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(Auction)Feedsacks
Dana Auctions, Princeton, New Jersey
The stories are legend: a dress flies up to reveal the Gold Bond logo, the flour tagline “sweet and pure,” or the weight “98 lbs. net.” Repurposing feedsacks into underwear or other clothing was a desperate measure in desperate times.
What was surely one of the first ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Threads of History
A Book Review
This book is the catalog for an exhibition of quilts, clothing, needlework, fashion, fancy work, and plain sewing at the DAR Museum at the headquarters of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington, D.C. The museum’s large collection is on display along with modern examples ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Fall Rhinebeck Show Canceled
On July 25 Frank Gaglio of Barn Star Productions announced the cancellation of the Fall Antiques at Rhinebeck antiques show scheduled for Columbus Day Weekend, October 12 and 13, at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck, New York.
“The Fall Rhinebeck is a sister event to the spring show which occurs ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Third Building
For years the shows that make up Antiques Week in New Hampshire have been viewed as a bellwether for the health and vitality of the antiques markets, especially Americana. The peaks and valleys of the events have provided indicators.
It would have been perfectly reasonable for some to view this year’s ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Prancing Steed Leads the Parade at Poulin
Poulin Antiques & Auctions, Fairfield, Maine
Poulin Antiques & Auctions, Inc., Fairfield, Maine, has secured a reputation as one of the nation’s top firearms and militaria auction companies. With company president Nick Poulin at the helm and with his uncle James D. Julia back in semi-harness as auctioneer, advisor, and consultant, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Maine Focus in a Maine Auction
Bruce Gamage, Jr., Antiques, Rockland, Maine
Photos courtesy Bruce Gamage, Jr., Antiques
Bruce Gamage’s auctions in Rockland, Maine, are often seasoned with items relating to Maine’s prominent artists. So it was with his August 26 auction, liberally spiced with lots pertaining to Andrew Wyeth, Marsden Hartley, and Robert Indiana.
This letter from Andrew ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Oh, Yes, the Rembrandt...and Was There Anything Else at the Auction?
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
This was one of those kinds of auctions that could be neatly divided neatly into two halves: first, the Rembrandt painting, and second, everything else. On the second day of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ summer sale held August 23-25 in Thomaston, Maine, lot number 2363 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Thomaston Place Brings in $1.41 Million for Rembrandt
Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
On August 24, the second day of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ three-day summer sale in Thomaston, Maine, lot number 2363 was an unsigned painting listed as Portrait of a Girl after Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). The 20½" x 16½" (sight size) oil on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)More Historical Political Americana from the J. Doyle DeWitt Collection
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Items from the earliest periods in American presidential history through the 20th century were auctioned off at Heritage Auctions’ most recent Americana and political “Showcase” auction. The Dallas-based auction house sold 491 lots of the 502 offered at the August 24 auction, which included ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, September 2024
Maker unknown, China, deep flaring bowl on wooden stand, 19th century, blown and carved purple glass and carved wood. Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York. Gift of Mr. Howard C. Hollis. 64.62.
—Through October 27 —Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Fragile Beauty: Treasures from the Corning Museum of Glass at The Clark Art Institute ... (Read More)
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