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(Issue Story)Seduction and the Casting of Spells
“I just love that highboy! Look at the (portrait) bust. Oh, the lines! Oh, the legs! The curves. Original surface.” The very language of antiques collecting seems oddly like that of romance (OK, maybe not “original surface”). Marvelous objects entice, ensorcell, enchant, enrapture.
Hardened collectors can be reluctant romancers, yet they ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Bonhams Skinner
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Bonhams Skinner’s online Americana auction held February 19-29 presented bidders with an eclectic array of antiques, most with deep historical interest.
Glass was offered from the collection of scholar and collector Dorothy-Lee Jones Ward (1927-2022), founder of the Jones Gallery of Glass and Ceramics at Douglas Hill in ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)A Welcome Change
The recent announcement by Sotheby’s that the firm is overhauling its buyer’s premium and seller’s commission is welcome news (see page 28). For the first time in years, an auction house hasn’t tried to increase profits by digging even deeper into the pockets of buyers.
Beginning in May, Sotheby’s will charge ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Marine Sale at Eldred’s
Eldred’s, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photographs courtesy Eldred’s
Eldred’s brought several fine collections to market at its February 27 and 28 marine sale in East Dennis, Massachusetts. The two-day event kicked off with a backstaff quadrant once owned by Benno Brenninkmeyer (1940-2012), whose collection was sold in a marine auction at Eldred’s in ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Sheridan Loyd
Sheridan Loyd grew up in St. Joseph, Missouri, with parents who collected 18th- and 19th-century Chinese furniture and decorative arts. When she was a child, “they would drag me to auctions,” she recalled.
She has fond memories about that time and reminisced about one auctioneer who would keep a box of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana
Freeman’s | Hindman, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Freeman’s | Hindman
Two books by black authors brought the highest bids during the auction titled “American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana” held by Freeman’s | Hindman in Cincinnati, Ohio, February 27.
First edition of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)February Fine Estates Auctions
John McInnis Auctioneers, Amesbury, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy John McInnis Auctioneers
John McInnis Auctioneers sold nearly 1000 lots over three days, February 22, 24, and 25. The first two days were online only, comprising around 460 lots. The third day was a live sale, with Kevin Parker and Nichole Pirro sharing auctioneering duties. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Robbins Collection of Old Master Prints and Drawings
Tremont Auctions, Sudbury, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Tremont Auctions
Winfield Robbins (1841-1910) of Arlington, Massachusetts, scion of a local family of major benefactors of the town, was also an inveterate collector. A benefactor himself and with foresight, he traveled widely and collected important prints, fearing that the advent of photography would render them ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)A Beer Can Grail
When Dan Morean of Morean Auctions, Brimfield, Massachusetts, closed his online auction February 25, a Perone Beer cone-top quart can had sold for $58,710 (includes buyer’s premium) after 51 bids. According to Morean, that’s an auction record for a beer can. The Morean Auctions’ description called it “A Grail can ... (Read More)
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(Auction)February Sale Totals Nearly $1.1 Million
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maine
Photos courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ three-day winter sale at its gallery in Thomaston, Maine, February 23 to 25, held some good American historical art treasures, various other artworks ranging from the 16th to the 21st centuries, and a host of attractive ... (Read More)
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