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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, August 2025
Roberta Beverly Kennon (1877-1931), decorator; Joseph Fortune Meyer (1848-1931), potter; vase with iris design, 1905, earthenware with polychrome underglaze ornament. Newcomb Art Museum, 1982.415-C.
—Through September 1 —Savannah, Georgia
The Moss Mystique: Southern Women and Newcomb Pottery at the Telfair Museum Jepson Center focuses on the material, subjects, and relationship to regional ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Third “Rosebud” Brings $14.75 Million
The sled “Rosebud” from Orson Welles’s film Citizen Kane is one of Hollywood’s most iconic symbols. Three of the sleds made in RKO’s prop department in 1940 are known to have survived. One sold to Steven Spielberg for $60,500 (including buyer’s premium) June 9, 1982, at Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Diversity at Heckler Auction Brings Positive Results
Norman C. Heckler & Company, Woodstock Valley, Connecticut
Photos courtesy Norman C. Heckler & Company
Norman C. Heckler & Company, Woodstock Valley, Connecticut, is known for bringing to auction beautiful historical glass of all kinds, and its online-only event that ended July 16 was no different. But then again, it was a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Summer Sale in Knoxville
Case Auctions, Knoxville, Tennessee
Photos courtesy Case Auctions
Case Auctions, a regional auction house in Knoxville, Tennessee, with satellite offices in Nashville, Chattanooga, and Kingsport, holds two-day sales of more than 1000 lots twice a year at the gallery at 4310 Papermill Drive, right off I-75.
Established in 2005 by John and Stephanie ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Political and Historic Documents
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Atrove of significant American political and historic documents and memorabilia was sold by Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas, at its July 12 Americana and political “Showcase” auction.
Highlighting the auction was the closeout of the final items from the vast J. Doyle DeWitt collection, regarded as ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Copley’s Annual Sporting Sale
Copley Fine Art Auctions, Pembroke, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions
Copley Fine Art Auctions’ 20th annual sporting sale July 10 and 11 dispatched some 637 lots, brought new records, and attracted unprecedented numbers of bidders. New bidders and strong bidding characterized the livestreamed auction, which was called by Peter Coccoluto, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Carter Reese Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Carter Reese, 77, of Reading, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty on May 29 in federal court to one count of wire fraud and one count of mail fraud. Reese was charged on May 5 by information in connection with a scheme in which he defrauded customers by making false ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, July 2025
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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(Issue Story)Hanging with Maureen Mayer of Silvermine Antiques
Maureen Mayer might not be the first person to buy a Jamie Wyeth painting at auction, sight unseen, while running through Grand Central Terminal, but it makes for a good story. And she has others.
Just like her two cats, Beatrix and Nova, Maureen has had several lives—as a television executive ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exit the Expert?
Beneath the Surface
We met in a library. Andrew was taking a few years between college and graduate school to figure out exactly what he wanted to do next. Hollie was working three jobs and thought quiet evening shifts at a rural Ohio public library reference desk seemed like a break. ... (Read More)
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