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(Auction)Antiques and Estate Items in Amesbury
John McInnis Auctioneers, Amesbury, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy John McInnis Auctioneers
It was a very busy spring and summer for John McInnis Auctioneers in Amesbury, Massachusetts, with a fine art auction July 13, an online estate sale July 16, and a garden and lawn furnishings sale July 27. The auction covered here, McInnis’s ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Dennis Raleigh and Phyllis Sommer
As the first guy in the parking lot to show up when Phyllis Sommer reopened her shop every spring, Dennis Raleigh was the definition of “the early bird catches the worm,” or in this scenario, the woman.
“I was a regular customer,” he said. For close to 20 years.
However, one hot ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Nine Indicted in 20-Year Theft Spree
There are two ways to put a price on an object. The first is to take into account the object’s history, provenance, rarity, and creator. For example, nine World Series rings, seven other championship rings, and two MVP plaques belonging to the legendary Yankees catcher Yogi Berra would be valued ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Right from the Dunlap House
Photos courtesy New Hampshire Auctions and Appraisals, LLC
In May, Mike Reopel, collector, Army veteran, auctioneer, and CEO of New Hampshire Auctions and Appraisals, along with auctioneer Ken Labnon and dealer and conservator Gary Yeaton spun off their auctions and appraisals business from Withington Auctions in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, where they ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Summer Sale at Eldred’s
Eldred’s, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photographs courtesy Eldred’s
Paintings and other art forms accounted for nearly half the lots at the July 27 and 28 summer sale at Eldred’s at its Cape Cod gallery in East Dennis, Massachusetts. Most lots drew exponentially higher prices compared to their estimates. It was an exceptionally busy ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Center for Painted Wall Preservation Launches Virtual Museum
The first rooms in the virtual museum of historic painted interiors are live on the website of the Center for Painted Wall Preservation (CPWP). The virtual museum (www.pwpcenter.org/virtual-museum) provides access to the best examples of the surviving interiors in the Northeast. Most of these geographically scattered spaces are in private ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Sold...to the Globe
On July 1 and 2, Casco Bay Auctions, the Freeport, Maine-based auction house founded by Andrew Davis in 2019, held an on-site sale in Wiscasset.
Dispersing the stock and personal collection of William Dykes, the two-day sale had all the hallmarks of a throwback auction. On-site sales used to be a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Artist Sues Gallery—Wins by Default
In early May, artist Jeffrey Gibson filed suit against K R J S Corporation, which does business under the name Kavi Gupta Gallery. The gallery failed to answer the suit, and an entry of default was entered by the court.
Gibson, based in Hudson, New York, is an artist who combines ... (Read More)
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(Show)Change of Scenery for the Camden-Rockport Antiques Show
Rockport, Maine
The 41st Camden-Rockport Antiques Show & Sale took place over the weekend of July 22 and 23. The show is owned and managed by John and Elizabeth DeSimone of Goosefare Antiques & Promotions, Saco, Maine, and this year marked a historic change of venue for the show. Instead of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Decorative Arts Auction
Treadway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Photos courtesy Treadway Gallery
Marine vase by Émile Gallé (French, 1846-1904), engraved cameo glass, marked, 11½" high x 5" diameter, excellent condition, $53,125 (est. $10,000/15,000).
A Marine vase by Émile Gallé sold for $53,125 (including buyer’s premium), well above its $10,000/15,000 estimate, to lead all items during the decorative ... (Read More)
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