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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: Stuck in the Middle
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondOver the past few years, we've tried to use this space for good-to discuss the ways the marketplace is changing, to "adjust" some perceptions about young collectors, to offer a different perspective on the antiques business. We've attempted to be fair and balanced, to acknowledge ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Spring Jewelry Auctions
The top lot of the Skinner fine jewelry auction was this platinum and diamond solitaire mounted by Cartier. Flanked by tapered baguette-cut diamonds and signed "Cartier MTG," it was accompanied by a GIA report stating that the 7.16-carat diamond is D color, VVS1 clarity with no fluorescence. It sold for ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Selling Art Installations: Piece by Piece
by Daniel Grant"Installation pieces are problematic," said Manhattan contemporary art gallery owner Renato Danese. That is an understatement if ever there were one.Three-dimensional artwork installations, often sprawling over a large room, are intended to transform a viewer's perception of an interior space and are, therefore, "specific to the site in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)IRS Art Advisory Panel Poses Challenges for Appraisers
by Daniel GrantThere are certain jobs we all consider to be in high-risk fields—coal mining, police work, or firefighting, for instance. Perhaps, we should add to this group fine art appraising."Finding a 'correct' or 'proper' value for a work of art, as Congress and the IRS has defined what we're ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Decorated Seed Chest, a Rare Carpet, and the Easter Bunny
Chester County is the place to sell hunting scenes. This Charles Morris Young (1869-1964) oil on canvas depicts a fox hunt at Andrews Bridge and is signed lower right and dated 1941. It's in the original gilt frame signed "Philip N. Yates" and measures 15" x 18". Estimated at $10,000/15,000, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Art in Flowers and Flowers in Art
Top price of the sale was the $103,500 paid by a New York City phone bidder for this floral still life by Maurice Brazil Prendergast (1858-1924), a 20" x 11" oil on canvas laid down on board that had descended in the family of Lillie Bliss (1864-1931). According to the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Blue and White Pottery and Canadian Painted Furniture Auctioned
Potter usually opens his auctions with a stunner, and he did not disappoint this time out. He sold this two-handled 11" tall redware crock with a mottled orange and green glaze for $2970. Thompson photo.A beautiful circa 1800 corner cupboard from Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, with the overpaint removed to the original ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antique City: The Fun Fair
There was a line at 8:30 for the 9 a.m. opening. Promoter Norman Schaut gave away thousands of tickets.Although more people came than in the fall, the aisles were wide, and it never seemed crowded.Joe Soucy of Seaside Toys, Westerly, Rhode Island, offered a 1960's VW van, a Volkswagen giveaway ... (Read More)
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(Show)And the Winner Is--Metrolina
This massive converted double gas light with elaborate brass curlicue supports is a hefty 5' across x 3½' tall. Dick Timme of Killingworth, Connecticut, who found it in a warehouse office, had it priced at $1500.From the 1920's, this Keystone toy steam shovel lacks paint on its pressed steel roof ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: This month's column has a distinct French flavour, the two main reports focussing on items once owned by the remarkable Duchesse de Berry and her "Miracle Child," a 19th-century claimant to the French throne, and on exceptional decorative furnishings from the much more recently acquired Château ... (Read More)
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