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(Show)The Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show
Mark and Marjorie Allen of New Hampton, New Hampshire, asked $19,500 for the Center County, Pennsylvania, dresser in salmon paint. The large polychrome five-piece Delft garniture, circa 1750, was $14,000. The Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, table with trifid feet was $12,500, and the set of four fan-back Windsor chairs, made in ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 27th Christ Church Antiques Show: Where the Antiques Are Divine
Jim Butt of Thomasville, North Carolina, did well at the show selling numerous items at dealer setup and on Friday, the opening day. A late 18th-century satinwood inlaid demilune games table (in foreground) was possibly by John Mayhew and William Ince, London furniture designers, upholsterers, and cabinetmakers, who were in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Small Bierstadt Brings Big Bucks
The auction started off on a great note. Specifically, it was a rare five-dollar national currency note from the Great Falls National Bank, 1882 series. It opened at a mere $800 and finished for $8337.50. Moisan photo.Oil on paper laid down on canvas of a Rocky Mountain aspen grove by ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rare Turkestan Rug Brings $241,500
The top lot was an extremely rare 5'10" x 4'4" ensi, i.e., a door hanging, meant to cover the entryway of a yurt, woven by members of the Salor tribe of East Turkestan in the 18th century, or possibly earlier. It sold for $241,500 (est. $10,000/20,000). For more information about ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)National Book Auctions to Offer Cash Advance to New Consignors
National Book Auctions in Ithaca, New York, is offering a cash advance program, allowing new consignors to secure funds on their collection of books, ephemera, artwork, or stamps in advance of a live auction. This new program is available on any qualified consignment and gives new consignors security for their ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Revolutionary War-Era Map of Connecticut Sells for $168,000
The map by Bernard Romans includes Connecticut, Long Island, Manhattan, Staten Island, and the Hudson River valley up through Ulster County. Photo courtesy Swann. by Jeanne SchintoA Revolutionary War-era map of "Connecticut and parts adjacent" by Dutch-born Bernard Romans sold for $168,000 at Swann Galleries in New York City on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture
Guy Rose (1867-1925) signed Martin's Point, Carmel on the lower right. The 24" x 29" oil on canvas sold to a collector on the phone for $890,500 (est. $350,000/ 500,000), showing the strength of the market for the California Impressionist painter's works.The 6½" x 5¾" gouache and tempera on paperboard, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Executive Director at Corning Museum of Glass
Karol Wight, senior curator of antiquities at the Getty Villa and a specialist in Roman glass, was named the next executive director of the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York. Wight will succeed David Whitehouse, who has been executive director of the museum since 1999. Wight, who will ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Remember the Whitney Studio Club
Calvin S. Edwards with Governors Island in the distance, oil on canvas, 24" x 34½". The two-masted schooner was built in 1860 at Dorchester, New Jersey, on the Delaware River side (see "Joseph B. Smith & Son, Marine Artists, and Their American Flag" by A.J. Peluso, Jr., M.A.D., March 2001, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Chestertown Show Changes Venue
The 48th Chestertown Antiques Show and Sale will relocate to Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland. The venue change will allow more flexibility, increased size, and an opening reception. Housed for the past 20 years in the town's middle school, the show, held on Thanksgiving weekend, was limited to 31 exhibitors ... (Read More)
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