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(Fragment)A $665,000 Imperial Snuffbox at the Center of a Lawsuit
Two Maine residents with lineage to a famed Bulgarian diplomat are among the plaintiffs suing Christie’s over the sale of a jeweled and enameled two-color gold snuffbox. The 3¼" wide snuffbox, marked by Karl Hahn, was sold on May 20, 2015, in New York City for $665,000 (includes buyer’s premium), ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Shrubsole Researches Tea Table Used by George Washington
When Tim Martin, president of S. J. Shrubsole, walked into Doyle New York in early October 2015 to preview some silver, he had no idea he’d be the next owner of a tea table used by General George Washington at his headquarters in Newburgh, New York, during 1782 and 1783.
One ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Annual Tolland Show Celebrates Golden Anniversary and Changes Month
The annual antiques show in Tolland, Connecticut, a benefit for the Tolland Historical Society, is moving from February—the month it has been held in for the last 24 years—to April. According to Kathy Bach of the historical society, “This is our fiftieth golden anniversary show, so it’s going to be ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bay Psalm Book with Salem Witch Trial Provenance Tops $1 Million Sale
Swann Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Galleries
A seventh edition of the Bay Psalm Book, published in Boston in 1693, was the top lot at Swann’s printed and manuscript Americana sale on February 4 in the auction house’s New York City gallery. Estimated at $30,000/40,000, The Psalms Hymns and Spiritual ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)California Dealer Sentenced for Illegal Sale of Black Rhinoceros Horns
Art dealer Lumsden W. Quan, 47, of San Francisco, California, was sentenced on December 16, 2015, in federal court in Las Vegas, Nevada, to one year and two days in prison for conspiracy to violate the Lacey and Endangered Species Acts and to a violation of the Lacey Act for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Heade Heads Julia Auction
James D. Julia, Fairfield, Maine
Photos courtesy James D. Julia
An important American Revolutionary War powder horn and a Martin Johnson Heade genre painting combined for over a quarter of a million dollars to lead James D. Julia’s February 3-5 auction in Fairfield, Maine.
This powder horn, owned by Oliver Buttrick, can be ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Collector Sues over Native American Art Purchases
On December 7, 2015, Dr. Reuben Setliff of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, filed suit against Larry Belitz in county court in Fall River County, South Dakota. The case stems from Setliff’s purchase of more than $600,000 worth of Native American artifacts and antiquities from Belitz.
According to the suit, Setliff, a ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)David Weiss Antiques, Mill River, Massachusetts
In the Trade
Part-time dealers have always been a significant force in the antiques trade. Individually, they may not sell a lot, but, as a group, they account for a substantial share of the market. At your average antiques show or local weekly auction, it’s a safe bet that a lot ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Map Believed Stolen from the Boston Public Library Found in New York City and Returned
On December 4, 2015, the Boston Public Library (BPL) announced that a map believed to have been stolen from the library more than a decade ago has been located and returned.
The map, Carte Geographique de Nouvelle France, compiled in 1612 by explorer Samuel de Champlain, was found for sale with ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Advances in Wood Identification and Thereby Attributions
Philip Zimmerman’s recent workshop “Strategies for Recognizing American vs. English Furniture,” under the auspices of the Appraisers Association of America, afforded this wooden objects and furniture conservator an opportunity to comment on an icon of American decorative arts: the 17th-century Elder Brewster chair, owned by Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth, ... (Read More)
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