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(Show)The 2017 ADAA Art Show
New York City
The Art Show, the Art Dealers Association of America’s annual show, shone brightly this year. The art was the star. The unfussiness and quiet elegance of the booths in the Park Avenue Armory’s Drill Hall allowed showgoers—and there were thousands each day from March 1 to 5—to remain ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Myrick Scrimshawed Tooth Brings $110,700
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Bitter cold in Boston was no deterrent to bidders at Skinner on March 4 for the Americana sale in the Boston gallery. Staff members found themselves bringing out extra seating to accommodate everyone in the gallery.
Many came to observe and participate in the sale of scrimshaw from ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Long-Lost First Franklin Broadside Acquired by Penn Libraries
Aquila Rose, a 28-year-old Philadelphia poet and pressman, died in 1723. That same year Benjamin Franklin broke his indenture with his brother, left Boston, and stopped in New York to see if the printer William Bradford had a job for him. Bradford did not have a job, but he told ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Lunders Give Another $100 Million-Plus Gift to Colby College
Colby College in Waterville, Maine, has received another gift of more than $100 million from Peter and Paula Lunder in support of the Colby College Museum of Art. The gift will add nearly 1150 artworks to the museum’s collection and will launch the Lunder Institute for American Art.
The institute will ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Marni Bakst, Oh Antiques, Verbank, New York
In the Trade
During the many years that we’ve published this feature, we have interviewed well over 100 dealers, yet we have never encountered one who, to the best of our knowledge, was a Ruby Lane seller. Now we have. She’s Marni Bakst, who sells from her early home overlooking a ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, March 2017
Ian McKay, <[email protected]>
The longest piece in this month’s “Letter” mixes up one artist’s impressions of windy days in Tangier and on a Scottish golf course with another’s take on a curiously dressed young player of kolf.
Other items feature sunrise over Mount Fuji, a miniature selfie, papal rings, views of Manila’s ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Retha Walden Gambaro, Native American Sculptor
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia
Photos courtesy The Potomack Company
On February 28 The Potomack Company held an online sale of Native American artwork and artifacts. Of the 236 lots offered for sale, 180 were from the studio and collections of Retha Walden Gambaro and Stephen A. Gambaro. This report focuses on ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)2016: The Year in Review
The Young Collector
We normally pause after the holidays and reflect on the year behind us. That’s not so much because it’s the end of the year, but mostly because we’re usually lying in bed sick, sure we’re going to die, and it seems like a good use of time to ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Three-Dimensional Printing and Antiques
Computer Column #339
John P. Reid, [email protected]
Three-dimensional printers controlled by a personal computer are well established. Owning one is the dream of many computer buffs, but there is surprisingly little mention of their use for making missing parts in antiques restoration. Perhaps there are reservations about the authenticity of such repairs, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Morristown Armory Antiques Show
Morristown, New Jersey
The armory in Morristown, New Jersey, a cavernous space just outside of town, was the site for JMK’s winter antiques show held February 25 and 26, over a balmy weekend. The twice-a-year show draws regional dealers, many of whom have remained loyal participants in promoter Allison Kohler’s events. ... (Read More)
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