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(Fragment)Virginia Pie Safe Brings $102,500
Photos courtesy Burt Long.
There are two punched tins featuring a profile of Andrew Jackson, flanked by two swords.
Four of the tins in the door read “Hero! of Orleans.”
A pie safe in blue paint with 12 tins, featuring the profile of Andrew Jackson, the owner’s name, “Hero! of Orleans,” and more, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Crocker Farm’s Tenth Anniversary Sale
This five-gallon 15½" tall stoneware churn decorated with a rare slip decoration of four marching Civil War soldiers sold for $402,500 (est. $25,000/35,000). The buyer was New York City folk art collector Jerry Lauren bidding by phone. The underbidder was collector Adam Weitsman, also bidding by phone. Probably from Fort ... (Read More)
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(Show)M.A.D. and Goosefare: Running for 40 Years
Show Meisters John and Elizabeth DeSimone of Wells, Maine, offered a large inlaid table with a spectacular flame-grained mahogany surface, surrounded by bird’s-eye maple inlays, for $1600. The five caned chairs weren’t an exact match for the table, but they were pretty close, and they were $385.
A fine country Chippendale ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Case Antiques July Auction: Two Major Sales a Year Proves a Winning Formula
Many people grew up with the distinctive views of New England life painted by Charles Wysocki (1928-2002), who began his career as a commercial artist working in the advertising field. Among the lots drawn from the 20th-century art collection of Stephen and Lisa Steiner Small of Nashville was this Wysocki ... (Read More)
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(Auction)National Association of Aladdin Lamp Collectors 42nd Annual Gathering
Bringing $300 at the auction was this Aladdinite paper shade, #681, for the Model 12 floor lamp. NAALC photo.
Never put into production, this Aladdin prototype lamp with a metal base and a font in green glass sold at the auction for $1700. Leigh Spargur photo.
The high-selling lot in the auction ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Woelbings’ Toy Stoves Heat Up Toy Sale
This Märklin three-piece tin windup train set with O-gauge engine, tender, and a Speisewagen dining car sold on the phone for $6000 (est. $400/600), underbid in the salesroom.
A set of 12 carved and painted wooden soldiers, probably from a skittles set, each 6½" high, sold on the phone for $2880 ... (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 Web site ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Allison Kohler of JMK Shows Will Work with Rhinebeck Antiques Fair
Allison Kohler, president of JMK Shows, will begin working with the Rhinebeck Antiques Fair as an associate in promoting the 38-year-old show.
According to Kohler, she recently met with the producers of the Rhinebeck Antiques Fair and discussed the challenges of sustaining shows and creating new promotion techniques.
“The Rhinebeck Antiques Fairs ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)U.S. Antique Shows Hires New Sales Manager
U.S. Antique Shows has hired Debbie Puccio as sales manager. Puccio will be located at the company’s headquarters in Naples, Florida, and brings more than 15 years of experience in sales and business development to her position. As sales manager, Puccio will be responsible for leading efforts in securing dealers ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Penny Wise, Pound Foolish
Editorial
Buy the best you can afford. That’s long been a maxim in the world of art and antiques, and for someone who Forbes estimates is worth $3.2 billion, it should be an easy principle to follow.
Not so for California real estate developer Igor Olenicoff. Olenicoff and his company, Olen Properties ... (Read More)
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