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(Auction)Hunting Decoys from the Brown Collection
Guyette & Deeter, Inc., St. Charles, Illinois
Midwestern and Canadian decoy enthusiasts had an extra treat when Guyette & Deeter, Inc. brought its 32nd annual spring auction to the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Illinois, April 27 and 28. An annual get-together for collectors and sellers, held in conjunction with ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Chief Curator of American Art at the Huntington
Chad Alligood. © Stephen Ironside/Ironside Photography.
Chad Alligood has been named chief curator of American art at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California. Alligood will join the Huntington in late April and will oversee a growing collection, including a newly acquired group of early American ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Ceramics in America
A Book Review
Ceramics in America 2016 Edited by Robert Hunter The Chipstone Foundation, distributed by University Press of New England, 2016, 276 pages, hardbound, $65 plus S/H from University Press of New England, (800) 421-1561 or (www.upne.com).
Who would think that a journal devoted to ceramic history, archaeological research, technology, social ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Leslie Hindman of Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, Illinois
Head of the House
Leslie Hindman always knew that Chicago needed its own auction house. She opened her first salesroom there in 1982. Over 35 years, her company has transformed and grown into a firm of global reach with multiple branches and a schedule of over 60 auctions a year.
How did ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Only Ten
Editorial
The City Council of Belleville, Illinois, thinks that antiques stores are a detriment to its municipality. Ditto for art galleries.
In late March, the city council overwhelmingly voted to limit to ten the number of business licenses for selling secondhand goods within the city limits. Secondhand goods include used clothing, electronics, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, May 2017
Ian McKay, <[email protected]>
High-priced pictures by Titian, Klimt, Sisley, and even Atkinson Grimshaw feature in this month’s selection, and are joined in the six-, seven-, and even eight-figure world by a couple of erotically charged sculptures.
Also on offer are rather more prosaic and largely more modestly priced pieces of early furnishings, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Jamaican House Painting Brings $100,000
Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Freeman’s
Freeman’s in Philadelphia can be counted on for at least one big discovery in its semiannual Americana sales. It lures the trade and serious collectors from all parts of this country to join the locals at presale exhibitions that are timed to coincide with the two ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Features at Rhinebeck Show
Barn Star Productions’ Spring Antiques at Rhinebeck Show and Sale will take place on Memorial Day weekend, May 27 and 28, in Rhinebeck, New York. Approximately 125 exhibitors will fill three huge buildings with folk and fine art and American and European antiques.
A gourmet food truck court will be new ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)An Abundance of Jewelry
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
An abundance of opportunities to purchase a wide range of styles of jewelry and watches in a broad array of prices could be found at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers’ fine jewelry sale on April 23 and 24, fine timepieces sale on April 25, and ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, May 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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