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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: Opinion Peace, Part Two
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondIn the December 2011 issue, back before the blur that was the holidays, we tackled that touchy subject about what to do if you see something misidentified or miscataloged when at an auction or a show. We hear from people regularly who have found themselves ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2011 Delaware Antiques Show
The Pennsylvania chest made for Catherine Wereley (b. 1762), Northampton and Lehigh Counties, was $85,000 from Raccoon Creek Antiques, Oley, Pennsylvania. It is similar to the chest made for her sister, which is now in the Winterthur Museum's collection. Their father was one of the founders of Lehigh County. The ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques at Music Valley in Nashville: Moving Day Is Around the Corner
Karen and Charley Buckingham of Burleson, Texas, were pleased to sell the weathered but true Windsor chair to young collectors on Friday morning. The display was anchored by a canopy bed with turned posts for $1250. The 18th-century Massachusetts hanging cupboard in the corner with red finish was $2400.Canadian Grenfell ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Note to 19th-Century Primitive Artists: It's Not What You Know, but Who Knows You
The girl in this 26" x 22" oil on wood panel by Zedekiah Belknap, painted in 1823, was identified on the reverse as Alvina (or Elvina) Smith, born August 1819. It sold for $34,500.Bidding was lively on this small New Hampshire pine cupboard in well-worn red paint with a wide ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings at Freeman's
Two phone bidders competed for this watercolor on paper by James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), Blue and Opal—The Photographer, 4 15/16" x 8½", painted in Dieppe, France circa 1885. It was from the estate of Gerald M. Bordman of Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, who bought it in 1959 from Hirschl & ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The American Art Fair 2011
The American Art Fair filled three floors of the Bohemian National Hall November 27-December 1, 2011. Alexander Acevedo's Alexander Gallery and Thomas Colville shared the balcony space on the fifth floor. "Nobody wanted to be up here. We wanted to charge more for these larger spaces, so since we own ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Cataloging Software
NM Collector JE is a simple, inexpensive, versatile collection cataloging program that will run on a Windows, Linux, or Macintosh computer.Computer Column #278by John P. Reid, e-mail It has been three years since this column surveyed cataloging software for antiques dealers and collectors. We will update the survey. One specialized ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Variety Marks Farmer's Fall Sale
This cast-iron toy bus from the Arcade Manufacturing Company, Freeport, Illinois, is a souvenir of the 1933-34 A Century of Progress International Exposition, commonly referred to as the Chicago World's Fair. The two-piece toy consists of a tractor with a bus-configured trailer and retains the original Arcade sticker as well ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Another New York County Charges Auctioneer Timothy Conroy
by David HewettOn December 14, 2011, auctioneer Timothy Conroy appeared in Madison County Court and pleaded not guilty to one count of third-degree grand larceny, stealing of consignors' funds, a felony in the Empire State.In the sealed indictment handed up by the Madison County Grand Jury, Conroy was charged with ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Low-Key Auction Still Breaks $1 Million Mark
There were five to six phone bidders when this pair of Paris porcelain vases came up for bid. The field soon narrowed to two. One of them paid $68,440 for the 14 5/8" high vases with depictions of America's second and third presidents on them. There was repaired breakage to ... (Read More)
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