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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 GBP575,000 ($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 GBP15 (about $20) in 2016, sold for GBP575,000 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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(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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(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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(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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