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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, December 2020
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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(Issue Story)Jewelry Sold at Nye & Co.
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Nye & Co.
Just in time for holiday shopping, Nye & Co., Bloomfield, New Jersey, held its jewelry and fine art auction on December 2, 2020. The sale was highlighted by a Short Hills, New Jersey, and San Francisco, California, collection that produced many of the ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Waiting for the Light
The Young Collector
Usually about this time of year, we would turn in a travelogue of sorts. Light, we imagine, entertaining, we hope, the kind of thing you want to read about someone else doing because you would have more sense than to do it yourself. One of these crisp, bright ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, December 2020
Though Bonhams helped by getting their new season’s bigger sales under way a little earlier than most, recent weeks have seen most of the big sales taking place in the Far East and North America. So while there are several London sales in what follows, I have dipped into some ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Thanksgiving Americana and Fine Jewelry
Garth’s Auctions, Columbus, Ohio
by Don Johnson
Photos courtesy Garth’s Auctions
The annual Thanksgiving sale is a tradition at Garth’s Auctions. Held on Black Friday (and in previous years, that Friday and Saturday), the event brings a crowd to Garth’s gallery and is one of the strongest sales of the year for the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)January York Show Canceled
Promoter Melvin Arion has canceled The Original 176th Semi-Annual York Antiques Show & Sale, scheduled for January 29-31, 2021, in York, Pennsylvania, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information, visit the website (www.theoriginalyorkantiquesshow.com) or call Arion at (302) 542-3286.
Originally published in the December 2020 issue of Maine Antique Digest. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Rebecca and Taylor Thistlethwaite
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)American Art Sale
Bonhams, New York City
Photos courtesy Bonhams
The traditional pre-Thanksgiving American art sale at Bonhams in New York City on November 24, 2020, offered 66 lots of accessibly priced, low- to mid-level works. At the end of the two-and-a-half-hour online sale, 46 lots had been sold for a total of $1,116,290. The ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles Launch New Blog
David A. Schorsch and Eileen M. Smiles of Woodbury, Connecticut, have launched a new educational and editorial blog to showcase and discuss works within the broader context of the Americana field. The second-generation firm will offer a perspective based on the dealers’ experience and position in the marketplace.
The first entry ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Vermont Latest to Get It Wrong but Gives Dealers Some Time
Vermont antiques dealers have about a year to legally sell all their antique scrimshaw, ivory netsuke, or any other antique that will be illegal to sell under a newly passed animal parts and products law.
The law—signed on October 8—prohibits the buying and selling of any item of a covered animal ... (Read More)
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