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(Issue Story)Lost in Flooding
Asheville, North Carolina
A collection of 50 mostly southern high chairs, often lent to museums for exhibitions on life in Appalachia.
An elaborately carved 19th-century Buddha cabinet from Shanxi Province, China, for worship and honoring ancestors. A medieval suit of armor.
Antiques dealers and collectors typically think of themselves as custodians of items ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, April 2025
AHere 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)Garth’s Bonds Divvied Up, Receiver Wrapping Up Dissolution
On February 19 Judge Kim Brown of the Franklin County, Ohio, Court of Common Pleas ruled in the case of two $25,000 auctioneer bonds—one on behalf of Richard “Jeff” Jeffers and the other on behalf of Garth’s Auctions, Inc.—issued by the Cincinnati Insurance Company. The total of $50,000 is to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)50 Years of Sommer
In 1975, when Phyllis Sommer first opened her doors at Pumpkin Patch Antiques in Searsport, Maine, little did she know that 50 years later she’d still be opening those doors at the same location. Her 50th season begins on April 12.
According to Sommer, as a history major in college, her ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Coopertition
Beneath the Surface
We feel like foreign correspondents these days, with many of the observations you read here written on the go, what with scratching odd bits on the back of reading schedules and permission sheets, regularly scrounging around under ketchup packets and outdated registration cards for crusty pens and stubby ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Hyland Granby Antiques Offers Seven Paintings from the Lewis Collection
In this fast-changing world, more collectors and executors of estates have been consigning works of high quality to the trade for sale rather than sending them to auction. “The buyers pay more money at auction with the high buyer’s premium, so the sellers can do better with a private sale ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Revealing F. Edwin Church
The F. Edwin Church Catalogue Raisonné Project and North Shore Historical Museum in Glen Cove, New York, will present a retrospective on F. Edwin Church (1876-1975), a New York Impressionist painter prominent in the first quarter of the 20th century. This exhibition is in honor of the 50th anniversary of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)“Unpretentious Personality and Inherent Dignity”: A Collection of Chinese Furniture
A Book Review
This self-published volume illustrating a portion of the author’s collection of Chinese furniture is more than a photographic album, more than a catalog, more than a lesson on the genre. The Nobility of the Everyday is the author’s intimate exposé on Chinese furniture that he has collected over ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, April 2025
Photograph by Rafael de la Uz, 2024.
—Through April 13 —Anchorage, Alaska
Nuestra Huella (Our Footprint) at the Anchorage Museum examines the many ways the Latino community has contributed to Alaska’s culture and history. Visitors will learn about traditions, beliefs, and histories from Alaska-based Latinx communities through photographs, community stories, historical research, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Public Financing for Art
An interesting bill has been introduced in the Washington state legislature. House Bill 1841 would establish an art purchase program by providing interest-free or low-interest loans from the state to buy art. The bill, dubbed “Own Your Own Art Purchase Program,” is modeled after Tasmania’s art purchase program.
The Tasmanian program ... (Read More)
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