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(Issue Story)Strange Bedfellows: Samuel Colt's Other Claim to Fame
Who would have thought that the man who started the greatest munitions factory in America also created an innovative company by producing artfully intricate wicker furniture? This is the story about Samuel Colt's pioneering wicker furniture business in Hartford, Connecticut, called the Colt Willow-Ware Manufacturing Company.
Most people know that Samuel ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Shannon's Spring Auction
Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, Connecticut
Photos courtesy Shannon's
The new watchword for auction house websites and ads for antiques shows is "T.B.D." ("to be determined"). Dates and places all depend on COVID-19.
The spring sale at Shannon's in Milford, Connecticut, normally a full-on event with live, phone, and online bidding, became an ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, May 2020
With many salerooms facing difficult times, some auctions cancelled, and others held on a "bidding online only" basis, this was always going to be a tricky "Letter" to put together-but here it is.
Many words have been devoted to a sale held last December of an exceptional collection of early English ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Freeman's Americana
Freeman's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman's
Freeman's April 28 Americana sale was a slow, tedious online experience and a huge success. Just 160 lots were offered in six and a half hours. The pace was 25 lots an hour on three platforms, LiveAuctioneers, Invaluable, and Freeman's Live. There were a few ten-minute ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Montsweag Flea Market Opening Delayed
According to Gena Kilkenny, the Montsweag Flea Market in Woolwich, Maine, will have a delayed opening. The market was originally scheduled to open on May 6, but that will not be possible. The flea market is "following all emergency legislation" and CDC guidelines. For more information, check the Facebook page ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques Dealers' Association of America Online Show
ADA Spring Online Show
Almost immediately after the opening of the ADA Spring Online Show, April 24-27, dealer John Chaski sold to a dealer a sixth-plate daguerreotype housed in a leatherette case. It depicts a portrait of a young girl holding a book, with her doll in a wagon alongside. David ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)"Conserving Our Painted Past" Rescheduled
The legal Center counsel for Painted Wall Preservation's board of directors, with legal counsel Burton Wall Fendelm and administrative assistant Rebecca Migdal, met on Wednesday, March 11, in regard to the COVID-19 threat. As a precautionary measure and to ensure the health and safety of all, the "Conserving Our Painted ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine Art and a Chinese Surprise Lead at Potomack
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
The reality that many are referring to as the "new normal" has arrived in Alexandria, Virginia. Beginning on April 25, The Potomack Company held a multi-day online-only catalog sale. In one way, The Potomack Company is used to this new normal. For ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sale of the Down Town Association Collection
Arader Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Arader Galleries
Arader Galleries auctioned the collection of the Down Town Association online on April 25. The auction included engravings and lithographs that Graham Arader called "one of the finest collections of 18th- and 19th-century New York City views, scenes, maps, and maritime prints ever ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)"Tutti Frutti" Bracelet Sells for $1.34 Million in Online Auction
Sotheby's dedicated online-only single-lot sale of a circa 1930 Cartier "tutti frutti" bracelet opened on April 24 and concluded on April 28. According to Sotheby's, the bracelet "had never before appeared at auction, having been passed down through descendants of an American family for more than 30 years."
Five bidders chased ... (Read More)
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