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(Fragment)Fusco & Four Announces Initial Roster for New Ellis Boston Antiques Show
by Jeanne SchintoAs of February 1, the dealer list for the new Ellis Boston Antiques Show, scheduled for October 13-16 at the Cyclorama in the Boston Center for the Arts, was divided exactly between veterans and newcomers.View of the entrance to the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques + Modernism Winnetka
Gary Sergeant of Woodbury, Connecticut, shows a couple a small (65" high x 39" wide) George II figured walnut chest-on-chest. It was $17,500. The George II carved walnut footstool on top with hairy paw feet with original casters, Irish, circa 1745, was $9800. The oil on canvas setter portraits by ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Modern and Contemporary Ceramics Auction
Peter Voulkos (1924-2002), Gash, 1978, stoneware, 48" high, $105,750.Christine Nofchissey McHorse (b. 1948), untitled (Vesuvius), 2002, earthenware, 151/2" high, $17,625.Betty Woodman (b. 1930), His/Hers Vases, circa 2001, whiteware and low-fire glazes, His, 29" high x 29" wide, Hers, 13" high x 38" wide, $23,500.James Melchert (b. 1930), Ghost Box, 1964, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Historic Battle of San Jacinto Brings Record Price
Thought to be lost, The Battle of San Jacinto by Henry Arthur McArdle (1836-1908), oil on canvas, 1901, 48" x 84", sold for $334,600, which is believed to be a record auction price for a Texas artwork.Shearing the Churro Sheep, 1979, by Ray Swanson (1937-2004), oil on canvas, 50" x ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American History Sale
Alexander Gardner albumen photo taken from the rooftop of either Gardner's studio in Washington, D.C., or an adjacent structure, facing southeast, 13" x 181/2" plus trimmed mount, print rich with slight glue-streaking, $35,250.Quarter-plate daguerreotype of Saint Anthony Falls in Minneapolis, taken sometime after 1851, in a full leather case, possibly ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Hascoe Sale
This pair of American silver wine cups was made by Paul Revere of Boston in 1792 for Moses Michael Hays and his wife, Rachel. Their initials are in a bright-cut oval suspended from a bow knot on one side; the other side is engraved "CM 1865" and "EC 1865" for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Private Collection of Americana
Carved mahogany open-arm chair attributed to Daniel Trotter, Philadelphia, circa 1785, with an old surface and covered in period silk fabric, 383/4" high. Estimated at $20,000/60,000, it sold for $25,000 to Connecticut collector William Mayer in the salesroom. Trotter made two sets of chairs for Stephen Girard. This chair back ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Americana Week
EditorialResilience in the market for Americana was evident in New York City during Americana Week. After several years of malaise, buyers responded positively to the offerings.In the auction competition, Christie's won the week, turning a well-edited sale of American furniture, decorations, and silver in two catalogs into a tidy $15,472,125 ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Renaissance Jewelry Paces Thomaston Sale
This Renaissance pendant with an enameled scene of St. George slaying the dragon, set amid diamonds, lapis, malachite, carnelian, and agates, brought $85,100. Thomaston Place photo.The "Marlborough Jewel," a pendant with five rectangular-cut diamonds, five oval-cut rubies, and three pearl drops, in a case by H. Heydenryk, sold for $80,500.Thomaston ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Still and Mechanical Banks
Old South Church building bank, cast iron, 9 5/8" tall, gold paint, silver roof, greatcondition, $4294.Lion and Two Monkeys mechanical bank, cast iron, 91/2" tall, great paint, $2034.Iron Master's Log Cabin bank, cast iron, 41/4" tall, excellent condition, $3503.From the Egelhoff collection, this Bank of America safe bank, in near-pristine ... (Read More)
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