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(Show)The 2017 Spring Greater York Antiques Show
York, Pennsylvania
Bob Bockius of Mitchell Displays took over the management of the Greater York Antiques Show when Donna Burk, widow of Jim Burk, decided to retire in 2012 and sell the show. Since then he has put on two shows a year. His loyal core of dealers say they like ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Potter & Potter Takes a Gamble
Potter & Potter Auctions, Chicago, Illinois
Photos courtesy Potter & Potter Auctions
Snug in a corner of an American gambler’s chest from around 1880, surrounded by chips, dice, a cigar cutter and holder, playing cards, and a scrimshawed ivory-handled pocket knife, lay an engraved pistol with a mother-of-pearl handle.
“It might be needed ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Christie's Scales Back in a Shrinking Market
Citing a shrinking market and an untenable business plan, Christie’s announced that it will close its secondary South Kensington salesroom in London at the end of this year and scale back its operations in Amsterdam to two contemporary art sales a year. “The current proposal is to offer a single ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Collected--a Sampler of Books on Collectors and Collecting
A review copy of yet another book on collectors and collecting, Possession: The Curious History of Private Collectors from Antiquity to the Present by Erin L. Thompson, has recently come through my mail slot. Its arrival has prompted me to take a look at the previously published books on this ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Indian and Ethnographic Art at Auction
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
American Indian and ethnographic art representing an array of collecting arenas was center stage at Skinner’s May 5 auction in its Boston gallery, including pottery, weavings, baskets, pre-Columbian art, and Native American objects from the northeastern woodlands and the American plains. Previewers at the sale were treated ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dealer Sues in Swastika Flour Bag Flap
It was an antique flour bag that made national headlines. Now the case is heading to court. Nicole Guida, owner and operator of Chic & Unique, Littleton, New Hampshire, has filed suit against Katherine M. Ferrier, alleging defamation, false light, emotional distress, and more.
The case centers on a circa 1900 ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques for the Garden
Antique Garden Furniture Fair, the Bronx, New York
Faux bois is in vogue. Furniture made of concrete that looks like tree stumps and branches was in demand at the 2017 New York Botanical Garden’s Antique Garden Furniture Fair. Antiques for the garden and the garden room sold briskly in the Bronx ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received, May 2017
These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or online orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or a mail-order house is the place to look.
The Hidden Art: 20th- & 21st-Century Self-Taught Artists from the Audrey B. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)After Three Insurance Companies Deny Claim, Collector Sues His Broker
A consignment gone wrong and the refusal of three different insurance companies to cover a loss has led to a lawsuit filed in California. Entertainment mogul and collector Peter Guber—who has a net worth of $400 million, according to some reports—filed suit against Abacus Insurance Brokers of Santa Monica, California, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rockwell Study Brings $1.33 Million
Norman Rockwell’s study for Triple Self-Portrait, an oil study for the artist’s self-described 1960 Saturday Evening Post “masterpiece,” sold with buyer’s premium for $1,332,500, a new world record for an oil study by the artist, on May 3 during Heritage Auctions’ American art auction in Dallas. The buyer was a ... (Read More)
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