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(Issue Story)Why Collect?
Unitarian pastor George Washington Burnap once wrote that three things were necessary for happiness in life: “something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.” Collecting embodies all three—curiosity, passion, and anticipation.
Charles Spencer Curb made bold to write in 2010 (“Why We Collect: A Historical and Psychological Perspective,” ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Carol B. Cadou Named Director and CEO of Winterthur
Carol B. Cadou Named Director and CEO of Winterthur
Carol B. Cadou has been appointed the first Charles F. Montgomery Director and CEO of Winterthur. Currently senior vice president of historic preservation and collections at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Cadou will succeed David P. Roselle in late spring when Dr. Roselle ... (Read More)
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(Auction)New Discoveries and Old Favorites Sell Strong at Slotin Folk Art Auction
Slotin Folk Art Auction, Buford, GeorgiaPhotos courtesy Slotin Folk Art Auction
Slotin Folk Art Auction continues to have its fingers on the pulse of what constitutes the genre known as Outsider or self-taught art, and the company continues to succeed at bringing the best this collecting field has to offer. Steve ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Sale of Dodo Hamilton’s Collection
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman’s
Alasdair Nichol, chairman of Freeman’s in Philadelphia, has had success with single-owner estate sales over the past few years. It was easy for him to convince the family of Dorrance “Dodo” Hamilton (1928-2017) to hold a single-owner sale in Philadelphia, where she was a well-known philanthropist ... (Read More)
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(Auction)“Smitty” Axtell’s Country Americana
Buzz Hesse/Schillaci and Shultis Auctioneers, Otego, New York
Remember when collectors and dealers filled auction house seats—no online buying, banks of computers, or revolving stages and huge screens with videos showing each lot? Well, if you were at an auction in Otego, New York, on April 27 and 28, you would ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Arms, Silver, and Art Up for Grabs at Tremont
Tremont Auctions, Newton, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Tremont Auctions
Knowledgeable collectors of historical arms swarmed Tremont Auctions to preview its April 28 military auction in the Newton, Massachusetts, gallery. They were there for the dispersion of several historical military arms collections, primarily 159 lots from the three-generation collection of Francis Earl Dunn of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Black Unicorns and Historical Blues
Pook & Pook, Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook
One end of a black unicorn-decorated dower chest was pictured on the cover of Pook & Pook’s April 28 auction catalog. Both ends of the chest were in very good condition, and the decoration on the top was partially visible in the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Vintage Decoy and Sporting Collectibles Show and Auction
Guyette & Deeter, Inc./Midwest Decoy Collectors Association, St. Charles, Illinois
One bonus of going to diverse collecting events is learning something new. As example, we didn’t have a clue about canoe cups until Rick Sandstrom, president of the Midwest Decoy Collectors Association (MDCA), showed us examples owned by Robert Burger at ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Heirloom without an Heir
The Young Collector
We hate to be the bearers of bad news. No one wants to hear this, but we have all been dancing around the problem for way too long. It is time to simply put it out there, so here goes. We hate to break it to you, but ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)John Lockwood Kipling Bas-Relief Found at Estate Auction
I first began visiting Lambertville, New Jersey’s antiques shops, the Golden Nugget Antique Flea Market, and Rago Auctions in the 1990s while a graduate student in the art history department at the University of Delaware. Moving on in 2001 to a post as director of collections and exhibitions at the ... (Read More)
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