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(Young Collectors)More Questions Than Answers
The Young Collector
Recently on Facebook, home of nuanced discussions, there has been a great deal of discussion about the sale of the Allen H. Eaton (1878-1962) collection at Rago Auctions in Lambertville, New Jersey. For those of you who avoid Facebook and prefer to use your Internet for looking at ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Early 20th-Century Decorative Arts and Some Mid-century Modern
This is a 6" square Marblehead tile, decorated with trees reflected in a pond by Arthur Baggs (1886-1947), circa 1908, stamped with a ship mark and “MP,” and with original paper labels including a handwritten one that reads “Marblehead Pottery Bo’t from Tiffany & Co Aug, ‘08 $5.” It sold ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Ridgewood Art & Antiques Show
Turi’s inaugural show in New Jersey took place on two floors of the Woman’s Club of Ridgewood.
Debbie Turi’s booth greeted showgoers in the front lobby of the Woman’s Club of Ridgewood. As the manager of the show, she wore two hats, so she hired a helper to assist in her ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionist Paintings
Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945), “However at last I taught him to call me by my name very familiarly,” oil on canvas, 24 3/8" x 26¼", signed with monogram bottom left, $353,000 (est. $80,000/120,000) to a bidder on the phone. An illustration for Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, published in 1920 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rookwood XXV Auction
Rookwood Black Iris scenic vase, Kitaro Shirayamadani, 1907, decorated with five barn swallows flying through trailing boughs of English ivy on a black ground, 14¾" high, a few tiny lines of crazing, $49,450.
Rookwood mouse paperweight, Kitaro Shirayamadani design, cast in 1936, later Goldstone glaze, 3 1/8" high, excellent condition, $2645. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Fred Oster Joins Freeman's to Launch Auctions of Musical Instruments
Frederick Oster owns Vintage Instruments in Philadelphia, America’s largest and most eclectic shop specializing in old and antique acoustic (not electric) musical instruments. He has appraised musical instruments on the Antiques Roadshow for the last 15 years.
“For years, Alasdair Nichol, Freeman’s vice president in charge of paintings, another regular on ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Ceramics in America 2014
A Book Review
Ceramics in America 2014 Edited by Robert Hunter The Chipstone Foundation, distributed by University Press of New England, 2014, 266 pages, hardbound, $65 plus S/H from University Press of New England, (800) 421-1561 or (www.upne.com).
Ceramics in America 2014 reads like a tenth anniversary celebration, but this journal, a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Wild, Wonderful West Celebrated at Lebel's June Events
This circa 1910 Cherokee bandolier bag, 8½" square, having a beaded strap with flowers, leaves, symbols, targets with arrows, and vines in colors of purple, red, blue, and white, went for $9075 (est. $2500/3000).
Consisting of a bit, headstall, breast collar, reins, martingale, cinch, skirt, lariat, and saddle by Loomis Saddlery ... (Read More)
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(Show)Heartland Antique Show
This cherry sugar chest with an inlaid eagle, Kentucky or Tennessee, circa 1810, was $14,500, and the 19th-century carved and gilded eagle, in the manner of John Bellamy or Samuel McIntire, was $6800 from Sharon and Claude Baker of Hamilton, Ohio.
Ohio one-door cupboard in original red and mustard paint, circa ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Skinner, Inc. Opens Office in New York City
Boston-based Skinner, Inc. is opening a regional office in New York City that will provide “convenient access to the full range of Skinner consignment and appraisal services, as well as the auction house’s esteemed staff of experts,” a press release states.
Karen Keane, CEO of Skinner, Inc., said, “Establishing a base of operations ... (Read More)
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