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(Auction)Tiffany Candlestick Tops Sale
Cowan’s Auctions, Cleveland, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan’s Auctions
The obvious story following Cowan’s winter sale of fine and decorative art at its salesroom in Cleveland, Ohio, on January 26 involved two records—one for a figural candlestick that highlighted the auction, the other for the sale’s total.
That’s the easy story. The comfortable one.
However, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Changes at the Boston Athenaeum
Change has come to the Boston Athenaeum with the appointment of John Buchtel as curator of rare books and head of special collections beginning in June. He succeeds Stanley Ellis Cushing, who announced his retirement in 2017 after 47 years. Most recently Cushing was the Bromer Curator of Rare Books ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Venue Change for Miami Beach Jewelry & Watch Show
The Miami Beach Jewelry & Watch Show, scheduled for February 1-4, will be held in a new location at One Herald Plaza, the current site of Art Miami and CONTEXT Art Miami—two well-attended art fairs that take place during Art Basel Miami. One Herald Plaza is located at NE 14th ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Be It Resolved
The Young Collector
By the time you read this, the holidays will be well behind us, and, let’s face it, so will most of those New Year’s resolutions. So since you’ve abandoned those good intentions, let us suggest a few replacement options. Don’t overdo it—pace yourselves! As they do on those ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)John Bartlam Teapot Discovered in the U.K.
On February 20 Woolley and Wallis in Salisbury, Wiltshire, in the U.K. will sell the earliest known American porcelain teapot. The blue-and-white porcelain teapot, missing its lid and its handle reglued, is attributed to the John Bartlam factory at Cain Hoy, South Carolina. The blue transfer-printed pattern on one side ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, February 2018
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and website for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s
Americana filled seven floors of Sotheby’s on York Avenue in New York City in mid-January, daring collectors, curators, and dealers to explore a vast array of America’s past. Erik Gronning, head of Americana at the international auction house, gets one chance a year to prove ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2018 Wallace Hall Art, Design & Antiques Show
New York City
Filling a void in the New York City show landscape, The Art, Design & Antiques Show at Wallace Hall offered dealers and collectors a place to exhibit and buy during Americana Week.
The show has grown in stature and significance. The 33 dealers who set up shop January 19-21 ... (Read More)
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(Show)The New York Ceramics & Glass Fair
New York City
Serious collectors, curators, scholars, and designers put the annual New York Ceramics & Glass Fair on their January calendars. This year it was held January 18-21 with an opening night preview party on January 17 at the Bohemian National Hall in New York City. They know that half ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Outsider Art Fair 2018
New York City
The Outsider Art Fair offered the best of storytelling, with humor, pain, death, love, fear, abuse, and pathos featured in the artworks that filled the walls of the Metropolitan Pavilion from January 18 to 21. Over four days that coincided with Americana Week, flocks of people headed downtown ... (Read More)
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