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(Auction)Nostalgia at Noon in Ramseur
C & A Antique Auction, Ramseur, North Carolina
Photos courtesy C & A Auction
On May 1 auctioneer Carson Cockman presented bidders with two distinct versions of the past. For those who valued their early adulthood and had deeper pockets, there was period tobacco, coffee, and petrol-related merchandise. Those enamored with childhood ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Record Price for Single Firearm
Rock Island Auction Company set a record price for a single firearm at auction when a Winchester Model 1866 sporting rifle and a gold-plated pocket watch, both previously owned by the man credited with the surrender of Geronimo, sold together for $1,265,000 (with buyer’s premium) on April 30 in Rock ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Nautical Antiques Auction
Boston Harbor Auctions, Quincy, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Boston Harbor Auctions
The Lannan Ship Model Gallery, the host of the Boston Harbor Auctions sale held on April 30, was created in 1967 in Quincy, Massachusetts, by Joseph G. Lannan Jr. (1926-2011) in the basement of his home. Lannan, a graduate of Massachusetts Maritime ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rift between the Appraisal Institute and The Appraisal Foundation
Quickie valuations, such as those done at on-the-spot fund-raising events, can leave an erroneous impression about what makes a credible appraisal, such as the kind that squares a donor with the Internal Revenue Service, an heir with a probate court, or a client with an insurance company. Similarly, some people ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Four or One? Clocks and Watches at Skinner
Skinner Inc., Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Skinner
A Tornek-Rayville TR-900 dive watch was the top lot, by far, at the sale on April 29 at Skinner in Marlborough, Massachusetts. For its price of $113,775 (includes buyer’s premium), someone could have taken home all four of the next-highest lots with money left over. ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Detour on the Barbecue Trail
Liberty Antiques Festival, Liberty, North Carolina
A traditional measure of success for an antiques show is the number of big-ticket items sold. In the South, we like to include the barbecue factor in our success calculations.
Here’s an example. On Friday, April 29, the first day of the two-day Liberty Antiques Festival ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)John Gould of Yorktown Heights, New York
In the Trade
Discussing how hard it is to sell antique furniture today at almost any price, John Gould quoted a friend, who said, “You see this really good furniture selling for really cheap prices, and it’s still not cheap enough.”
John Gould in his workshop.
That’s why Gould’s small barn, which used ... (Read More)
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(Show)The NYBG Antique Garden Furniture Fair
New York Botanical Garden Antique Garden Furniture Fair, Bronx, New York
The 25th anniversary of the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG)’s Antique Garden Furniture Fair was a blooming success from the April 28 opening through May 1. Bringing the outdoors inside was achieved by filling a 10,000-square-foot tent with flowering plants, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)1stdibs Causes Controversy
1stdibs, an online global marketplace (www.1stdibs.com) that over the last 15 years has helped legions of dealers sell art, antiques, vintage fashion, and jewelry to designers, collectors, curators, and others, has been the focus of a month-long protest by dealers from New York to California. It stems from an e-mail ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)The Art of American Still Life
A Book Review
The Art of American Still Life: Audubon to Warhol by Mark D. Mitchell, with essays by Bill Brown, Mark D. Mitchell, Katie A. Pfohl, and Carol Troyen
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2015, 271 pages, hardbound, $65 plus S/H from the Philadelphia Museum of Art Museum Store (www.philamuseumstore.org)
This book is ... (Read More)
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