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(Issue Story)December Sales: A Dizzying Array of Dazzling Jewelry
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Skinner, Inc., Sotheby’s, Christie’s, Rago Arts and Auction Center, Bonhams, and Doyle New York
It wasn’t easy to keep track of antique jewelry auction results in December. They happened in rapid succession throughout the holiday season. They happened while I was preparing to go on vacation! ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
These are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.
Mahogany: The Costs of Luxury in Early America by Jennifer L. Anderson (Harvard ... (Read More)
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(Auction)George Washington Slept Here...Really!
Quarter-plate daguerreotype of the historic Jenks Tavern in Spencer, Massachusetts, $7150.
A half-plate ambrotype of the same Jenks Tavern in a period gutta-percha frame, $6875.
Competition was stiff for Maine eider decoys. Above, the eider decoy in the original well-worn paint sold for $3850. Below, one with some small damage to ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Computer Column for Antiquers: Making Posters
Computer Column #290
by John P. Reid, [email protected]
A poster being designed in free Scribus page layout software.
Posters are useful to antiquers. A poster in a show booth can publicize a dealer’s Web site, Facebook account, or merchandise too large to bring to the show. A collector might make a poster with ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Page County Cupboard Brings $80,000
A one-piece walnut corner cupboard was the center of attention at the January 12 sale at Laughlin Auctions, Inc. in Edinburg, Virginia. Family history has it that the cupboard was built circa 1814 and was among the original furnishings of a home built by John R. Bruner.
Bruner had served as ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Weiser Collection and More at Pook & Pook
Fern Isabel Coppedge (1883-1951), oil on canvas, Autumn From Music Circus Hill, Lambertville, signed lower right, 25" x 30½", sold for $65,175 (est. $20,000/40,000).
Berks County, Pennsylvania, pine hanging corner cupboard, circa 1790, with a double-raised-panel door and scalloped two-tier drop, is inscribed on the inside of the door “From Eshelman ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Special Sale of Americana
Late 19th-century full-bodied cow weathervane in copper with verdigris surface, attributed to New York, 27½" high x 43½" long, bullet holes and surface damage, $24,675.
Paint-decorated poplar blanket chest with original pinwheels and flowers on a red ground, dated 1835, Centre County, Pennsylvania, 25½" high x 49" wide, repaired hinge rail, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Season’s Opener at Hap Moore
One of the top lots of the sale was this 10'5" x 7'1" Sarouk carpet with a russet field and blue border. It sold for $6210.
This primitive 18th-century sawbuck table with a single wide board top and breadboard ends sold for $3565.
This Ethan Allen running horse weathervane with a molded ... (Read More)
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(Auction)36th Anniversary Antiques and Collectibles Auction
This 1967 Amphicar, along with another (not shown), came from an estate in Valparaiso, Indiana. The family had originally bought eight. In the process of being restored, this vehicle sold for $31,165. The other brought $18,250. Kraft photo.
Thirty-five issues of Playboy magazine from a private collection excited buyers. This January ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Thrill of the Chase: Antiques of the Sporting Life
Karen DiSaia (right), manager of the show, is shown with Claudia Pfeiffer, the George L. Ohrstrom Jr. Curator, National Sporting Library and Museum, Middleburg, Virginia. The display behind them features the early 20th-century English sterling silver centerpiece on a marble base that was used on the cover of the show ... (Read More)
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