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(Fragment)Philadelphia Museum of Art Announces Curatorial Promotions and Appointment
In February the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) announced that Jennifer Thompson has been promoted to head the museum’s department of European paintings, succeeding Joseph J. Rishel, who retired in 2015 and is now serving as curator emeritus. Jessica Todd Smith, currently chief curator of American art at the Huntington ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Jason Busch Is New Director of Decorative Arts at Sotheby's
Jason Busch is leaving his post as deputy director for curatorial affairs and museum programs at the Saint Louis Art Museum to become the new director of decorative arts at Sotheby’s in New York City.
“My move from the Saint Louis Art Museum is bittersweet. I feel privileged to have contributed ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Riddell Table Returns to Rosedown after 60 Years
Louisiana author Harnett T. Kane (1910-1984) in his entertaining 1945 volume Plantation Parade: The Grand Manner in Louisiana accurately called Rosedown Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana, “a gem in a polished setting.” Since 2000 the property has been a State Historic Site, and, obviously, the 28 lots with Rosedown provenance ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Black History Matters: 20th Anniversary of African Americana Sales
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann
“Rather astoundingly, this is our twentieth sale,” Nicholas D. Lowry, president of Swann Galleries, said as he prepared to open the firm’s annual auction of printed and manuscript African Americana on March 31 in New York City. The first sale had taken place in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Original Miami Beach Antique Show to Relocate
The Original Miami Beach Antique Show is moving in 2017. U.S. Antique Shows announced that because of the impending closure of the Miami Beach Convention Center for renovations, the show will be held at the Miami-Dade County Fair Expo Center, February 10-13, 2017.
“After extensive research of existing and proposed venues ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dealer Pleads Guilty in Wildlife Case
On February 17 antiques dealer Ferdinand E. Krizan, 77, of Franklinville, New York, pleaded guilty to trafficking in prohibited wildlife.
According to the United States Attorney for Western New York, on November 6, 2013, Krizan, owner of Fred’s Antiques, purchased two elephant tusks from an auction house in Montreal, Quebec, for ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Producing Posters
Computer Column #328
John P. Reid, [email protected]
Posters are useful for publicizing an antiques show, shop, or special event. Poster design skills can be used in other ways. A book or catalog cover is a poster inviting a look at the inside. Printed ads are much like posters. Slide presentations are a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Harvard Sues Elmore, Gets Injunction Stopping Sales of Book
It’s David versus Goliath.
A lawsuit filed in federal court in New Mexico in June 2015 pits Harvard University, which has about a $37 billion endowment, against Steve Elmore, an antiques dealer who patched together $36,000 to self-publish a book. The suit may hinge on the definition of the word “manuscript.”
A ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Bowmanville Show, a Canadian Easter Tradition
Bowmanville Antiques & Folk Art Show, Bowmanville, Ontario
All prices given in Canadian dollars
Tied as it is to Easter every year, the Bowmanville (Ontario) Antiques & Folk Art Show can land on the calendar just about anywhere in March or April. Naturally, there’s a religious rationale for this meandering holiday, but ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Chain of Thought
The Young Collector
We are a household obsessed with the food chain. Much of the conversation around the breakfast table involves predator and prey, from krill to squid to sperm whales (in the knowledge food chain, dinosaurs have apparently fallen prey to marine life), with discussions about who eats whom and ... (Read More)
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