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(Auction)Keeneland and Cross Gate Gallery Collaboration Reaps Rewards
Lexington, Kentucky
Photos courtesy Cross Gate Gallery
Advertising. Social media. E-mail lists. The task of bringing the consumer to the product can take many paths. Every auction house’s advertising and marketing department takes on this challenge with each event.
“How do I get what I have for sale in front of those who ... (Read More)
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(Show)The American Art Fair 2016
New York City
With the suspense from the presidential election over, the four-day semiannual American Art Fair, held November 18-21, 2016, saw brisk sales and was well attended.
“It was a sea change,” declared dealer Thomas Colville of New York City and Guilford, Connecticut, who sold several things and kept adding more ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Thomaston: Its Own Tough Act To Follow
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
It would have been a Herculean task for the Thomaston Place Auction Galleries in Thomaston, Maine, to top its August end-of-summer blowout, where a single-owner art collection copped over $1.5 million and boosted the total much higher than that. It ... (Read More)
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(Show)Nashville Big Flea Antiques Market: Strong Dealers, Diverse Offerings
Franklin, Tennessee
Even for well-established show organizers, debuting a new show in a fresh venue can be a challenge. But Marthia Shaw has the benefit of a strong background in the business, for she is the daughter of Joan D’Amore and has grown up amidst the family’s D’Amore Promotions events. The ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Boston Home Decor Show
Boston, Massachusetts
For exhibitors and visitors at the Boston Home Décor Show, in its third year at Boston’s Cyclorama building in the South End, the theme was juxtaposition—the sublime mix of antiques with the contemporary. Antiques and art met contemporary home design. There was much evidence overall of such blending, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Twelve Chairs and Some Meaty Portraits
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Presidential election uncertainty hung over the salesroom at Skinner on November 19, 2016, for its Americana sale and inspired more than a few furtive glances around the gallery, where a decent audience was seated. The show went on and very well too, although one can’t help suspecting ... (Read More)
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(Show)Heartland Antique Show, Fall Edition
Richmond, Indiana
There was a problem at the fall edition of the Heartland Antique Show, held November 19, 2016, on the Wayne County Fairgrounds at Richmond, Indiana. A number of them, actually. But it wasn’t the show that was at issue.
The challenges, so to speak, were found in the booth of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Some Martin Brothers Birds Sold in Dallas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Nine leering, smirking, sneering, mean, sly, and eccentric salt-glazed stoneware Martin Brothers birds came to market at Heritage Auctions’ November 18, 2016, 20th-century design sale and accounted for three of the top five lots and five of the top ten. Even though most of the birds were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Shattering the $3 Million Glass Ceiling
James D. Julia, Fairfield, Maine
For the first time in the company’s history, James D. Julia’s lamp and glass section—now officially expanded to the lamp, glass, and fine jewelry division—held an auction that raked in over $3.4 million. They did it on November 18, 2016, in Fairfield, Maine, and they did ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American History
Cowan’s Auctions, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Cowan’s
Items related to early American figures, the American West, and the Civil War all drew considerable interest during the American history sale held by Cowan’s Auctions in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 18, 2016.
The top lot at $36,000 (includes buyer’s premium) was a sixth-plate tintype of ... (Read More)
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