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(Auction)Low-Key Americana Sale
The Portrait of a Girl and Her Dog in a Grape Arbor is unframed and measures 39¾" x 28". American furniture and decorative arts specialist Martha Hamilton spoke about the portrait. “There’s been a lot of interest in it because it’s a wonderful example of Susan Waters’s work. The back ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Little Holiday Reminiscing
Before the customers arrived, the dealers perused each other’s offerings in the barn at Craven Farm where the West Coast Vintage Holiday Show is held. Mr. Bubblelight, a.k.a. Leonard Mostek, of Nebraska and Jonathan Crawley of Oregon watch as Bruce Elsass of Connecticut advances down the aisle. The barn is ... (Read More)
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(Show)On the Paper Trail
Joe Maynard of Brooklyn, New York, asked $225 for this circa 1905 full-color die-cut advertisement for traveling optician R.E. Craytor of Glens Falls, New York. The type that the girl is pointing to was purposely printed blurry. A calendar on the back of the ad shows the New York state ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Judge Issues Injunction, Berry-Hill Loses Art, Lawyers Try to Quit
by David HewettThere have been some seriously weird happenings in the New York City art biz these early days in 2010 (see Salander-O'Reilly, p. 32-A), but the latest news takes us back to a story we first reported nearly five years ago (December 2005).On Tuesday, April 6, employees of Cirkers ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Auctioneers Arrested in Shill Bidding Case
Stephen J. BennettHarold French by Elizabeth DinanTwo New Hampshire auctioneers rigged the bidding for the auction of an S.F.M. Badger painting to drive the price over a $10,000 reserve so they could collect a commission, according to police.Stephen J. Bennett, 52, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, owner of Stephen Bennett Auctions ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Indiana Art Reaches New Highs
Dogwoods by Theodore Clement Steele, $93,500.by Don JohnsonTwo auction records were set during the Indiana art auction held by Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company on March 28 in Indianapolis.Dogwoods by Theodore Clement Steele, a 22" x 32" oil on canvas, signed and dated 1911, was the top lot of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Case Antiques Auction
Portrait of Andrew Jackson by William Stewart Watson (Scottish, 1800-1870), signed and dated 1836, 27¼" x 23¼" plus frame, professionally conserved, some inpainting/restoration, $36,320.Central Park Skating by Joseph Delaney (1904-1991), oil on masonite, signed and dated ’69, 31½" x 29" (sight), original frame, excellent condition, $28,375.Folk art grain-painted watch hutch, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Clay Crafters of the American South
Important enough to warrant mailing an addition to the catalog, this Daniel Seagle four-lug-handled storage jar resembles a basketball more than most of Seagle’s other storage jars. Described as having two chips “professionally restored… undetectable,” it reached $14,850 and was the star of the sale.Most of the earliest pottery of ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Old Software, New Computers
One of the many tables in a SQLite database being examined by the free Mozilla Firefox add-on SQLite Manager.Computer Column #256by John P. Reid, [email protected] from a reader suggested this month's column. For many years, Jerry Brent of Fredericksburg, Virginia, has used a program for collectors called Antiques Collectibles Inventory, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Picked Apart
News flash. Antiques dealers try to make profits using a simple business model: sell objects for more than they paid for them. It's a seat-of-the-pants, tightrope-without-a-net way to make a buck that requires dealers to use knowledge of objects, history, and the current market.Considerable on-line criticism has been heaped on ... (Read More)
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