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(Show)Rhinebeck Revealed Like a “Box of Chocolates”
Antiques at Rhinebeck, Rhinebeck, New York
There were no fireworks or explosions at Barn Star Productions’ spring Antiques at Rhinebeck show held May 29 and 30, but there were lots of red tickets. Revealing its popularity once again after a pause of over a year and a half because of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Mebane Top Ten and Then Some
Mebane Auction Gallery, Mebane, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Mebane Auction Gallery
In the publicity for his May 29 sale, Jon Lambert of Mebane Antique Auction Gallery emphasized the Renaissance art he had found in a Fayetteville, North Carolina, warehouse. It was a rare treasure for an eastern North Carolina auction house. While ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)American Weathervanes: The Art of the Winds
A Book Review
Robert Shaw’s long-awaited American Weathervanes: The Art of the Winds is a book much needed. With color photographs of the finest weathervanes in public and private collections, this well-documented story of the invention, manufacture, and collecting of weathervanes recognizes them as art, a special category of American sculpture.
Until ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, June 2021
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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(Fragment)Cadou to Step Down as Winterthur’s Director and CEO
Carol B. Cadou will step down as Charles F. Montgomery Director and CEO of Winterthur Museum, Garden, & Library on June 1. Chris Strand, Brown Harrington Director of Garden & Estate, will assume the role of interim CEO immediately to facilitate the transition. Strand has been a director at Winterthur ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Graduation Day: “The Young Collector” Becomes “Beneath the Surface”
Graduation season is upon us once again, and for the next few weeks the news will be filled with the various founts of knowledge and advice that will pour forth. We have knowledge and advice too, some of it questionable, and since we’re not likely to be asked to give ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Promise of Spring
In March 2020, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, an image of daffodils that artist David Hockney had executed on his iPad was widely shared on social media. Hockney titled the artwork Do remember they can’t cancel the spring. It was a sorely needed message of hope in a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Antiques Show in Frederick, Maryland
The Early Settlers Antique Show will debut on Saturday, June 5, at the Great Frederick Fairgrounds in Frederick, Maryland. The one-day show, promoted by Jill Peterson and Christina Hummel, will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The show will occupy two temperature-controlled buildings with dealers from 19 states. Food ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Cole Collection Surpasses $2.5 Million
Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Bertoia Auctions
Märklin cars and locomotives set the tone during the very successful May 21 and 22 selling of the collection of Paul Cole (1931-2020). The sale total topped the $2.5 million mark (with buyers’ premiums), showing that interest in rare, wonderful toys continues.
Bertoia defined ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, June 2021
Karl Bodmer, Hotokáneheh, Piegan Blackfoot Man, 1833, watercolor and graphite on paper. Collection of Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska.Gift of the Enron Art Foundation, 1986.
—Through July 25 —New York City
Karl Bodmer: North American Portraits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art depicts Native North Americans through watercolors created in the 1830s ... (Read More)
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