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(Fragment)The Philadelphia Show Will Return
Yes, there will be a 2016 Philadelphia Antiques Show. Penn Medicine agreed on May 30 to move forward with a 2016 Philadelphia Antiques Show managed by Diana Bittel and Karen and Ralph DiSaia. The 2016 Philadelphia Antiques Show will open with a preview party on Thursday evening, April 14, 2016, ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Prepare to Work
Auction Law & Ethics
“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason so few engage in it.” ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)A $100,000 Eagle Finial
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading directly to the recovery of a Napoleonic finial stolen during the famous theft in 1990.
On March 18, 1990, a pair of thieves, dressed as Boston police officers, entered the museum and stole 13 works of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dolphin Promotions to Produce New Hillsborough Antiques + Art + Design Show
Dolphin Promotions has been selected to be the new producers of the Hillsborough Antiques + Art + Design Show to be held three times per year at the San Mateo Event Center, San Mateo, California. Formerly known as the Hillsborough Antiques Show, the event will benefit United Veterans Services (UVS). ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Two-Day Auction of World War I Posters
Guernsey’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Guernsey’s
Guernsey’s of New York City presented an auction of patriotic posters over two days, June 30 and July 1, with 705 posters offered on the first day and 605 posters offered on the second. This was an unreserved auction with many lots opening for bidding ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Richard Mellon Scaife Sale
Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie’s
When the late billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife’s Nantucket house sold in December 2014 for $27.1 million, it set a real-estate record for the island. Selections of the furnishings of the five-bedroom, 6000-square-foot house on 1.5 acres were offered at Christie’s in New York City in ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received, July 2015
These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or a mail-order house is the place to look.
100 British Chairs, edited by Adam Bowett (Antique Collectors’ Club, 2015, 144 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bunch Sells Raccoon Creek Inventory
Rufino Tamayo (Mexican, 1899-1991), oil on canvas, Abstract Portrait, signed and dated “’71” lower left and signed on the back, 18¾" x 22½", sold on LiveAuctioneers for $35,090 (est. $20,000/40,000)—that is $29,000 hammer plus 21% premium. According to the consignor, he had purchased it from an estate sale in St. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Cape Cod Antique Dealers Association Awards Scholarship
The annual scholarship of the Cape Cod Antique Dealers Association (CCADA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the public’s knowledge and appreciation of antiques, has been awarded to Kimberly Thompson.
The CCADA provides funds to the Cape Cod Community College Educational Foundation each year to provide a scholarship to one or ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)A Negative Archive Deal
The business plan was straightforward: Digitize hundreds of thousands of vintage news and celebrity negatives and slides, try to sell licensing rights, and set up a site on eBay to sell 450-500 prints a week.
Such sales were predicted to generate between $10,000 and $15,000 per week, a pace John M. ... (Read More)
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