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(Auction)Personal Collection of Helen Frankenthaler Sold
The top lot of the sale was this outstanding Cartier 18k yellow gold and diamond ring. It is faintly signed “Cartier,” and according to notes from the catalog, the diamond weight is approximately 2.65 carats. The ring opened with a left bid of $14,000 and sold quickly to a couple ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)A Blind Spot
Editorial
We were a more than a little surprised at the anger generated by Rago Arts’ proposed sale of art, crafts, and photographs collected from Japanese internment camps after World War II. The Lambertville, New Jersey, auction house faced a firestorm of national criticism for offering the lots and was ultimately ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Prepare to Bargain
Auction Law & Ethics
The first day in contracts class our professor introduced the course like this: “The subject is contracts. Contracts are important. A contract is an agreement between two or more parties that creates, changes, or ends a legal relationship.
“We’re going to study contracts and issues related to them. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Committee Approves Changing California Secondhand Dealers Laws
On April 28 California Assembly Bill 1182, a proposed change to regulations for secondhand dealers, was approved by the Assembly Business & Professions Committee in a 14-0 vote. It removes unnecessary regulatory burdens on secondhand dealers that were created by an existing law. The measure was sponsored by the California ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Atlantic City Antiques Show Announces New Permanent Home
The Atlantic City Antiques Show is permanently moving to the new Waterfront Conference Center at Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Allison Kohler, president of JMK Shows, announced on April 7.
“This has been a long and challenging journey to arrive here,” said Kohler in a statement. “The past couple ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Harvard Art Museums
An aerial view of the Harvard Art Museums demonstrates the relationship between the new museums and its neighbor the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. The ramp from the Carpenter Center has been extended to meet the Prescott Street entrance of the Harvard Art Museums. Photo by Peter Vanderwarker.
The Harvard ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)A Change to California's Resellers Law Approved by State Assembly
On June 1 the California State Assembly unanimously approved AB 1182, a measure to remove some regulatory burdens on secondhand dealers created by existing law. The bill was sponsored by the California Association of Resellers, ReUsers and Buyers (CARRB). The vote was 79-0; there was no opposition.
CARRB chair Allen Michaan ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bonhams Native American Art
This Haida gold bracelet made by Bill Reid (1920-1998) sold for $62,500 (est. $50,000/80,000) to a private collector, an overseas phone bidder who was not from Canada, Haas emphasized.
San Francisco, California
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Bonhams’ June 1 Native American art auction in San Francisco totaled close to $1.2 million (including buyers’ premiums).
Bonhams’ ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Purple Flask Has Collectors Green with Envy
Photo courtesy American Glass Gallery.
In every category of collecting something will come along that will cause others to ooh and ahh and say, “Wow, that’s a beauty.”
At the May absentee bottle auction held by the American Glass Gallery (AGG) was a J R & Son scroll flask made by ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Thomaston Place Springs Forth with a Man from Greece, Flowers from China, and an Indian Maiden
Two Chinese cloisonné jardinieres, holding contemporary jade plants and standing on form-fitting carved hardwood stands, $33,350. Thomaston Place photos.
Bronze Age Cycladic alabaster male figure, $20,125.
This original Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) etching and drypoint of the Mennonite minister Cornelis Claesz.Anslo (1592-1646) was signed within the image and dated 1641. Anslo was ... (Read More)
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