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(Auction)Marigold People's Vase Brings $80,000
This People's vase in marigold sold to a Wooster, Ohio, collector for $80,000, making it the top price of the auction. The vase is the only one of eight known in marigold. The last People's vase at auction was sold in 2009, when a purple radium example with a mold ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Indian Hill Antiques Fair
The Victorian drop-leaf table in walnut with eight leaves, 11'8" long when extended, Ohio, circa 1880, was $2650 from Littleton Kirkpatrick III of Kirtland, Ohio. The set of six half-arrow-back Windsor chairs with original stencil and paint decoration, Pennsylvania, circa 1830, was $1200, and the set of six Sheraton chairs ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.Harmony in Wood: Furniture of the Harmony Society by Philip D. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)A Museum Rebound
by Daniel GrantIn 2008 and 2009, the museum world held its breath as institutions cut back on hours, staff, and programming, raised admissions, looked to sell objects from their collections in order to pay for operations, or just closed for good. In 2010, museums largely exhaled. The steps taken in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)In Tune: Americana Sale at Garth's
Slant-front desk in tiger maple with stepped and detailed interior, inlaid lid, probably Pennsylvania, late 18th or early 19th century, some repairs, appears to have been a four-drawer case converted to three drawers, $19,975.Queen Anne tavern table in maple with an oval top and slightly splayed base, old (if not ... (Read More)
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(Show)On the Fields of Liberty
"It's the best example of an Old Hickoryfootstool I've found," said Tom Ineson, a.k.a. Tom the Picker, of Mill Spring, North Carolina. The footstool was marked "Old Hickory Chair Co." on one leg and had its original weaving with a double-woven underside. Ineson wanted $160 for it.Dad's Follies had thousands ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Martin Mystique: Americana at Christie's
Christie's, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy Christie's"Collecting is a youthful activity practiced by the old," wrote Alastair Bradley Martin in the introduction to the catalog that was published when part of his collection was exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in 1982. Martin called ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: The Crosby Garrett Helmet, dug in pieces from a muddy Cumbrian field in May and sold by Christie's South Kensington for $3,629,470 in London in October.Dug Up in May, Sold for $3.63 Million in October...Six months ago, the remarkable Roman parade helmet seen at right was ... (Read More)
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(Show)Great Fall Weekend Sparks Strong Historic Deerfield/ADA Show
Jeffrey Tillou Antiques, Litchfield, Connecticut, asked $22,500 for the George III camelback sofa, 93" long, with carved blind fretwork legs and wonderful original needlework (with some restoration).You can pick out an Artemis Gallery boothfrom across a room. North Salem, New York, dealer Jesse Goldberg always presents a carefully arranged selection ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Antique Stocking Stuffers Show
The Greenwich Civic Center in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, will be stuffed with a thousand feet of treasures this year when the Antique Stocking Stuffers Show and Sale returns to that venue on Sunday, December 19.Don't expect to find furniture at this show. It's limited to antique, estate, and vintage costume ... (Read More)
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