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(Issue Story)Klansmen Made of Lead: Antiques and Evil
Opinion
One of the finest equestrian statues in the nation stands in a park in Memphis, Tennessee.* Designed by an accomplished sculptor working in the Neoclassical manner and cast in bronze in Paris, the century-old monument is a historic landmark and an important feature in the city’s history.
I’d like to take ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, March 2018
William Kidd (b. 1961), Crusty Vase, 2003, earthenware. Promised gift of Sidney Swidler.
—Through March 31—Flint, Michigan
Flint Institute of Arts (FIA) presents The Art of Containment: Vessels from the Sidney Swidler Collection. Swidler’s fascination with ceramics collecting was influenced by his work as an architect and designer. Swidler has amassed more ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Fake Civil War Masterpiece: A Tale of Two Photographs
It’s one of the best folk art fakes of all time. It fooled them all: dealers, curators, vetters, journalists, and more. Had it not been for one grainy 72 dpi digital photograph, the dogged persistence of a concerned group of antiquarians, and a dealer who eschewed embarrassment and confronted the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Four Sandzén Paintings Sold in Kansas
Woody Auction celebrated the grand opening of its new Douglass, Kansas, auction hall with an antiques and fine art auction on Saturday, February 24, that featured four paintings by Swedish-born Kansas painter Birger Sandzén (1871-1954).
Cedars and Rocks, an oil on canvas landscape of Manitou Springs, Colorado, dated 1922, 36" x ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Part Two of the Frent Collection Surpasses $1.3 Million Mark
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
The second installment of Heritage Auctions’ sale of the collection of David and Janice Frent is in the books, and with it came a sale total of more than $1.3 million along with some jaw-dropping moments. There is no better way to lead off ... (Read More)
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(Auction)African Americana Sells at Quinn’s
Quinn’s Auction Galleries and Waverly Rare Books, Falls Church, Virginia
Photos courtesy Quinn’s Auction GalleriesAll prices include buyer’s premium
On February 22 Quinn’s Auction Galleries through its Waverly Rare Books division held a single-consignor sale at its Falls Church, Virginia, location. The Johnson collection of black Americana and ephemera consisted of 256 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)John Bartlam Teapot Sells for £575,000 ($804,098)
A small teapot with a reglued handle and missing its lid, bought by a collector online from a general auction in Lincolnshire in the U.K. for £15 (about $20) in 2016, sold for £575,000 at Woolley and Wallis auctioneers in Salisbury, U.K., on February 20.
The buyer in the salesroom was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Sale in New Hampshire
William A. Smith, Inc., Plainfield, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy William A. Smith, Inc.
“Americana seems to be alive and well,” said a pleased Bill Smith during his midwinter auction on February 19 in Plainfield, New Hampshire. Smith was selling to a packed house, with patrons lining up the sides and filling most ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rock Star Fizzles, but Totaig Wins by Several Lengths
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
As often happens in the auction world, the rock star of the February 16-18 auction at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries in Thomaston, Maine, twinkled out without a sound. A 28" x 52" (sight size) oil on canvas by Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823-1900) was signed and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Zook Record Broken
On February 17 Witman Auctioneers Inc., Manheim, Pennsylvania, sold two large three-dimensional diorama artworks by Abner Zook (1921-2010), breaking the auction record for the artist. A painting of six dapple-gray horses pulling a Conestoga wagon coming out of the forest and crossing a stream with waterfalls in the background sold ... (Read More)
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