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(Fragment)Ludlow Antiques Show to Continue Under New Management
The Ludlow Antiques Show—one of the five shows that make up Antiques Week in Vermont—will continue this year under new management. Kris Johnson and Steve Sherhag, promoters of the Okemo Antique Show and the Vermont Picker’s Market, will now manage the show, assisted by Robert Conrad, promoter of the New ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Frank Daley and Judith Engel, Modern on the Hudson, Hudson, New York
In the Trade
No matter how you may feel about mid-century modern, you’ve got to be curious about anyone who buys Eames chairs by the gross.
That’s what Frank Daley and Judith Engel do. It may not be the major part of their business—and they certainly don’t consider it the most exciting ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Dodges and Their Potteries
There are many noted families that produced red earthenware in New England’s 18th- and 19th-century pottery industry, such as the Parker family in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the Osborn family in Peabody, Massachusetts, and the Corliss family in Maine. These families often receive high praise today from collectors, museums, and scholars. It ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Barnebys Buys Collectors Weekly
Barnebys, an Internet search engine for design, antiques, and art, has acquired Collectors Weekly, according to a press release.
Based in San Francisco, Collectors Weekly is a website that lists hundreds of thousands of objects in almost 2000 collecting categories. The site attracts roughly 1 million visitors every month. In addition ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The York Show
The Semi-Annual York Antiques Show, York, Pennsylvania
The 170th Semi-Annual York Antiques Show in York, Pennsylvania, February 2-4, was on Super Bowl weekend. Nevertheless 96 dealers set up in Memorial Hall East hoping they brought the right stuff to appeal to the regulars who came on Friday, a slew of new ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Classical Furniture at Academy Mansion during Master Drawings New York
In light of the successful sale of Classical furniture from the Patricia M. Sax collection at Sotheby’s during Americana Week, M.A.D. wanted to see what New York City dealer Carswell Rush Berlin had brought to the Academy Mansion on East 63rd Street during Master Drawings New York the following week, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, February 2018
Discerning Drinkers—Raise Your Glasses to the Kaplan Collection!
There have been moments when I wished that I had decided as a young man to collect beautiful old drinking glasses. Instead, I took to filling my home with books, and, though I continue to enjoy drinking beer, wine, and peaty malt whiskies, ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Cloud Storage
Computer Column #349
We often have written about cloud storage of computer files. Recent changes in some cloud systems have greatly increased their usefulness. Cloud storage is a figurative reference to storing your computer files on some company’s large computer system reached over the Internet. The object is to protect the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Met Changes Admission Policy
It was a tightwad’s best secret—the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) had only a “suggested” admission price, not a mandatory one. On January 4, it was announced that the policy would be rescinded and a mandatory admission fee would be charged beginning March 1.
The updated policy, which received approval from ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Chinese Bowl, Estimated at $1000/2000, Brings $200,000
A Chinese green-glazed footed porcelain bowl, estimated at $1000/2000, brought $200,000 (includes buyer’s premium) at Nye & Company Auctioneers on January 31 in Bloomfield, New Jersey. “I would have to judge this sale a huge success, with strong bidding across all categories, led by the Chinese porcelain bowl, the true ... (Read More)
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