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(Fragment)Court Rules against Philadelphia Museum of Art
by Daniel GrantOn July 5, a Maryland federal district judge threw out the Philadelphia Museum of Art's lawsuit against AXA Art Insurance for refusing to honor a $1.5 million claim made by the institution. The judge found that the museum had not filed its action before a one-year statute of ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: The Rest of the Story
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondWe're finally emerging from the complete military-style takeover that happens with a new baby. Projects started before Nora's arrival, including the reorganization of our office and the remodeling of our bathroom and kitchen, were left where they were. The remodeling was, fortunately, 90% complete, but ... (Read More)
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(Show)Hot Time in Rockport
Greg Hamilton of Stone Block Antiques, Vergennes, Vermont, sits behind a large gilded wooden pilothouse eagle that he would sell for $6500.New England Antiques, Bath, Maine, displayed a bandbox covered in early wallpaper, about 12" high, for $950.Rockport, Maineby Mark SiscoOutdoor summer antiques shows in Maine can have their challenges, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Settle's In for Almost Twenty Grand
Early hooded pine settle bench, with a high four-board back and great old original surface, $19,550.Tall clock signed by New Jersey maker Isaac Brokaw of Bridge Town, probably built after 1790, $13,800.Devin Moisan, Dover, New Hampshireby Mark SiscoWhat makes a beat-up old pine bench worth nearly 20 grand? Devin Moisan's ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Guilford Antiques Show Date Change
Barn Star Productions and the Dorothy Whitfield Historic Society have announced new dates for the Guilford Antiques Show. The annual show will be held Saturday, April 14 and Sunday, April 15, 2012, at the Elisabeth Adams Middle School in Guilford, Connecticut.For the past several years, the show has been held ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Genealogy of an Antique Can Yield Unexpected Results
Shown hanging on a barn door, this circa 1820 full-stock single-barrel 12-gauge shotgun is in well-used condition and unremarkable at first glance. Long at 62" with a 47" barrel, it was first a flintlock and later converted to percussion. It was likely used for waterfowl hunting, given its Chesapeake Bay ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Newport Antiques Show
Roger King Fine Art, Newport, Rhode Island, asked $24,500 for Marginal Way, Ogunquit, Maine by Charles Woodbury (1864-1940). King said he had a good show and sold five paintings.Aileen Minor of Centreville, Maryland, specializes in garden furniture and decorations. Minor asked $2900 for Le Semeur (the sower), a French zinc ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Back in the Saddle Again with Illustration Art
A woman sitting with two men in the rear of the salesroom won this 20¾" x 20½" oil on board by Joseph C. Leyendecker (1874-1951), signed lower left, for $92,000, its low estimate and the auction's highest price. Leyendecker depicts a young woman in church wearing a bonnet. It appeared ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Sicklebill Curlew Decoy Brings $111,550
A pair of 1918-22 racy swimming red-breasted mergansers by A.E. Crowell of East Harwich, Massachusetts, sold for $37,375. Decoys Unlimited photo.A canvas-over-frame hissing Canada goose made in the early 1900's by George Boyd of Seabrook, New Hampshire, sold for $60,375. Decoys Unlimited photo.A spectacular and rare sicklebill curlew decoy, found ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Internet Exploration
Label of a 1910 phonograph record that revolutionized Russian copyright law and inspired music for a modern American movie.Computer Column #274by John P. Reid, [email protected] computer on the Internet is a good source of information when straying into unfamiliar corners of the antiques world. As an example, let's use the ... (Read More)
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