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(Book Review)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese 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.Folk Art Murals of the Rufus Porter School: New England Landscapes, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Painting the American Vision
Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902), Donner Lake from the Summit, 1873, oil on canvas, 72 1/8" x 120 3/16".Frederic E. Church (1826-1900), Cayambe, 1858, oil on canvas, 30" x 48 1/8".Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823-1900), Sunset, Lake George, New York, 1867, oil on canvas, 24¼" x 44".Asher B. Durand (1796-1886), The Solitary Oak, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Wrestler "Killer" Kowalski's Estate, Down for the Count
This signed studio portrait of Killer Kowalski went to Triple H on the Internet at $180.Killer's aquamarine velvet robe, with "Wladek Kowalski" written in silver sequins on the back, was the top lot of the auction, selling to Triple H on the Internet for $5100. The robe is datable to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Floods and Vermont Antiques Week
by David HewettBy now, almost everyone has heard what happened to the Green Mountain State's roads, bridges, and infrastructure over the weekend of August 27 and 28. Tropical Storm Irene, downgraded from hurricane status, did more damage to Vermont with rain than the hurricane of 1938 could do with wind. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Newly Discovered Stirewalt Blanket Chest Sells in Virginia
Photos courtesy Laughlin Auctions, Inc.
by Walter C. Newman
Painted furniture from the Shenandoah Valley enjoys a unique place within the antiques collecting community. For many years, its distinctive use of native materials, combined with utilitarian design and bright folk art decoration, has cemented it as a desirable collecting class unto itself.
The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Carnival Glass Association Convention and Auction
Gary Lickver holds a marigold Northwood Tree Trunk vase whimsy in a jack-in-the-pulpit style. Lickver led a presentation on marigold glass at this year's seminar.This rare Fenton Dragon and Lotus bowl in red opalescence was priced at $4500 by dealer Lloyd R. Ward of Mayfield, Kentucky.This purple Diamond Lace water ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Grand Opening for New Auction Firm
A huge lion's head gargoyle, which reportedly came from a Bethlehem steel factory, went at $935.Chris Ward sold a pair of caramel hanging Arts and Crafts shades (one shown) for $550.North Peak Auctions, Saratoga Springs, New Yorkby Betty FloodThe grand opening of North Peak Auctions in Saratoga Springs, New York, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Camera Collection Comes to Auction
Will Golden of Albany, New York, examines the 1869 Morley Universal camera with extra lenses that brought $4070.Bob Warner of Scotia, New York, likes this 1945 Leica complete with executive case and manual that sold for $770.Jon Lee Auction Services, Latham, New Yorkby Betty FloodYou do not need to have ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Color and Quality Distinguish Sale of Quebec Antiques
The top lot of the sale at $28,600 had been featured on page 132 of John Fleming's The Painted Furniture of French Canada, 1700-1840 (1994). Known as a bonnetière, this 67" tall single-door armoire dated from the early 19th century and hailed from St. Victoire (Sorel), Quebec. It had massive ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Major Figure in Historic Document Field Charged with $6 Million Theft
by David HewettOn July 9, two men were arrested as they left the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore and charged with theft of historic documents. An employee of the society said he saw one of the men, 24-year-old Jason Savedoff, allegedly slip a document into a portfolio he was carrying ... (Read More)
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