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(Show)The International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show
New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenThe French faience boar's head tureen in the foreground and the German one in the back were $44,500 each from Brian Haughton. He sold the German one and a Meissen teapot to an American museum.The Northwest Coast Tlingit ceremonial clan hat with eagle crest, mid-19th century, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Frank Siebert's Native American Artifacts on the Block
A Penobscot peaked cap, 15½" tall, from the second quarter of the 19th century sold for $35,550 (est. $40,000/60,000). It had belonged to Molly Molasses (1775-1867), who is pictured wearing a similar hat in a photograph by S.W. Sawyer of Bangor, Maine, in 1865. It was the top Siebert lot ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The David Miller Sale
This rare David Kulp hymnal bookplate, 6½" x 3 7/8", was everyone's favorite. The bird and foliage fill up the page, and it was in excellent condition. It was estimated at $1500/2500, the bidding opened at $800, and it sold for $23,100 to a young Philadelphia lawyer. The underbidders were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Baby, It's Cold Outside: The Joe Loprete Collection
This is the living room of the Lopretes' home before 85 people squeezed in. The crystal and bronze banquet lamps in front of the windows date from the early 20th century and sold to an on-site bidder for $1760 and $1320. The Italian brocade chair on the left sold to ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Mary Belter, Falls Village, Connecticut
Mary Belter's shop on Route 7 in Falls Village, Connecticut.Mary Belter by the woodstove in her shop.Partial view of the shop.This interior view shows one of the Art Deco ceiling fixtures, which were installed when the place was built as a grocery store in 1940.One of Belter's favorite display cases. ... (Read More)
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(Show)The San Francisco Antiques Show
This turn-of-the-20th-century German Noah's ark "of unusually large size" with "quite a few" animals was priced at $12,900, including the animals, by Yew Tree House Antiques, New York City.The label for these circa 1935 English reconstituted stone seated putti described them as "an engaging pair." Finnegan Gallery, Chicago, priced the ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Vermont's Antiques Week: Shows Do Well, Rains Repeat but Don't Endanger
Shown by White & White Antiques, Skaneateles, New York, the oil on canvas, 25" x 31½", depicts a scene of the French countryside and is signed "Aston Knight, Paris." Louis Aston Knight was the son of American painter Daniel Ridgway Knight and was born in Paris in 1873. Steven White ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Castan and Tomlinson Sale Reaps $1 Million-plus Bounty
Buddy "L" red tugboat, pressed steel, only known example of red color variant, no clockwork mechanism, possibly a salesman's sample, 27½" long, $23,000.Buddy "L" red Ford Flivver truck, a special gift to Fred Castan from Buddy "L" founder Fred Lundahl, 12" long, $20,700.Tippco (German) motorcycle with sidecar, boxed example, clockwork, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)VermontADA Donates Show Profits to Food Banks and Flood Relief
The Vermont Antiques Dealers' Association held its 37th annual show on July 30 and 31, 2011, at the Union Arena in Woodstock, Vermont. According to the association, admission ticket profits have been donated and distributed to three Woodstock area food shelves: Woodstock Community Food Shelf, Reading-Brownsville Foodshelf, and Neighbors Helping ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Another British Import
In this issue of Maine Antique Digest, we've included a special color pullout section previewing the events during Americana Week in New York City, the fortnight of shows, auctions, and exhibitions in mid- to late January that surround the venerable Winter Antiques Show.There's no question that Americana Week is a ... (Read More)
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