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(Show)The Black River Antique Show Debuts
Ludlow, Vermont
Kris Johnson and Steve Sherhag, assisted by Bobby Conrad, took over the management of the Ludlow Antiques Show this year. They changed the name, and, more importantly, they raised the quality of the goods.
The two-day show, which opened at 7 p.m. on Friday, September 28, looked similar. It was ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Suit Filed against Worth Auctions, David Hall, and More
Suit Filed against Worth Auctions, David Hall, and More
On June 28 the Grippi Revocable Trust filed a lawsuit against David Hall; Worth Auctions, LLC (doing business as National Book Auctions and Worth Auctions); Bid Club, Inc.; and JLF Holdings, LLC. According to the suit, on August 23, 2017, the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Printed and Manuscript Americana and the Harold Holzer Collection of Lincolniana
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
Harold Holzer amassed a collection of images of Abraham Lincoln over a span of almost 50 years. The purchase of an autograph by then Congressman Lincoln was the acquisition “that started it all,” said Holzer, and in 1971, at the age of 22, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, October 2018
There remain on my files a good many items that I had picked out from the summer sales for inclusion in one of these “Letters,” some of which I may well be able to get into next month’s issue before the new London season gets fully under way. I shall ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Red Earthenware Available in the 18th and 19th Centuries in New York City
New York City’s 18th- and 19th-century stoneware industry is well documented, with production that was established, and later intertwined by the Crolius and Remmey families, as early as the late 1720s and 1730s in Manhattan. This early stoneware production drew inspiration from the Rhineland area in Germany, where these families ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)A Treasure-Trove of Antique Jewelry at Skinner
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Skinner, Inc.
Skinner’s sale of jewelry held on September 25 in Boston “was a great sale for antique jewelry,” according to Kaitlin Shinnick, senior specialist of fine jewelry. “Attendance was strong, both in person and online.” The auction opened with antique offerings, and they kept coming. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Break-in at American Folk Art Museum’s Long Island City Facility but No Loss
A headline in the September 6 Sunnyside Post, “Thief Steals Property from American Folk Art Museum Storage in LIC after Scaling Roof: NYPD,” sent shivers down the spine of folk art collectors. According to Kate Merlino, director of communications and marketing at the American Folk Art Museum, the headline and ... (Read More)
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(Show)Arion’s 171st York Show
Original Semiannual York Antiques Show and Sale, York, Pennsylvania
Melvin “Butch” Arion’s Original Semiannual 171st York Antiques Show and Sale kicked off the Pennsylvania show season September 21-23 at the York Expo Center (fairgrounds), York, Pennsylvania, with 88 dealers offering mostly Americana. As usual the show was strong in quilts and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Signature Sale Crests at $1.37 Million
Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Bertoia Auctions
An alluring triad of vintage toy windups, still banks, and trains induced an adrenaline high, and bidders responded with gusto at Bertoia Auctions’ September 22 auction in Vineland, New Jersey.
Toys at auction are as bullish as Pamplona, and Bertoia seems to have success ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Newport “Cottage” Sale Attracts Buyers
Nadeau’s Auction Gallery, Newport, Rhode Island
Many people wanted a piece of one of the grand old “cottages” still in the family of the original owners on Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, and they streamed to the Harold Brown Villa on September 22, 2018 for the on-site auction by Nadeau’s ... (Read More)
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