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(Fragment)Davy Crockett's Wedding License Application Ruled Property of State
by David HewettOn July 26, the Tennessee Court of Appeals reaffirmed a trial court decision that the application for a marriage license, dated October 21, 1805, by iconic figure Davy Crockett was not the private property of 92-year-old Margaret V. Smith of Tampa, Florida. Instead, it belonged to the state ... (Read More)
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(Show)Decent Sales to Savvy Buyers at Mid-Week in Manchester
"The Spotted Charmer" is what the Norwoods called the 28" x 49" hooked rug from the turn of the 20th century. Professionally mounted, it was marked $4900.Elliott and Grace Snyder of South Egremont, Massachusetts, asked $9500 for the circa 1815 Middle Atlantic States carved pine mantelpiece with unusual freestanding fluted ... (Read More)
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(Show)Barn Star's Manchester Pickers Market Draws Largest Ever Crowds
A very large carnival sign from the Niagara Falls area of New York was $2200 from Village Braider Antiques, Plymouth Falls, Massachusetts.Pictured is the back wall of the neat-looking booth put together by Pioneer Folk Antiques, Ellsworth, Maine. The portrait at upper right, signed Fullington, was tagged $625; the printing ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Sold Tags Blossom at the New Hampshire Antiques Show
Michael Hingston of Etna, New Hampshire, showed five pieces of pottery made by New Hampshire residents Edwin and Mary Scheier. The couple met in 1937 while part of the Big Stone Gap Federal Art Project in Abingdon, Virginia, and taught at the University of New Hampshire from 1940 to 1968. ... (Read More)
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(Show)The "We're Here to Sell" Show
The fairgrounds provide a bucolic setting with log cabins and pine trees.Dealer booths inside one of the two largest buildings.The first wave of early buyers.Rachel Gurley and her fiancé, Tim Libby, of Gurley Antiques Center, Yarmouth, Maine, pose in front of a charming paint-decorated Sheraton table that was $950.Deerfield, New ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Not-So-Happy Returns
In this issue, we print a letter from Ohio dealer Greg Smart concerning a transaction gone bad (see page 4-A). His letter raises issues that deserve scrutiny.In short, Smart bought a painted box four years ago for $15,000 at a show in Massachusetts and has since sold it twice. Twice, ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: What Does It Say?
by Steve ProffittIf you have ever thought that making a consignment to an auctioneer is a quick and easy process, you are right—it can be. What it cannot be is quick and easy, plus safe and secure. To gain safety and security requires a consignor to spend time and effort ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in Woodstock: The 37th Annual Vermont Dealers' Show
The table is one of a pair of 1890-1910 painted demilune tables. Put together they make a 43" diameter table. They were $1275 from American Classics, Canaan, New Hampshire. Shown also is one of a pair of handmade porch chairs from the 1930's or '40's in his and hers sizes. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Decorative Bricks: A Mystery Worthy of Further Research
Kitty and Tony Ables have been displaying different patterns of the Toone bricks at antiques shows, where many have found buyers. While most have decorative designs, a significant number bear the initials "JBK" for James Barry Keller, who was born in North Carolina in 1838 and died in Toone, Tennessee, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)End-of-Summer Blowout in Fairfield, Maine
This set of six small bowls was estimated at $300/500, but a Chinese dealer said the yellow-footed 4¾" diameter bowl with red bats and green clouds was what drove the price to $373,750 paid by a phone bidder. An almost identical example, slightly larger, is housed in the Palace Museum ... (Read More)
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