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(Fragment)Antiques 101
A new program, “Antiques 101” Digging Deeper Tour, debuted on May 13 at the Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum (WDS) in Wethersfield, Connecticut. “Antiques 101” is a workshop-style tour, during which participants can learn some of the basics on how to distinguish authentic Colonial furniture from reproductions. Tickets are $20.
The “Antiques 101” Digging ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Heritage Auctions Adds Watch Expert Jonathan Burford to Beverly Hills Office
Heritage Auctions has hired Jonathan Burford as timepiece consignment director for the Beverly Hills, California, office.
“Jonathan has worked in the fine watch and vintage timepiece industry for the majority of his professional career. His luxury lifestyle brand experience includes not just timepieces but also racing and publishing across the U.K.,” ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Benton Brings $455,000
The Leslie Hindman Auctioneers’ May 24 sale included a Thomas Hart Benton still life from 1962 with a presale estimate of $100,000/200,000 that sold for $455,000 (with buyer’s premium) to a Midwest bidder competing against bidders in California and New York.
“Since the Benton still life came from a private collection ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hartley Tops Art Auction
Bonhams, New York City
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Marsden Hartley was hot at Bonhams’ American art auction on May 24. His 1930 oil Landscape No. 39 (Little River, New Hampshire), estimated at $400,000/600,000, attracted bids from two phone bidders who battled for it from the opening bid of $300,000 to the hammer price ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Gerald Peters Gallery Sues for Defamation
Art is the ultimate opinion business, but voicing that opinion could lead to legal trouble, as a suit filed in the U.S. District Court in Nevada shows. The case filed on April 28 pits heavyweights in the world of Western art against each other. Gerald Peters Gallery, Inc. has filed ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, June 2016
Ian McKay, <[email protected]>
Two sales, both of which produced unexpectedly high prices, account for the majority of the lots featured in this month’s letter—a Bonhams dispersal of surplus to requirement contents from a lovely Welsh retreat, Glyn Cywarch, and a Sotheby’s sale of items from two old Scottish family collections.
Other attractions ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Remington Sculpture Sets Auction Record
Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie’s
Buoyed by Frederic Remington’s three-dimensional, head-on design bronze Coming through the Rye, which sold for $11,223,500 (including buyer’s premium), Christie’s spring auction of American art on May 23 in New York City totaled $41,315,750. Of the 92 lots offered, 68 sold, for a 74% sell-through ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rockwell
Sotheby’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s spring sale of American art “was all about a Rockwell,” said a group of dealers and art advisors who sat through the afternoon sale on May 23. With a sale total of $33,109,125, almost half (or $14,975,000, including buyer’s premium) was generated by Norman ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, June 2017
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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(Fragment)Indiana Landmarks Seeks Antiques Vendors for Summer Events
Indiana Landmarks, a private nonprofit, is looking for vendors of antiques, collectibles, and architectural salvage to participate in events this summer.
On Saturday, July 15, the sixth annual Treasure Hunt will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., outdoors and inside the Indiana Landmarks Center and on the lawn of ... (Read More)
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