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(Show)The Bath Antiques Show
Seamen’s trunks aren’t exactly rare in Maine, but how about a sailor’s trunk bound with brass hobnailed bands, with its original sailcloth wrap, painted with theinitials “F.T.S.” and containing a history of the ownership inside? It traced its history back through the Stinson family, possibly as early as 1805. Bob ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: We have reached the March issue already, and as I am keen to get items from new year sales into these columns as quickly as possible, I am forced to be increasingly ruthless with the 2010 hangovers-and certainly I must have done with them in the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Strong Prices at Americana Sale
United States 1796 $10 gold coin, regular strike with draped bust, small eagle, reeded edge, and 16 stars, $42,660 to a phone bidder, underbid on the phone.
A 72" wide Pennsylvania carved mahogany spread-winged eagle with original varnish, circa 1870, given to the Gettysburg YWCA by Annie and Irene Danner in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)On-line Art Fair Draws Mixed Reviews
by Daniel GrantOn the Web site of the VIP Art Fair, the January 22-30 on-line art fair in which major American and European art galleries participated, a statement read, "The 2011 fair has closed. We hope to see you again next year." The question is, will any of those art ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Troubles for Berry-Hill Galleries
by David HewettThe past decade has not been a good one for the New York City art firm Berry-Hill Galleries. First, multiple money problems led to a bankruptcy filing in 2005; then came some key personnel changes in 2008-9, followed by well-publicized failures to pay money lenders and business management ... (Read More)
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(Auction)January 2011 Americana Auction
Christie's, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy Christie's Images Ltd., 2011A three-shell Newport, Rhode Island, kneehole bureau, made by cabinetmaker John Goddard circa 1765 for his daughter Catherine, which had descended in her family for three generations, was estimated at $700,000/ 900,000 at Christie's Americana sale on January 21 in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Time Is Money at Moore Auction
A Berthoud marine chronometer number 31, with papers documenting its purchase in 1936 for $200, sold for $57,500.Ferdinand Berthoud pocket chronometernumber 74, $63,250.The top-selling coin in the Friday night session was this 1851-O $20 gold piece that brought $10,925.Hap Moore Antiques Auctions, York, Maineby Mark SiscoAt Hap Moore's two-day auction ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Declaration of Independence Broadside Sells for $380,000
A broadside of the Declaration of Independence, likely printed by Robert Luist Fowle in Exeter, New Hampshire, sold to William S. Reese for $380,000 (est. $300,000/500,000). The underbidder was on the phone. Known as "state B," the document is approximately 19 5/8" x 15 1/8" with a two-column format. In ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Twenty-Six Lots of Americana in California Sale
From a private San Francisco collection, an H.B. Nims and Co. terrestrial floor globe, Boston, second half of the 19th century, sold to a buyer from the design field for $10,370 (est. $4000/6000).An oil on board of the U.S.S. South Carolina by Antonio Jacobsen (1850-1921), dated 1916, sold to a ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Original Round Top Antiques Fair
An English papier-mâché jewelry box, circa 1870, was priced at $1499 by Ray Carter of The Box Shop, Alpharetta, Georgia. The material, a low-cost alternative to wood and plaster, was made of chipped wood bound with lacquer and glues. The box was inlaid with mother-of-pearl and sealed with another coat ... (Read More)
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