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(Auction)Coeur d’Alene Art Auction Exceeds $13 Million Mark
Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, Reno, Nevada
Photos courtesy Coeur d’Alene Art Auction
The Thirsty Trapper by American artist Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874) led the way at the 2018 edition of the Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, held July 28 in Reno, Nevada. The 24" x 20" oil on canvas sold for $1,715,000 (including ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Social Skills
The Young Collector
Back in 2013, we wrote a column about social media and the power it has to build communities and audiences (“Just Be Yourself,” September 2013). That column was prompted by the success of Chief David Oliver in Brimfield, Ohio. Oliver, a small-town police chief, became an overnight sensation ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letters from London, August 2018
Letter from London
The most expensive things featured in this month’s “Letter” are drawn from the round of Impressionist and modern picture sales mounted in London in June, but Russian works of art, a rare Mozart manuscript, one of Napoleon’s “sideways” hats, and one of those legendary found-in-the-attic lots, in this ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Pennsylvania Gazette with “Join, or Die” Cartoon Brings $50,000
An original May 9, 1754, Pennsylvania Gazette newspaper featuring Benjamin Franklin’s famous “Join, or Die” cartoon sold for $50,000 (includes buyer’s premium) on July 26 in an online sale of Nate D. SandersAuctions in Los Angeles, California.
The last time it had sold, at Heritage Auctions in an April 11 and 12, 2012, sale ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Rather Elegant Than Showy
A Book Review
Robert D. Mussey Jr. and Clark Pearce tell a compelling story about the career of Isaac Vose, a savvy Boston businessman with very good taste who provided richly veneered, elegant mahogany and rosewood furniture to Boston Brahmins between 1789 and 1825. They take their readers to Boston during a ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Suzan McClellan-Whiting, Woodstock, New York
In the Trade
One of the pleasures of writing this feature each month is discovering the myriad paths people take on their way to becoming antiques dealers. Rarely are two paths the same. It’s not like becoming an investment banker. You don’t need a Harvard MBA.
Suzan McClellan-Whiting. She’s sitting in her ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Health Issues and Reading Magazines Online
Computer Column #355
Computer user health issues and getting magazines online will be discussed.
Vertical Mouse
The widespread use of personal computers has raised myriad health concerns, from fading eyesight to ankle damage. There are excellent websites with suggestions for workstations, posture, and exercise. One from Princeton University (1) is up to date ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Raising Caines
Guyette & Deeter, Inc., Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy Guyette & Deeter, Inc.
Summer decoy auctions draw collectors in the same way that decoys draw migrating waterfowl. The birds and the collectors flock, almost as a group, from place to place. Attendant to the auctions are decoy shows where birds are bought, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Camden-Rockport Show Turns 38
Camden-Rockport Historical Society Antiques Show, Rockport, Maine
Even before the opening gun sounded at the 38th running of the annual Camden-Rockport Historical Society Antiques Show, there were 50 or 60 people at the gate and more streaming in from the parking lot. The show, under the management of John and Elizabeth ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fraternal Objects Sold in Ohio
Ross Auction Company, Chillicothe, Ohio
On Saturday, July 21, Ross Auction Company in Chillicothe, Ohio, sold a large trove of Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) ceremonial objects. Heart-in-hand staffs, oversize bows and arrows, decorated axes and pikes, carved torches, swords, shields, robes, collars, and even a coffin with a human ... (Read More)
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