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(Auction)Winter Auction Bangs Out Over $3.2 Million
James D. Julia, Fairfield, Maine
James Julia took a leave of absence for a few months before the February 9 and 10 auction in Fairfield, Maine, to be with his wife, Sandy, as she was being treated for a potentially devastating illness. As of this writing, the report is that Sandy ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Court Asked to Decide Who Owns a Tiffany Light Fixture
On February 28, 1976, five lighting fixtures designed and made by Louis Comfort Tiffany were stolen from the Belasco Theatre in New York City. The crime—reported to police—was never solved. Forty years later, one of the lighting fixtures may have surfaced.
In June 2016, Thomas Stein, a project manager for the ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Photo Editing and E-Mail Scams
Computer Column #338
John P. Reid, [email protected]
There is an impressive new photo editor on the market at a reasonable price. We will also describe websites that warn of computer scams. (Subscribers reading the digital edition can click on the cumbersome website URLs below.)
New Photo Editor
We often have said that photo editing ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Heritage Auctions Sues Christie's
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas, has accused Christie’s and Collectrium, a Christie’s company, of “scraping” the Heritage Auctions website to appropriate information and images without permission. It’s no minor manner. Heritage alleges that approximately 2.7 million of the more than 11 million listings that were on the Collectrium website have been ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Cape Cod Antique Dealers Association Awards Cultural Enrichment Grants
The Cape Cod Antique Dealers Association (CCADA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the public’s knowledge and appreciation of antiques, has announced the 2016 winners of its Cultural Enrichment Grants.
Through its Cultural Enrichment Grant Fund, the CCADA seeks to promote a better understanding of Cape Cod’s history and heritage by ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Gems and Art
Grogan & Company, Boston, Massachusetts
The weight of the February 5 sale at Grogan & Company in Boston, Massachusetts, was on the carats—of diamonds, that is, as bidders pursued over 120 lots of jewelry. Art took a bit of a backseat to the sparkle.
The highlight was the 9.19-carat pear-shaped diamond ring ... (Read More)
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(Show)The York Show: Signs the Market is Getting Stronger
The Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show, York, Pennsylvania
Ninety-eight dealers exhibited at the 168th Original Semi-Annual York Antiques Show and Sale at Memorial Hall East on the York Fairgrounds in York, Pennsylvania, February 3-5. On Friday, a large crowd from all parts of the country came to shop. Show manager Melvin ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antique Sporting and Advertising Show
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
A poster for Blue Jeans, a 1917 silent movie, likely went unnoticed by many shoppers at the 15th annual Antique Sporting and Advertising Show, held February 3 and 4 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The one-sheet depicts a loose interpretation of “The Great Saw Mill Scene,” in which the movie’s villain ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Chris and Joe Brennan, Salisbury, Connecticut
In the Trade
Joe and Chris Brennan have clearly been successful in catering to the second-home needs of the New Yorkers who spend weekends in Connecticut’s prosperous Litchfield Hills. Their rambling home is stuffed with early furniture and blends comfortably with its well-appointed Colonial neighbors on Salisbury’s main thoroughfare. Chris is ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Anna Pottery Discovery
Brothers Cornwall Elihu Kirkpatrick (1814-1890) and Wallace Kirkpatrick (1828-1896) began the Anna Pottery in Anna, Illinois, in 1859. They are famous for their pig-form flasks and snake-infested jugs incised with temperance inscriptions warning of the evils of alcohol. The community-minded brothers took their civic responsibilities seriously; they were active in ... (Read More)
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