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(Auction)Portrait Tops Indiana Auction
Unsigned 18th-century oil on canvas portrait of a gentleman, unframed, 32" x 27", $23,100.Copper teakettle by Benjamin Harbeson, Philadelphia, $3410.Trade sign for "H. Yoder Harness Oil," painted wood, one-sided, $2420.Landscape by Susan Gertrude Schell (1891-1970), a member of the Philadelphia Ten, $1870.Davies Auctions, Lafayette, Indianaby Don JohnsonShortly before the start ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sanford Robinson Gifford: An Artist's Legacy and a Dealer's Admiration
Michael Altman is shown in front of Hook Mountain on the Hudson River, 1867, oil on canvas, 12 5/8" x 10¼", from a private collection.The newly discovered large painting, A Venetian Twilight (left), and two studies for the Venetian painting at Michael Altman's gallery. These are three of at least ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Seymour Chest and Gold Medal Soar at Skinner in October
$312,000. Photo courtesy Skinner.by David HewettA Federal dressing chest with mirror in the Hepplewhite form, attributed to John and Thomas Seymour, was the highest-priced lot at Skinner's October 28 Americana sale in Boston. The chest, a nearly identical mate to the chest depicted on the dust jacket of Robert Mussey's ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Former Art Dealer's Conviction Upheld
On November 9, the First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a U.S. District Court jury's conviction in March 2011 of Rocco P. DeSimone, 58, of Johnston, Rhode Island, for conning several investors out of more than $6 million in cash, tangible assets, and forgiven debt.DeSimone, a former art dealer, was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Blockbuster Auction Caps Maine Summer Antiques Week
Fused bars of gold and a gold chain from the Nuestra Señora de Atocha lost in 1622 that was recovered by treasure hunter Mel Fisher sold for $172,500. Sisco photo.The best-known paintings by William Bradford (1823-1892) are of the Arctic regions of Labrador and Greenland, often painted with dramatic lighting, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Model Autocar and Toy Chariot Pace Julia Auction
Very rare Ives hippodrome horse racing chariot toy from the 1880’s, one of only a few known extant, $69,000.
This scale model of an Autocar military transport vehicle from the World War I era sold for $57,500.
From the late 1800’s, this Ives horse-head three-wheeled velocipede had a young boy for a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Grand Reopening Sale
Helen M. Turner (1858-1958) of Louisiana was an important American Impressionist noted for sensitive interior scenes featuring women and children. Sold for $92,250, The Moth (27½" x 19½"), signed and dated 1918 by the artist, will be included in the catalogue raisonné being prepared by Kaycee Benton.
Among ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art at Sotheby’s
Two phone bidders and a bidder on line competed for Homesickness by Jared French (1905-1987). It is signed lower right and signed and titled on the reverse. The 9½" x 7¼" egg tempera on panel was painted in 1942 and sold on line for $92,500 (est. $15,000/20,000). Another magic realism ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings at Bonhams
Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009), Little Caldwell's Island, 1940, signed lower right. The 32" x 40" tempera on panel was estimated at $1,000,000/1,500,000 and sold for $722,500 to John Driscoll of Driscoll Babcock Galleries, New York City. The view is of Little Caldwell’s Island from Caldwell’s Island (Knox County, Maine) at low ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art at Christie’s
Arthur Dove (1880-1946), Car. The signed 13¼" x 22" oil on canvas was painted in 1931. It sold on the phone for $686,500 (est. $200,000/300,000). It was consigned by Laughlin and Jennifer Phillips and was a gift to them from Duncan Phillips, founder of The Phillips Collection in Washington, ... (Read More)
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