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(Show)American Indian Art Show: Marin
San Rafael, California
As at every show, there were winners and not winners. At the 34th annual American Indian Art Show: Marin held February 17 and 18 in San Rafael, California, the balance seemed to tilt toward the nots. Many dealers were not willing to be quoted about their sales at ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Nashville Show by Jenkins: Buy and Sell, Meet and Greet
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville in mid-February has always been a favorite multi-venue destination where exhibitors from all over the country can sell to fresh buyers, exchange merchandise with one another, and get together with fellow marketers and favorite customers. Dealers from New England and mid-Atlantic states interact with merchants from the Southeast ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Southeastern Wildlife Expo Auction Garners $1.8 Million
Copley Fine Art Auctions, Charleston, South Carolina
Photos courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions
The Southeastern Wildlife Expo is the place to be for those who love the best of the best where decoy and sporting art is concerned. The Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (SEWE) first took place in 1983 and included 100 exhibitors ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Single-Owner Fine Jewelry Collection Exceeds Expectations in Seattle
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Mroczek Brothers Auctioneers & Associates
The February 15 auction of a single-owner 142-lot fine jewelry collection held by Mroczek Brothers Auctioneers & Associates, also known as MBA Seattle Auction House, was a white-glove sale (all lots sold, none passed). The results, Michael Mroczek said, “doubled our ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Photo Sale Offers Iconic Americana, Including Lewis W. Hine’s Child Laborers, Immigrants, and Men
Swann Galleries, New York City
Jeanne SchintoPhotos courtesy Swann Galleries
A collection of photographs by Lewis Wickes Hine (1874-1940), each with the hand stamp for his studio in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, was the undisputed highlight of Swann Galleries’ “Icons & Images” sale on February 15 in Manhattan. The auction house offered two ... (Read More)
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(Show)Heart of Tennessee Show: An Antiques Valentine
Lebanon, Tennessee
The third annual Heart of Tennessee opened with a Valentine-themed flourish at the festive preview party on the night of February 14. The crowd of collectors, which filled the parking lot, were obviously devoted to the pursuit of Americana, but they also enjoyed a most generous buffet provided to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Painted Box with Drawers Brings $263,250
If it is fresh to market and has painted decorations, you never can tell what it will bring at auction. At Cordier Auctions on February 11, what was cataloged as a southern folk art painted sugar chest, probably Kentucky, early 19th century, provoked a long bidding battle between New Oxford, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Business as Usual at Julia’s—But Not Quite
James D. Julia, Fairfield, Maine
It was business as usual for James D. Julia’s two-day fine art and antiques auction on February 8 and 9 in Fairfield, Maine. Almost. The logo on the phone-book-size catalog read “James D. Julia, Inc. / a division of Morphy Auctions.” As most of the antiques ... (Read More)
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(Auction)“Please Remember”: The African Americana Collection of Avis and Eugene Robinson
Skinner, Inc., Boston, MassachusettsPhotos courtesy Skinner, Inc.
A collection of African Americana assembled by Avis Collins Robinson, an artist, and her husband, Eugene Robinson, a reporter, editor, foreign correspondent, and Pulitzer-Prize-winning columnist for the Washington Post, was sold in the Boston gallery of Skinner Inc. on February 9, 2018.
The approximately 300 ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)More Than Flurries
The end of 2017 brought more than a flurry of interesting news.
- The biggest surprise was that Fairfield, Maine’s James D. Julia has been acquired by Morphy Auctions. Jim Julia, who took over his father’s small auction house, built it into a multimillion-dollar business with a combination of savvy dealing ... (Read More)
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