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(Auction)Colescott's Satirical Adam and Eve Leads African-American Art Sale
Untitled (French Landscape) by William A. Harper (1873-1910), a 16¼" x 20¼" oil on canvas, sold for $19,200 (est. $6000/9000). Swann said the price for the 1905 work was an artist’s record.A Legend Dimly Told by Robert Colescott (1925-2009) sold to a collector for $132,000 (est. $50,000/75,000). The 84" x ... (Read More)
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(Show)Ohio Country Antique Show
Two dog paintings, each signed “J. Pickering 1923,” $795 the pair from Inez Allen and Nan Conlan of City Mouse Country Mouse Antiques, Cincinnati, Ohio.Twelve flow blue plates with wild turkeys, marked “Doulton Burslem England,” about 10" in diameter, $245 and sold duringthe show by Jacque Bradford of Indianapolis, Indiana.Hand-carved ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Sandburg Cache
This is part of the cache of some of Carl Sandburg's earliest poems, some of which are unpublished, and various correspondence with magazine editors in 1911 and 1912. It sold in November 2009 for $7930. Photo courtesy Leslie Hindman Auctioneers.by Desiah MelbyIn late summer 2009 antiques and book dealer Ken ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Kaminski Debuts New Auction Facility
Exterior of Kaminski's new auction gallery. Kaminski photo.Tony Fusco (left) of Fusco & Four Public Relations and Marketing with Diane Riva, Frank Kaminski, and Mary Westcott of Kaminski Auctions. Kaminski photo.Kaminski Auctions celebrated the grand opening of a new state-of-the-art auction gallery on Friday, November 26, 2010. Fine art and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Esmerian Charged with Bankruptcy Fraud, Theft, Embezzlement
by David HewettOn November 22, 2010, in New York City, agents from the United States Postal Inspection Service arrested Ralph Esmerian, 70, the former board president of the American Folk Art Museum, charging him with bankruptcy fraud, concealment of assets in connection with a bankruptcy proceeding, and wire fraud.If found ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The American Scene
Andrew Clemens sand bottle, one side with eagle and American flag, the other with a bouquet centered by “Ella” and “1887,” 7" high, replaced stopper, resealed with wax, label missing, $12,925.Logging scene by Glen Tracy, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1926, in a period Arts and Crafts frame, 35½" ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in Charlottesville, Act Two
Roland Dallaire of Dallaire Antiques, Brockway, Pennsylvania, presented this group of mid-20th-century ceramics from the late Indiana potter Lu Martin. The large (approximately 15" long overall) hen on nest was $250; the snail, $225; the owl, $375; and the gnomes were $135 each.Gary Manlove offered the large slant-top carpenter’s toolbox ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Antiques + Contemporary Technology = Steampunk
Charlotte McFarland of Allston, Massachusetts, made this cotton spinning wheel generator. Not for sale. “I don’t make a living as an artist,” said the robotics engineer, “but I see the engineering and the art as two sides of the same coin. I can go directly from my job to the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Officers for NHADA
From left: Melissa Alden, Kathy Schoemer, Rich Bojko, Beverly Longacre, Thomas Thompson, and Peter Sawyer. Not pictured: Peter Austin, Gail Piatt, Ken Pike, and Sharon Platt.The New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association (NHADA) held its annual business meeting and dinner on November 3, 2010, at the Bedford Village Inn in Bedford, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Reproductions
Adelaide Joy Oliver, 8 lbs. 5 ozs., daughter of Jacob and former M.A.D. staffer Laura Oliver, was born on November 8, 2010.Nora Rosalie, daughter of Andrew Richmond and Hollie Davis, authors of The Young Collector column, was born on September 6, 2010. Originally published in the January 2011 issue of ... (Read More)
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