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(Feature)Arader Galleries Holds Auction to Raise Money for Universities
John James Audubon’s Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, 1848, three volumes, Imperial folio (27" x 21½") with 150 hand-colored lithographs, $793,000.
“People love auctions,” said W. Graham Arader before he mailed out a catalog for his December 5, 2012, auction conducted by Guernsey’s at his 1016 Madison Avenue flagship gallery in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Native American Art
A Navajo Classic child’s blanket sold to a dealer from the Southwest for $60,000 (est. $20,000/40,000). This blanket was originally offered at the Ball collection sale in May 2012, at Bonhams in New York City, with an estimate of $50,000/70,000.
Bonhams, San Francisco
Photos courtesy Bonhams
Bonhams’ Native American art expert Jim Haas ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Jewelry Auctions in Chicago and California
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Chicago, Illinois, held a jewelry sale on December 2, 2012. John Moran Auctioneers held its inaugural HQ Jewelry and Luxury Goods auction on December 6, 2012, in Altadena, California. Let’s see what the jewelry experts in the Windy City and sunny southern California ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings Sale
George William Sotter (1879-1953), The Neighbors, signed bottom right, and with “George W. Sotter Studios” on the stretcher label, 26" x 32", oil on canvas. It sold for $62,500. It was painted on burlap, the texture of which is visible throughout the painting, under the paint.
Asher Brown Durand (1796-1886), Landscape, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Fairfield County Show Survives Second Year
Stephen White of White & White Antiques and Interiors, Skaneateles, New York, took a lot of ribbing, both from other exhibitors and a reporter, about the late Empire slant-lid desk he showed. White admitted, “This has to be the latest period slant-lid desk I’ve ever seen.” In an interesting aside, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Turn, Turn, Turn: Holtzapffel Rose Engine Lathe Brings Record $228,000
Made in London in 1838, the Holtzapffel & Company rose engine lathe number 1636 and its mahogany bench with drawers containing numbered split rosettes, steel and ivory rubbers, tool rests, brass chucks, and hand tools came with two additional bench-top dovetailed mahogany boxes holding 24 sets of brass split rosettes. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Treasures from a Tavern
Superb cobalt-decorated J. & E. Norton water cooler, with blue rings and a central panoramic scene, $23,575.
This unsigned and unframed oil on canvas portrait, 20" x 30", of a man and his horse is solidly attributed to Maine animal and landscape artist Scott Leighton (1849-1898) because of its style and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Holiday Sale 2012
Cowan Jazz bowl in melon green glaze, signed by designer Viktor Schreckengost, 8¼" high x 13 5/8" diameter (the smaller of the two sizes made), some restoration to cracks, $25,300.
Rookwood Iris glaze plaque by Sturgis Laurence, 1903, four-masted ship off the coast of Maine, catalogued as having the back incised ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
Characters inhabiting this month's "Letter" include an 18th-century Selenophile, Nelson, John the Baptist, Harlequin, and James Bond. Comic birds and a pricey pair of old silk trousers also get a look in.The Meissen "Indiscreet Harlequin" group sold for $67,470 to a European dealer at Christie's on July 5."Harlequin and the ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Antique Jewelry and Gemology Auctions
by Mary Ann HenselFive jewelry auctions held in August, September, and October, from New York to New Hampshire to California—literally sea to shining sea—represent several levels of the antique jewelry and gemology market. John Moran Auctioneers held its fine jewelry auction on August 28 in Pasadena, California. The press release ... (Read More)
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