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(Auction)Homecoming for Top American Tools Sold Abroad
Said to be the earliest documented American plane maker, Francis Nicholson (1683/4-1753) worked as a joiner in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, before setting up shop in Wrentham in 1728. The first known mention of “toolmaker” in an American context occurs in 1752 in Francis Nicholson’s will. This molding plane bearing his stamp ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Auction
Patriarchs of the Grove, an oil on canvas by William Wendt (1865-1946), was on the back cover of the auction catalog and on a full page inside. The 40" x 50" picture was consigned by the family of the original owners, Mr. and Mrs. Alvah Strong of Rochester, New York. ... (Read More)
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()Trustee Teitelbaum and Judge Drain Arrange Fate of Esmerian Collection
On Friday, March 22, a meeting was held in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in White Plains, New York, before Judge Robert Drain. The reason for the meeting was to hear arguments, pro and con, concerning the liquidation trustee’s motion to award the auction of the Esmerian collection to Sotheby’s.
Ralph Esmerian ... (Read More)
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(Show)Sales Stronger Than Ever at Sixth AD20/21 Show—Finally
(From left) AD20/21 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award winner John P. Axelrod; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston curator Nonie Gadsden; and Boston Architectural College President Theodore C. Landsmark. For many years, Axelrod has had a close association with the MFA, Boston, acting as an overseer and donor. The Art of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Early Black Panther Banner Achieves Stunning Results
This 33" x 24" cloth banner sold to an institution via an agent for $43,200 (est. $2500/3500). It is a rare relic of the earliest days of the Black Panther political party and movement, founded in Lowndes County, Alabama, in 1966.
A manuscript search warrant for five runaway slaves sold for ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Appreciating an Important Contribution to Our Musical Heritage
If you sauntered down the quaint cobbled streets of London, England in the late 18th/early 19th centuries, you would have passed by a large number of musical instrument makers. Shops such as Jacob Erat & Sons, Dodd & Sons, Sebastian Schwartz, Schwieso & Grosjean, J.C. Schwieso, J.A. Stumpff, and the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Maine Antique Digest includes, as space permits, brief announcements of exhibitions planned by galleries, museums, or other venues. We need all press materials at least six weeks in advance of opening. We need to know the hours and dates of the exhibit, admission charges, and phone number and Web site ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Point-of-Sale Tablet
This laptop for writing sales slips at shows might be replaced soon by the tablet computer on the left.
Computer Column #292
John P. Reid, [email protected]
The world is periodically turned upside down by new technology, such as Gutenberg’s printing press and Watt’s steam engine. The automobile, airplane, radio, television, and computer radically ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Philadelphia Antiques Show Solves Some Tax Problems
Philadelphia, looking for ways to raise revenue, is collecting obscure back taxes plus interest from antiques dealers who participate in shows in that city.
First targeted were dealers who exhibit at the venerable Philadelphia Antiques Show, the fund-raiser for Penn Medicine, the healthcare part of the University of Pennsylvania, the largest ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)William Crolius Heart-Shaped Inkstand Gifted to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Photo courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The William Crolius incised and cobalt blue decorated heart-shaped inkstand on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City for the past 22 years has recently been made a promised and partial gift to the institution. Purchased by Pennsylvania collector ... (Read More)
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