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(Fragment)Boscobel Offers Free Admission for Veterans
To honor all former U.S. military personnel, Boscobel in Garrison, New York, will offer free house and grounds admission to veterans who show their military ID (or even a photo of themselves wearing their uniform) at the front desk during the month of November. The Boscobel Salutes Veterans Program will ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hunting Tuna, Catching Dolphins
Editorial
It’s happened again. A well-meaning law has been passed—this time in California—aimed at cracking down on illegal activity and improving consumer protection. As have so many legislative actions before, however, the new law has cast so wide a net, it has enormous ramifications for the art and antiques trade. It’s ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and website for ... (Read More)
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(Show)Positively Pensive
Monroe Antique Show and Sale, Monroe, Washington
The weather was good; the crowds obliged; the dealers were responsive; and the atmosphere felt just right for what might be the penultimate Monroe Antique Show and Sale, October 22 and 23, 2016. The murmurs of rumor became a more pronounced buzz, confirmed as ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Jewelry Shines at Grogan & Company
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
It caught our attention when Grogan & Company’s October 23, 2016, auction in Boston was roughly one-third jewelry—111 lots of its 339-lot sale. I called Lucy Grogan, Grogan’s jewelry specialist and gallery director, to discuss the sale. She began by saying that the offerings included “a little ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Boston International Fine Art Show
Boston, Massachusetts
For 20 years the Boston International Fine Art Show (BIFAS) has brightened the fall calendar in Boston. During the October 20-23, 2016, event, just shy of 40 dealers, many of whom have done the show since the beginning, set up beneath the domed glass ceiling of the Cyclorama building ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Horological, Jewelry, and Antiques Auction
R.O. Schmitt Fine Arts, Manchester, New Hampshire
R.O. Schmitt Fine Arts’ October 22 and 23, 2016, auction was the first under the complete ownership of Dan Horan. Former owner Bob Schmitt opened the sale—his last—before a fuller house than usual at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester, New Hampshire. After the sale ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Strong "Pre-Election Selection"
Farrin’s Country Auctions, Randolph, Maine
Rusty Farrin, a.k.a. Farrin’s Country Auctions, runs about 25 or 30 auctions per year from his Randolph, Maine, hall. Once or twice each year, he culls some of the best stuff for presentation in a single sale, usually in autumn. Often it’s billed as a pre-Thanksgiving ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)California Passes Broad Law Regulating Autographed Objects
“This law is nuts.”
That was the blunt assessment of one member of the trade when asked about changes in a California law that was originally written to protect buyers of sports memorabilia. Governor Jerry Brown signed the amended bill into law on September 9. Selling or consigning to auction in ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 42nd Fall Fox Valley Antiques Show
St. Charles, Illinois
The 42nd Fall Fox Valley Antiques Show, October 15 and 16, 2016, felt more like a family reunion than a show. We’ve previously written here that Chicago Suburban Antiques Dealers Association (CSADA) events, held twice a year in St. Charles, Illinois, seem to be a love fest for ... (Read More)
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