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(Auction)Farrin Back in Full Gear
Farrin’s Country Auctions, Randolph, Maine
As best we can define “normal” these days, business at Rusty Farrin’s auction company in Randolph, Maine, is back to normal, as long as everyone understands that normal now means wearing a mask and keeping 6' apart. But there is a sad change evident. His August ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Fiddlers at the Fairgrounds Show Sold
In February 2020 the long-running Fiddlers antiques show made a major move east to the new Expo Center at Nashville’s Fairgrounds, as reviewed in the June 2020 issue of M.A.D. Now that transformation has been followed by another big change announced by show owner Doug Supinger on the website: “Doug ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with James R. Boening
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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(Issue Story)Bill du Pont: Impassioned Collector and Connoisseur
William “Bill” Kemble du Pont, impassioned and very private collector of American antiques, died tragically in a tractor accident on July 4, leaving the Delaware Valley antiques world without its number one supporter. Over more than six decades, du Pont bought antiques from a battalion of dealers, collectors, and auctioneers ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)A Welcome Respite
Shortly after arriving at the Deerfield Fairgrounds for Gurley Antique Shows’ annual event, part of Antiques Week in New Hampshire, happening live, I was speaking with Timothy Libby, husband of co-promoter Rachel Gurley.
I told Libby that on my way driving to the show, I noticed the first yellow “Antiques Show” ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Gamage Has the Ball and It’s Second Down and Ten from the Fifty
Bruce Gamage, Jr. Antiques, Rockland, Maine
For Bruce Gamage, it was second down and ten from the 50-yard line. But the next play didn’t happen until five months later. His last planned auction had been set for the middle of March. In the Rockland, Maine, Elks Lodge, the tables were all ... (Read More)
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(Show)Country Farm Antiques Show
Casey, Illinois
They needed this. Everyone did. After the stay-at-home orders, social distancing, and lack of time with family and friends. After the loss of income due to multi-state shutdowns. After the absence of in-person, hands-on, face-to-face opportunities to shop. After any sense of just being able to get out and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Baltimore Show Rescheduled to 2021
The 2020 Baltimore Art, Antique & Jewelry Show, postponed from August to November, has now officially been rescheduled to 2021. The original event was rescheduled following the City of Baltimore’s executive order to cancel public events through August 30. However, recent updates from government officials regarding the use of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)North American Decoys at Auction
Guyette & Deeter, Inc., St. Michaels, Maryland
Photos courtesy Guyette & Deeter, Inc.
Good collectors make for good collections, and good collections make for good auctions. Such was the combination at Guyette & Deeter’s August 21 and 22 absentee and online decoy auction that brought $4 million (with buyers’ premiums). The auction ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Novel Approach to the Novel Virus Problem
Barridoff Galleries, South Portland, Maine
Photos courtesy Barridoff Galleries
Here’s an idea that falls right into the “Why didn’t anyone else think of this?” category. On August 15 Barridoff Galleries held its latest art auction in South Portland, Maine. To encourage absentee bidding in this “Age of COVID,” the buyer’s premium was ... (Read More)
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