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(Issue Story)Jewelry Winners
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
March and April were busy months for auction houses hosting jewelry sales with eclectic, vintage, antique, and contemporary offerings. There is no shortage of material, but the rare, the exquisitely made, the fine collections, and signed pieces still bring the best results.
Before the Skinner sale, much of ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Oops, We Did It Again
The Young Collector
We are back from the fourth annual “I am never doing that again!” That might be more familiar to the rest of you by its formal name, the Midwest Antiques Forum. Also, to be fair, the “never doing that again” part tends to refer exclusively to accommodating small ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Ships' Portraits and Sheet Music
Ships’ portraits have been painted, lithographed, and photographed in great numbers. Happily, there is another category to note: Sheet music featuring ships’ portraits.
They had peculiar qualities. They required the sometime cooperation of a group: a composer, a lyricist, an artist, a lithographer, and often a publisher. All covers were the ... (Read More)
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(The Art of Marketing)Marketing on eBay
The Art of Marketing
Let’s change gears from writing a book to another topic, selling through eBay. In reading Maine Antique Digest over the years, I believe this is one of the most widely written about topics in the “Letters to the Editor” section. I will relate many of the tips ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Happy Days Are Here Again: The America's Cup
News of the America’s Cup, its defenses, and its triumphs was once important news. In the late 19th century (and well into the 20th), we were the possessor and protector of the cup. But we lost that honor in recent years. Happily in 2013, Oracle Team USA defeated Emirates Team ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Living with Imperfection
Opinion
The Japanese call it wabi-sabi, which freely translated means “living with imperfection and transience.” It’s something lovers of antiques are accustomed to. If we demanded that objects be perfect, most antiques wouldn’t stand a chance. But in my perfect world, imperfection reigns supreme.
Many antiques are best left in their original ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Susan Wechsler, South Road Antiques, Stanfordville, New York
Susan Wechsler.
Wechsler is in the process of turning her Stanfordville barn into a modern display space.
An interior view of the barn.
Three painted metal animal cutouts. The fish, $875, is 33" wide; the swan, $700, and the hen, $425, are both about 20" wide.
A nice 42" wide window louver in old ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Rare 1860 Photo Album of China Sells for $451,000
A photo album of China during the Second Opium War in 1860, with some of the earliest photos of that country, sold for $451,000 (includes buyer’s premium) at Cordier Auctions in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on May 17 and 18. The buyer was Stephan Loewentheil of the 19th Century Rare Book and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Gothic Revival Masterpiece Tops the Sale
On Sunday, longtime NOAG auctioneer Tessa Steinkamp was on the podium to auction the paintings of George Rodrigue (1944-2013) of New Orleans. Top dogs were the red and blue pair at center left, a 1996 painting, I’ve Learned to Be on Both Sides of Any Position, which brought $46,740. The ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)First Appearance of Wolverine Brings $657,250
Wolverine brought $657,250. Photo courtesy Heritage Auctions.
The original artwork featuring the first-ever appearance of Wolverine, by artists Herb Trimpe and Jack Abel, on the final page of The Incredible Hulk #180 (1974), tied a record for any page of American comic art and set a world record price for any ... (Read More)
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