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(Issue Story)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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(Issue Story)Nancy Douglass, Willow Spring Perennial Antiques, Clifton Park, New York
Nancy Douglass has a particular fondness for ceramics and carries substantial amounts of majolica, Roseville, Wedgwood, mochaware, and Staffordshire. The two majolica plates on the top shelf are George Jones and sell in the $800 to $1500 range.
Here is an overall view of Douglass’s booth at the Stone Soup Antiques ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, [email protected]
Russian pictures and works of art provide the main story in this month’s selection, but a Raphael drawing is the big money lot—by miles. This month’s letter also wonders at the adventurous life and loves of Lady Jane Digby; admires a games board that even on the ... (Read More)
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(The Art of Marketing)Competition and Conversation
The Art of Marketing
I have received many questions since my first article, so starting this month I’ve selected a question to answer that has broad relevance across the M.A.D. readership (no names will be used). No business question can be answered simplistically as there are always many factors to consider, ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Yorkshire Potteries
A Book Review
The Yorkshire Potteries
by John D. Griffin
The Leeds Art Fund, 2012, 440 pages, hardbound
Much of the ceramics used in early America came from Staffordshire and other regions of Great Britain. Much has been written and published about the potteries and products of Staffordshire from the 17th through 20th centuries. ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Young Collector: Gray Matter
The Young Collector
We’ve become a sound bite society. Actually, that’s kind of a sound bite itself. The term dates to the 1980’s during the Reagan era, when the nightly news was undergoing a dramatic makeover. Maybe it was residual news fatigue from the constant crisis state of the early 1970’s ... (Read More)
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(Show)Cabin Fever Show a One-Day-Only Hit
There were lots of old friends among those who were first to enter the show.
Stone Block Antiques, Vergennes, Vermont, is the shop of Vermont ADA president Greg Hamilton. His 19½" x 23½" (sight size) oil on canvas landscape is signed by Walter Farndon (1876-1964) and tagged $9500.
Colt Barn Antiques, Townshend, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Heart of Country in Nashville: Stars Align on Valentine’s
After the preview party crowd poured in through the doors, Susan Kramer Hunkins took a moment to smile with relief by the big azalea heart at the entrance. The 32nd edition of Heart of Country Antiques Show was open for business.
Glen C. Rollins of Cat’s Cradle traveled to Nashville from ... (Read More)
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(Show)Tailgate-Music Valley Antiques Show: Traditional and Vintage Broaden the Appeal
Two Rivers Mansion is on the McGavock Pike, located between Nashville and Hendersonville. David McGavock began building the mansion for his bride in 1859. It was completed after the Civil War. It remained in the family until the last heir died in 1965, and it became a public property. For ... (Read More)
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(Auction)African-American Art: Landscapes, Cityscapes, Dreamscapes
Up Balls by William T. Williams (b. 1942) went to an institution for $120,000 (est. $75,000/100,000). The 1971 acrylic on canvas, at 84" x 60" one of the biggest pieces in the sale, had been deaccessioned by the AT&T corporate art collection in New York City. It came to this ... (Read More)
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