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(Fragment)The Floods and Vermont Antiques Week
by David HewettBy now, almost everyone has heard what happened to the Green Mountain State's roads, bridges, and infrastructure over the weekend of August 27 and 28. Tropical Storm Irene, downgraded from hurricane status, did more damage to Vermont with rain than the hurricane of 1938 could do with wind. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Newly Discovered Stirewalt Blanket Chest Sells in Virginia
Photos courtesy Laughlin Auctions, Inc.
by Walter C. Newman
Painted furniture from the Shenandoah Valley enjoys a unique place within the antiques collecting community. For many years, its distinctive use of native materials, combined with utilitarian design and bright folk art decoration, has cemented it as a desirable collecting class unto itself.
The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Carnival Glass Association Convention and Auction
Gary Lickver holds a marigold Northwood Tree Trunk vase whimsy in a jack-in-the-pulpit style. Lickver led a presentation on marigold glass at this year's seminar.This rare Fenton Dragon and Lotus bowl in red opalescence was priced at $4500 by dealer Lloyd R. Ward of Mayfield, Kentucky.This purple Diamond Lace water ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Grand Opening for New Auction Firm
A huge lion's head gargoyle, which reportedly came from a Bethlehem steel factory, went at $935.Chris Ward sold a pair of caramel hanging Arts and Crafts shades (one shown) for $550.North Peak Auctions, Saratoga Springs, New Yorkby Betty FloodThe grand opening of North Peak Auctions in Saratoga Springs, New York, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Camera Collection Comes to Auction
Will Golden of Albany, New York, examines the 1869 Morley Universal camera with extra lenses that brought $4070.Bob Warner of Scotia, New York, likes this 1945 Leica complete with executive case and manual that sold for $770.Jon Lee Auction Services, Latham, New Yorkby Betty FloodYou do not need to have ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Color and Quality Distinguish Sale of Quebec Antiques
The top lot of the sale at $28,600 had been featured on page 132 of John Fleming's The Painted Furniture of French Canada, 1700-1840 (1994). Known as a bonnetière, this 67" tall single-door armoire dated from the early 19th century and hailed from St. Victoire (Sorel), Quebec. It had massive ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Major Figure in Historic Document Field Charged with $6 Million Theft
by David HewettOn July 9, two men were arrested as they left the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore and charged with theft of historic documents. An employee of the society said he saw one of the men, 24-year-old Jason Savedoff, allegedly slip a document into a portfolio he was carrying ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Daniel Garber's "Tanis" Returns
Tanis, painted in the summer of 1915, depicts the artist's daughter standing in the doorway of his Cuttalossa studio.Philanthropists Marguerite and H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest have made a gift to the Philadelphia Museum of Art that will directly benefit the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. According to the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Clock Stops at $4830
Shown below are three of five oils on canvas by Joseph Arentz (German/ American, 1903-1969) that were offered at the Keating auction:An enormous scene of waves crashing against a rocky bluff, $1495Portland Head Light behind crashing surf, $920A quiet sunset over a beach, $747.50.J.J. Keating Auctioneers, Kennebunk, Maineby Mark SiscoJames ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Clar's Auction Exceeds Expectations
This pair of 6' high wooden panels sold for $280,950 to a collector reportedly phoning from Shanghai. The eight late Qing Dynasty porcelain painted plaques depict landscape scenes and are signed and inscribed. The lot came from an Oakland, California, Asian art collection.A collector paid $7110 for this set of ... (Read More)
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