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(Feature)Editorial: Trail Blazers
EditorialWill expanding an Antiques Trail in Connecticut help dealers in the Nutmeg State? State Senator Robert Kane thinks so. The Republican, who represents the 32nd District, has sponsored legislation to require the Commission on Culture & Tourism to investigate how establishing antiques trails could benefit the economy and tourism.We say ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Heritage Auction to Benefit the National Numismatic Collection
In January 2012, Heritage Auctions will host a special auction at the Florida United Numismatist (FUN) convention aimed at establishing a $1 million endowment for the National Numismatic Collection (NNC), considered one of the finest collections of rare U.S. coins in existence. The collection is housed at the Smithsonian's National ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Design Sales at Phillips
Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann (1879-1933), rare Elephant armchair, circa 1926, leather, Macassar ebony, and veneered wood, branded "Ruhlmann" on the underside of the frame. The 35½" high chair is overstuffed furniture as sculpture and sold for $290,500 (est. $180,000/240,000) to Jaewoong Chung of Vintage 20, New York City, and Kukje Gallery, Seoul, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Two-Day Sale Hits $2.2 Million
A rare Marblehead Pottery vase by Arthur Hennessey and Sarah Tutt, circa 1910, sold for $86,250.A 10¾" x 17" watercolor of a sailboat in an urban harbor by Modernist innovator John Marin (1870-1953), signed and dated lower right "Marin 32," sold solidly within estimate for $43,125.A full-body copper horse and ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: <[email protected]>
What better way to open up the way to this month’s selection than with the door knocker illustrated in the piece that follows—although the Pigatti family’s splendiferous knocker does come from an old, December sale.
There are of course lots from 2011 sales in this selection, but ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)VMFA African Art Galleries Reopened
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts' newly expanded African art galleries reopened to the public on February 12. The collection will be housed in two galleries.The expansion was made possible by a grant of $1 million from the Dominion Foundation, the charitable arm of Dominion Resources, and the galleries will ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dolphin Promotions Buys Florida Show
Dolphin Promotions has purchased the Palm Beach Winter Antiques Show from Zita Waters Bell, who founded the show 35 years ago. The transition of ownership and management became effective after the January 20-23 show.The Palm Beach Winter Antiques Show features 60 exhibitors presenting a wide range of high-quality antiques and ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Christie's 20th Century
Tiffany Studios Tulip leaded glass and bronze floor lamp, circa 1915, the shade stamped "Tiffany Studios New York 1548," the base stamped "Tiffany Studios New York 379." From the collection of Max Palevsky (1924-2010) of Los Angeles, the lamp sold for $203,500 (est. $120,000/ 180,000) to an American private collector. ... (Read More)
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(Show)Annual Holiday Antiques Show
Well-known appraiser and dealer Gordon Converse of Wayne, Pennsylvania, made himself available for individual consultative appraisals on Saturday and Sunday of the show. He is shown speaking with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Field from nearby Toano, Virginia, who brought in a circa 1900 tea service for evaluation. The set has ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Mystery M.A.D. Ad Leads to Renewed Treasures
The photo that appeared in the M.A.D. ad.Photo courtesy Karen Grimm (from her family archives).by Jane BiancoAn advertisement placed in Maine Antique Digest recently was aimed at luring new subscribers to the paper. Featuring an unidentified hooked rug from M.A.D.'s archives of old photographs, it strongly urged the reader to ... (Read More)
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