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(Fragment)JMK Takes Over Virginia Show
JMK Shows has taken over the Northern Virginia Antique Show in Arlington, Virginia, after reaching an agreement with Pappabello Shows.According to a press release, Arthur Farbenbloom of Pappabello Shows has made the decision to retire from the promotion of the Northern Virginia Antique Show and instead concentrate on the management ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Jon Deeter Joins Guyette & Schmidt
Jon Deeter of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, has joined Guyette & Schmidt, Inc. as a partner in the decoy auction firm. Deeter and his wife, Leigh Ann, will be taking over much of Frank and Vicki Schmidt's roles in the firm, according to a press release. Frank, a partner in the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bidders Pounce on Black Panthers at Best African Americana Sale
The top lot was an archive of published and unpublished writings of Charles Harris Wesley (1891-1987), historian, author, and educator. An institution paid $43,200 (est. $30,000/40,000) for the approximately 35 cartons of correspondence, photographs, albums, diaries, booklets, brochures, programs, pamphlets, and ephemera covering the years 1927-82.A group photograph of the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)What Modern Is: The Collection of Mark McDonald
Thomas Downing's Four Blue Five, 1962, a 66¾" x 66¾" acrylic on canvas, signed, dated, and titled, came from McDonald's personal collection. Estimated at $20,000/30,000, it sold for $62,500 to a dealer on the phone. Downing was one of the Washington Color Painters (named for their original 1965 exhibition in ... (Read More)
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(Show)Connecticut Spring Antiques Show: Colorful and Classic
Justin Cobb of Captain's Quarters, Amherst, Massachusetts, asked $3000 for this 47½" tall x 43" wide captain's desk of teak and rosewood, probably made in China or India. Cobb said that newer desks are coming in from Asia and lack the quality of the period ones and explained that to ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Tailgate Antiques Show Says, You Want It, We Got It
A blue heart border set off this stick spatter child's tea set for $295 among the toys shown by Barbara and Jerry Sharp of Some Sharp Antiques, Hendersonville, Tennessee.Ed Fulkerson and Michael Breddin run a 10,000-square-foot store in Brenham, Texas, called Leftovers. On display in Nashville was this gray-painted Texas ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Equal in Goodness: Ohio Decorative Arts 1788-1860
Items from the northeast quadrant of Ohio include a "Map of the Western Reserve Including the Fire Lands in Ohio," published by William Sumner of Nelson, Portage County, 1826; and a figured maple settee from Zoar, Tuscarawas County, circa 1840.Items from the southeast quadrant of Ohio include a paint-decorated Windsor ... (Read More)
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(Feature)When Danny Met Sally
The introductory page to the When Danny Met Sally Web site.by Danielle ArnetWhen two veteran Chicago vintage collectors/show promoters/sellers with off-the-wall personalities decide to launch a blog (www.whendannymetsally.com) about their love of all things vintage, what do you get? For starters, something not seen before in the collecting world. As ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Woodbury Auction's Second Anniversary Sale in New Location
Woodbury Auction's second anniversary auction on May 21 will be held at a substitute venue. The sale will take place in the heart of historic Woodbury, Connecticut, at 670 Main Street South-Sherman Village-instead of the firm's headquarters at 50 Main Street North.Thomas Schwenke, founder of Woodbury Auction, commented that "this ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Price Keeps Going Up for Artwork Not Yet Paid For
by Clayton PenningtonSamuel T. Freeman & Co. of Philadelphia and consignors Marvin and Lorie Balistocky have filed suit in federal court against Manhattan art dealer David Benrimon for failing to pay for Roy Lichtenstein's screenprint cataloged as Water Lilies with Willows (court documents title it Water Lily Pond with Reflections).The ... (Read More)
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