers eventually run up against this hobby’s greatest roadblock—space. Just how much stoneware can one house hold? Yes, there’s always room for one more ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Sandy Smith
One might expect antiques show impresario Sanford “Sandy” Smith to have a colorful background. He does.
His mother named him for the polo player Stephen “Laddie” Sanford, whom “she was impressed with,” as he put it.
At Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn, New York, he edited the yearbook and was business manager for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Atten Collection of Pilgrim-Century Objects
Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner
Pilgrim-century and early 18th-century antiques gathered by Marion P. Atten of DeWitt, Illinois, came to market on October 6 at Skinner’s gallery in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Atten (1944-2020) was a collector and a knowledgeable dealer in early decorative arts who owned Antiques at Hillwood Farms in DeWitt.
Speaking after the sale, Stephen L. Fletcher, who ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2021 Black River Antique Show
Ludlow, Vermont
The fall foliage was not even close to peak (blame the warm weather evenings), but the annual Black River Antique Show, October 1 and 2, was, as usual, the place to find good buys. There was some brisk business, according to show manager Steve Sherhag of Ohio.
Steve Sherhag’s booth ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques at the Ice House
Ludlow, Vermont
We knew that Vermont has ski resorts and lodges, but an ice house? In Ludlow, Vermont, one of the annual fall antiques shows was held in what most of us would call an outdoor ice skating rink. Jackson Gore Lodge at Okemo Mountain is a high-end resort with an ... (Read More)
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