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(Book Review)Books Received, October 2016
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.
A Bibliography of Maine Imprints, 1785-1820 by Glenn B. Skillin, with a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)NASA Seizes Artifact Sent to It for Verification
In October 2014 two objects related to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) were put up for bid in an online auction held by Gaston & Sheehan Auctioneers. A flown, zipped lunar sample return bag with lunar dust had a beginning bid of $20,000. A gray Apollo-era mesh cushion, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The ADA/Historic Deerfield Antiques Show
Deerfield, Massachusetts
Polished and unpretentious, the ADA/ Historic Deerfield Antiques Show on October 8 and 9, 2016, in Deer-field, Massachusetts, compelled visitors to swarm the place at opening, and many sales were consummated within minutes. A few took a little longer, but not much. Day one was fine weather, and long ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Vaseline Grape Leaves Tricornered Bowl, the Only One Known, Brings $13,500
Jim Wroda Auction Service, Mount Hope, Ohio
Photos courtesy Jim Wroda Auction Service
Purchased more than two decades ago in New Jersey, a vaseline Grape Leaves tricornered bowl made its five-figure debut in the world of carnival glass on October 8, 2016, at the Millersburg Glass Association’s annual auction, held this time ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Home and Business Security
Computer Column #334
Protecting our computers from malware has been discussed in this column. This month the emphasis will be reversed. Computers, other digital devices, and the Internet can protect us and our antiques businesses from criminals.
Dome and bullet-style security cameras.
Security Cameras
Security or surveillance cameras are everywhere. News reports tell us ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Some Icons Return to Market
Pook & Pook, Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook
Pook & Pook’s Americana sale on October 7 and 8 was a big one. The 847 lots covered the full range of American furniture, ceramics, metalware, advertising, and paintings, collected by the last two generations of collectors. The sale provided a barometer ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Annie Oakley Wins the Shooting Match
James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maine
Here’s a story about a little woman who became a very big shot. Phoebe Ann Mosey (1860-1926) was born in Woodland, Ohio, into a hard life of poverty. She had little schooling, and at the age of seven, she began hunting and trapping to support ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Elmore and Harvard Settle Suit
The lawsuit filed by Harvard University against Santa Fe, New Mexico, dealer and author Steve Elmore has been settled.
In 2015 Elmore self-published a 217-page book, In Search of Nampeyo: The Early Years, 1875-1892, after the manuscript was rejected by the Peabody Museum Press, the publishing arm of the Peabody Museum ... (Read More)
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(Auction)African American Fine Art Auction
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
Swann Galleries is approaching its tenth anniversary of conducting African American fine art auctions, and the October 6, 2016, sale at the New York City auction house did not disappoint. It was a see-and-be-seen event for the enthusiastic collectors and spectators who filled ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Monumental Emanuel Leutze Painting Discovered in Pennsylvania Masonic Temple
An unpublished and previously unknown painting by the famous American historical and portrait painter Emanuel Leutze (1816-1868), best known for his iconic Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851, Metropolitan Museum of Art), has come to light in a Masonic temple in eastern Pennsylvania.1Measuring 80" x 118" with its frame, the oil ... (Read More)
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