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(Auction)The Friedlander Collection
Caza Sikes, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Caza Sikes
A collection of 20th-century art compiled by two generations of a family in Cincinnati, Ohio, beginning in the 1950s was sold by Caza Sikes September 14 in Cincinnati. Highlighting the auction was Erwartender (Expectant Man) by Paul Klee (Swiss, 1879-1940), which realized $450,000 (including ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dealer Pleads Guilty
On July 13 a Birmingham, Michigan, art dealer agreed to plead guilty to defrauding more than ten customers who had entrusted her with the sale of their art, worth over $1.5 million, according to United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
Wendy Halstead Beard, 58, pleaded guilty to one count of wire ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Nye Gets $10,625 for Grand Harmonicon
The most unusual item in the September 13 sale at Nye & Co., Bloomfield, New Jersey, was a Grand Harmonicon labeled by Francis Hopkinson Smith of Baltimore. It sold for $10,625 (includes buyer’s premium), well above the $3000/5000 estimate.
Smith (1792-1872) was living in Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia, in 1825 when ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Exploring the World of Old Maps
Old World Auctions, Henrico, Virginia
Photos courtesy Old World Auctions
The high lot of the sale was this 1718 map of Louisiana and the Mississippi Valley. As with most of the early maps, there are some inaccuracies; however, the significance of this map is that it displays the first known reference to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)$650,000 Artwork Leads to Lawsuit
On July 17 London’s Maddox Fine Art Ltd. filed a suit in federal court in Florida claiming it had been duped into buying a $650,000 Keith Haring painting the gallery alleges is fake. The gallery says Ghada Dergham of Tequesta, Florida, has refused to issue a refund.
Dergham, a “well-known private ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Busy Autumn at Hindman: Important Jewels and the Winds of Change
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
Photos courtesy Hindman Auctions
Ruth Thuston, G.G., senior specialist of jewelry and watches at Hindman, Chicago, Illinois, spoke with me after Hindman’s September 12 “Important Jewelry” sale, which featured a plethora of antique pieces from named and unnamed collections. “There was a Miami collection, and there was a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Storm Cancels Weston Antiques Show
When an unprecedented storm inundated the state of Vermont July 10, the village of Weston and many other communities suffered extreme damage. The Weston Playhouse, the main stage for the Weston Theater Company and home to the Weston Antiques Show, was badly hit. In spite of shutters, windows were breached, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Americana and More at Lebanon Show
Lebanon Antique Show, Lebanon, Ohio
The Lebanon Antique Show was held September 9 and 10 on the Warren County Fairgrounds in Lebanon, Ohio. Described as the state’s longest-running antiques show, the event is a fund-raiser for the Warren County Historical Society.
The show featured 35 booths. Promoter John Wanat lost five dealers, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Leland Little’s Signature Fall Sale
Leland Little Auctions, Hillsborough, North Carolina
Photos courtesy Leland Little Auctions
Before his 275-lot fall “Signature” auction September 9, Leland Little reflected on the future of the antiques auction business. “I’m looking forward, not back,” he said. “The best is yet to come as baby boomers begin to downsize.” Most of that ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, September 2023
An outrageously overloaded American penknife and an aged, indeed historic, tennis racquet are among the more unusual artefacts featured in this month’s “Letter,” along with a curious wooden fish—though more traditional fare also finds a place.
That racquet was offered in a sports memorabilia auction in June that also included a ... (Read More)
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