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(Fragment)David Jackson Joins Garth’s
Firearms and English furniture and decorative arts specialist David Jackson has joined Garth’s Auctioneers & Appraisers, Delaware, Ohio.
A native of Lancashire, England, Jackson holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in fine arts valuation from Southampton Solent University in Southampton, England. He successfully attained his degree while continuing a 25-year career ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Steve and Lorraine German, Mad River Antiques, North Granby, Connecticut
Steve and Lorraine German.
Two baskets. The smaller one has very straight sides and a high kick-up in the bottom. Underneath there is a faint pencil inscription: “Percy Butterfield/ Dec. 25, 1886.” Lorraine said that there’s a record of a Percy Butterfield born near Lewiston, Maine, on Christmas day 1885. She ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Retired Antiques Dealer Publishes Mystery
Mary Kane of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, retired from Mary’s Memories, and her friend Evelyn Saunders have published an e-book, Colorblind in Philadelphia.
The plot revolves around the theft of a rare alexandrite ring from a booth in an antiques show held in a posh center city hotel. Alexandrite exhibits a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Clars Auction Gallery Expands to the Pacific Northwest
Clars Auction Gallery, Oakland, California, has announced its expansion to the Pacific Northwest. Its new operation is centrally located in Vancouver, Washington, just north of Portland, Oregon. Clars brings to this market a world-class fine art and antiques auction house that will serve the needs of those looking to sell ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Canadian Men Facing Charges for Stolen Artifacts
In July 2012, an officer with the Halifax (Nova Scotia) Regional Municipality conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in Fall River, Nova Scotia. During that stop, the officer seized a document that was later identified as an original letter written by Major General James Wolfe in 1758. The initial ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Man Sues after Discovering Painting Has Hermann Goering Provenance
The question of provenance is at the center of a legal battle in California. Collector Steven Brooks of San Francisco paid £57,600 (approximately $106,796) for a painting by French painter Louis-Michel van Loo (1707-1771) at Sotheby’s old master paintings sale in London on July 8, 2004. Cataloged as Allegorical Portrait ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)A Cloudless Sky…Not
Auction Law & Ethics
In recent years, the public has clamored for increased accountability from our industries, institutions, and arms of government. Progress has been made, but much remains to be done. Last month, I wrote about the lack of transparency that plagues auctions. There’s nothing clear about the auction process—not ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Foot for Penn’s Desk Found
William Penn’s desk is in the Logan Room at the Library Company of Philadelphia. Photo courtesy The Library Company of Philadelphia.
British furniture historian Adam Bowett shows that the old foot fits into William Penn’s secretary desk. Photo courtesy The Library Company of Philadelphia.
The small replacement foot and the original, larger ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London
Letter from London
by Ian McKay, [email protected]
One of the attractions that John Woodman Higgins promised visitors to his museum when it opened in 1931 was a wing dominated by “100 Steel Knights.” A dozen or so of those steel knights were in the London sale and three of them sold up ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Leslie Hindman Named a Legendary Landmark
From left: Honorees Leslie Hindman, John McCarter, and Joan Ahrens (representing Target Corporation). Diane Alexander White Photography photo.
After decades of selling venerable objects, the shoe is now on the other foot for Chicago auctioneer Leslie Hindman. This is the year that Hindman became—at least officially—venerable.
Named a 2013 Legendary Landmark by ... (Read More)
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