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(Fragment)Casting Call
The producers of a major cable network show are seeking "pickers" with the most honed hunting skills, the sharpest eyes to determine trash from treasure, and the most effective negotiating chops to seal the deal. A new and untitled show hopes to transform the world of antiques and collectibles into ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Lamps Light Up the Place
Of only two lots with estimates over $100,000, this was the only one to sell. The 78" tall Tiffany floor lamp with a peony-bordered shade on a bronze base, the shade signed “Tiffany Studios New York 1574,” the base signed “Tiffany Studios New York 375,” brought $172,500.James D. Julia, Inc., ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Sotheby's Americana
A rare silver medal commemorating Commodore M.C. Perry's 1854 expedition to Japan, cut by Francis N. Mitchell for the U.S. Mint in 1854, signed "F.N. Mitchell. F." on the obverse, 2 5/8" in diameter, sold on the phone for $28,125 (est. $8000/ 12,000). Commissioned by the merchants of Boston and ... (Read More)
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(Show)Books in Beantown
Kenneth Gloss of Boston’s Brattle Book Shop, one of the oldest and largest antiquarian bookshops in the country, brought a first American edition of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, or, the Whale. Published in 1851, it retains its original binding of brown-gray cloth with gilt. In a “near-fine” custom box, it was ... (Read More)
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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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