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(Fragment)First ADAA Fair to Benefit the Whitney
Tihe Whitney Museum of American Art will be the beneficiary of the inaugural ADAA Fair, mounted by the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA), November 12-16 at the Park Avenue Armory at 67th Street in New York City.
In 2025 the ADAA canceled its annual event titled the Art Show, citing ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Upstate New York State Clockmaking - Really!
A Book Review
Connecticut-that is where most think that 19th-century factory-produced American clocks originated. Eli Terry (1772-1852), whose mass-produced wood-movement clocks birthed the industry, Seth Thomas (1785-1859), about whom everyone seems to have heard, Chauncey Jerome (1793-1868), whose cheap brass-movement clocks saved the industry in the late 1830s, and dozens more ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Museum Unaffected by College Closure
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts, will not be affected by the closure of Hampshire College.
Executive Director Jennifer Schantz wrote in an email that "Hampshire College's Board of Trustees voted to permanently close Hampshire College following the Fall 2026 semester. We are saddened about this ... (Read More)
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(Show)Combined Antiques Show and Book Fair Draws Larger Crowd
Concord, New Hampshire
The second annual New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association (NHADA) Members Antiques Show held in conjunction with the Northern New England Book Fair had about 60 dealers. The June 7 event was an opportunity for “book people” and “antiques people” to cross the line and see things that they ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Web Development
Beneath the Surface
In a few days, we begin the process of taking down our fifth exhibition at the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio. Heartland: The Stories of Ohio Through 250 Objects was a tremendous amount of fun to put together, and we heard from so many people that they learned ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, June 2026
Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyer's premium when charged. We're always looking for news of prices realized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R., Maine Antique ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)More Glass for Glass Museum
The Vaseline Glass Collectors, Inc. (VGCI) and The Stretch Glass Society have unveiled two permanent exhibitions at the National Glass Museum in Wellington, Kansas, coinciding with the museum's grand reopening in March 2026. The adjoining installations celebrate two visually striking and historically significant traditions of American glassmaking: the iridescence of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Second Part of King Collection is 100% Sold
Flying Pig Auctions, Westmoreland, New Hampshire
Photos courtesy Flying pig Auctions
The second part of the Matt King collection sale at Flying Pig Auctions saw another 900 lots cross the block over three days, May 31 through June 2. The sale featured many lots of colorful and rare early American glass. There ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Board Treasurer Charged in Historic House Museum Theft
"I did embezzle funds to pay for my own expenses."
That quote is from a criminal complaint charging Steven E. Jahnke, the former board treasurer of the Friends of Hearthstone, Inc., which operates the Hearthstone Historic House Museum in Appleton, Wisconsin.
According to the criminal complaint filed in Outagamie County Circuit Court, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Justin Westbrook, Justin Westbrook Antiques
Justin Westbrook is a mover and shaker.
Since childhood, when he would polish silver and sweep floors in his grandfather's "dealers-only" auction house in Sardis, Georgia, he has loved the industry.
Admittedly, he had "a few stints" in college, crossing the Rubicon when he chose making a full-truck delivery to Atlanta over ... (Read More)
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