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(Auction)Slavery and Abolition Documents Are Highlight of $1 Million-Plus Sale
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
Swann Galleries' printed and manuscript Americana sale in New York City on September 26 achieved some phenomenal results, particularly for archives, family papers, diaries, and other unique items in the categories of slavery and abolition, Mormons, Latin Americana, and the American West. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Complete Story of the Thomas Drowne Chanticleer at the MFA
A story in the September issue of M.A.D. (see p. 133) congratulated the Museum of Old Newbury in Newburyport, Massachusetts, on the acquisition of the Shem Drowne weathercock that had been atop the Third Parish Church of Newburyport from 1725 until 1801 and then was moved to the new meeting ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Potter & Potter: Magic and So Much More
Head of the House
Photos courtesy Potter & Potter Auctions
Gabe Fajuri began Potter & Potter Auctions in Chicago in 2007 to disperse the magical memorabilia collection of Jay Marshall (1919-2005). Since then, the firm has branched out into a broad range of collectibles, producing sales that have continued to be magical ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art Acquired
After being locally owned for 56 years, the Fort Worth Show of Antiques & Art has been acquired by Luxe Events of Naples, Florida, which will produce the 150-exhibitor event for its 57th year March 6-8, 2020, at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in the Fort Worth Cultural District. The ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Comprehensive Look at the Bond Family of Clockmakers
A Book Review
Queen Victoria visited the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations on several occasions in 1851. The brainchild of her beloved husband, Prince Albert, this inaugural world's fair also was called the Crystal Palace Exhibition. She penned and published lengthy journal entries about those royal ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Colorful September Sale
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Heritage Auctions held its September 23 fall fine jewelry signature auction at its Beverly Hills, California, location. Jill Burgum, senior director of fine jewelry at Heritage, said, "The September sale was so colorful, and had lots of really pretty pieces to engage the eye-whether ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Protected Speech
New York state law allows dealers to sell to out-of-state buyers ivory that conforms to federal restrictions, but the dealers are not allowed to display it.
New York state's restrictive ivory law-far more draconian than federal ivory law-does not allow for the "physical display for sale" of any ivory object not ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Freeman's Moves
Freeman's in Philadelphia, America's oldest auction house, has sold its historic building at 1808 Chestnut Street, and the firm is moving its main salesroom to the newly refitted Aramark building at 2400 Market Street, just a short walk from the 30th Street Station.
Freeman's new purpose-built gallery and auction room with ... (Read More)
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(Show)The York Show
Original Semi-annual York Antiques Show and Sale, York, Pennsylvania
The weather was gorgeous the last weekend of summer, September 20-22, when the 173rd Original Semi-annual York Antiques Show and Sale set up in Memorial Hall East at the York Fairgrounds, York, Pennsylvania. It was smaller than usual, with 20-some fewer dealers ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Last but Not Least: The Final Auction of the David and Janice Frent Collection
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Six auctions and more than 5000 lots later, Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas, has earned the right to sigh a hearty "Whew!," having dispersed the extensive and highly valued David and Janice Frent collection of presidential and political Americana. The auctions finished on September 21 ... (Read More)
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