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(Auction)$330,000 Wilson Merganser Tops Auction
Star of the day, and a record breaker, was this red-breasted merganser drake by South Portland, Maine, maker Gus Wilson, which had been seen at previous auctions. This time out it sold for $330,000 to Colin McNair’s phone bidder who also bought the Wheeler preening canvasback. Copley photo.
An active phone ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The New York Antique Jewelry and Watch Show
New York City
Attending the New York Antique Jewelry and Watch Show, held at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City on July 25-28, and viewing the myriad offerings was quite an experience—a colorful, shiny, dazzling one. I can hear the R.E.M. song now, as I think back on all the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2014 Newport Antiques Show
This 100- to 120-year-old horizontal wool rug from the north of China was on display by Karen and Ralph DiSaia of Oriental Rugs Ltd., Old Lyme, Connecticut. It measures 3'9" x 5'10" and was priced at $2800. A security guard at the show walked by the booth and asked the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Non-Paying Bidders Sued
On June 11 and 12, Peter Chang and Cheng Gang Cao, both of Los Angeles, California, were the winning bidders on 33 lots totaling $1,633,515.50 (includes buyers’ premiums) at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, according to the Chicago-based auction house. The pair has paid only $162,500 and refused to pay any more, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Garth’s Branches Out
Three-piece silver tea set, monogrammed and with applied birds and trees, Chinese, early 20th century, “T & C” hallmark, dents, $3240.
Steuben glass vase with an etched abstract and geometric decoration over “F. Leger,” signed, New York, circa 1939, 11½" high, the original presentation and shipping boxes with Steuben labels, minor ... (Read More)
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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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