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(Fragment)Two Americana Week Shows Tweak Names
Two shows that are part of Americana Week in New York City have slightly changed their names.
Liz Lees and Meg Wendy have announced that they have changed the name of the New York Ceramics Fair to the New York Ceramics and Glass Fair.
“With glass being recognized as an established art ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Furniture Restorers Charged with Scams in the West
Parker County Sheriff’s Sgt. Randy Branum inventories one of three storage units filled with stolen antique furniture.
Over the last several months, police in communities in Texas and Colorado reported several incidents of fraud and theft by furniture restorers and refinishers.
Parker County, Texas, sheriff’s office investigators received at least 11 complaints ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Low Society
Editorial
It’s no secret that collecting habits have changed, but rarely has there been such stark black-and-white evidence. A recent letter sent to members of the Antiquarian Society of California details the shift.
The Antiquarian Society of California is no fly-by-night organization. It was formed in 1953 when Gregor Norman-Wilcox, curator of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Northeast Auctions Drops New Hampshire Antiques Week Sale in Manchester
Hints of coming changes occurred even as Ronald Bourgeault was holding his big Americana sale at the Center of New Hampshire Radisson Hotel in Manchester, New Hampshire, on August 2 and 3 of this year. (See M.A.D., October, p. 30-E.) A friendly runner tipped us to the news during inspection ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)B Is for Buttersworth, F Is for Forgery: Solve a Maritime Art Mystery
From the Mariners’ Museum Web site: “The Mariners’ Museum is taking a stand against crime with its latest exhibition…. Hidden in plain sight among 35 paintings by 19th-century maritime artist James Edward Buttersworth is a modern forgery. Museum visitors will become detectives as they examine the paintings for style and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Peter Kenny Leaves the Met
Peter Kenny, a longtime curator and administrator of the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, will join Classical American Homes Preservation Trust (CAHPT) as co-president with Margize Howell, the foundation’s current executive director. Richard H. Jenrette, founder and chairman of CAHPT, announced that the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Eight Valkyrie Sisters
What did he know and when did he know it?
Was he aware that the New York Yacht Club had received a challenge for the America’s Cup dated March 19, 1889, from the Royal Yacht Squadron on behalf of Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl of Dunraven Castle, ... (Read More)
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(Show)The American Art Fair 2014
Louis Salerno of Questroyal Fine Art, New York City, asked $975,000 for A Side Canyon, Grand Canyon, Arizona by Thomas Moran (1837-1926). The 14" x 20" oil on board was dated 1905; on the back is inscribed “A Side Canyon/ Grand Canyon, Arizona /T. Moran for G. Moulton.”
Proserpine by Hiram ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chinese Wall Plaque Sells for $57,600
The Chinese painted porcelain wall plaque, from the collection of Alma Cleveland Porter, brought $57,600.
This Ammi Phillips (1788-1865) oil on canvas portrait (32" x 27") of Elizabeth Hardenbergh DeWitt went to a collector for $33,600. Northeast Auctions photo.
The pair of Dutch Delft chargers, 1690-1700, depicted Queen Mary II and William, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Nautical Antiques Sold in Boston
This lighthouse beacon was described in the catalog as “monumental.” It had a huge 500 mm Fresnel lens of cut crystal set into a bronze frame. It had been converted to AC current with a light fixture but also was supplied with an AGA gas burner. Measuring 52" tall and ... (Read More)
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