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(Fragment)Newport Mansions Offer Gasoline Rebates to Visitors
The Preservation Society of Newport County is offering a cash incentive to help vacationers combat the rising cost of gasoline when they visit the Newport mansions in Newport, Rhode Island. By presenting their automobile registration at any Newport Mansions ticket counter, visitors who purchase a minimum of two Newport Mansions ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: A Tricky Path
by Steve Proffitt"Hi, Steve. Dave Hewett here. My story is now on line and in the current issue regarding a J.C. Devine weapons auction in March of 2010 and how the founder's death led to the complete loss of all monies for the consignors. You might take a look and ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Inaugural Sale at New Headquarters
Jack and Rosie DeStories, owners of Fairfield Auction Company, just prior to their first auction in their new home in Monroe, Connecticut. Sideli photo.This striking China trade portrait of Samuel Blanchard (1756-1813), oil on canvas wrapped over board, 17" x 13½", had a partial label on the reverse that identified ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Opinion: Stop Racing to the Bottom
by Jason DicksonIn the 1979 film adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy the main character, George Smiley (played by Alec Guinness), buys a book from an antiquarian book dealer. After accepting the book from the dealer, he wryly remarks, "I hope you remember the value of this when it comes ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Michael D. Somple Named to Position at MWPAI
Michael D. Somple, 35, originally of Zanesville, Ohio, has accepted the position of registrar and exhibition manager at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica, New York. Previously he held the position of museum registrar at the Picker Art Gallery at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York.Somple has held positions at ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Artist Sues over Disputed Sales
by Daniel GrantWhen Priska C. Juschka Fine Art in New York City took a booth at the Art Basel art fair in 2009, it made a deal to sell four large-scale paintings by one of the gallery's best-selling artists, Dana Melamed, to a private collector. After that, neither the artist ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hemingway Rifle: Papa's Got a Brand-New Bang
Winchester 1873 lever-action rifle with deep-relief and gold-inlaid engravings by John Ulrich, originally purchased by Robert H. Coleman in 1882, $391,000.Westley Richards double rifle with provenance to Ernest Hemingway, $339,250.The catalog announced this cased Colt model 1855 full-stock sporting rifle, serial number 2416, as "The Finest Known Cased Sporting Rifle ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Furniture and Decorative Arts at Auction
William Mason Brown (1828-1898), Peaches in a Basket, signed "WM Brown" on the lower right and inscribed on the reverse "W.M. Brown Artist. Room 13 Halsey Building, Brooklyn, L.I." The 20¼" x 16 1/8" oil on canvas sold for $74,500 (est. $14,000/18,000) to a private collector. According to the catalog, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Avenue Shows' Antiques & Art at the Armory
Marilyn Garrow of Marilyn Garrow Fine Textile Art, London, has a following in the U.S. She brought an English needlepoint rug from the mid-19th-century Victorian period for $12,000. The later 19th-century British Arts and Crafts fabric of woven red wool for the background was $8000 for four panels. Cushions ranged ... (Read More)
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(Show)Texas Show Roundup
by Tom O'HaraThe grain-painted table was offered by Barbara Irwin of Austin, Texas, for $1800. Original Round Top.Stevens Antiques, Frazer, Pennsylvania, and Decorative Art and Fine Antiques, Oakland Park, Florida, shared a booth. Original Round Top.Tammie and Brian Wilson Antiques, Atlanta, Georgia, offered large pieces of furniture. Original Round Top.Round ... (Read More)
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