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(Fragment)Michaan's and Haines Team Up
Michaan's Auctions in Alameda, California, has partnered with decorative arts expert Reyne Haines. Their first auction will be held in November and includes 20th-century decorative arts, furniture, jewelry, and fine art from the Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts, Art Deco, and mid-century periods. They are accepting consignments for the inaugural ... (Read More)
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(Show)Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the California Country Antiques and Folk Art Show
Donna Staggs of Donna's Antiques, Fullerton, California, asked $395 for the horse on wheels and $195 for the teddy bear wearing a sweater suit. "The bear has been in my family for a long time, and his suit has never come off," Staggs said. "This is the only good country ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Twentieth-Century Design at Auction
Greg Kuharic, who worked at Sotheby's from 1988 to 2003, is now a decorative arts consultant and studio potter in Mishawaka, Indiana. He bought a pair (one shown) of Tiffany Studios Grape Trellis windows, which came from Overcliff in Park Hill, New York, for $146,500. He also bought a single ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: The Value of Selling
by Steve ProffittThe past two months I wrote about "negative" selling-that is, people selling themselves into bad deals.This month I write about the inverse of that concept-positioning for success through "value selling." People who sell value maximize results by gaining the best deals that yield the most lucrative rewards.Are you ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Philadelphia Print Shop Will Open Western Branch
by Lita Solis-Cohen"We sold our house to the first people who looked at it and signed an agreement of sale for a house in Colorado. Now I'm looking for the right space for a branch gallery of the Philadelphia Print Shop in Cherry Creek where I can set up shop ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Born under a Bad Sign
"It's not good for the town, it's not good for the church, and it certainly wasn't good for the antiques dealers," collector Mary Grothe of Gainesville, Virginia, said.We called Grothe after she forwarded a letter she sent to her local newspaper, the Fauquier Times-Democrat. It read, in part, "A couple ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Rookwood XX
Overbeck vase, carved with repeating profiles of women walking amid stylized flowers, Elizabeth and Mary Frances Overbeck, marked, 14 3/8" high, light crazing, otherwise excellent condition, $17,250.Daum Nancy cameo lamp, the shade and base with cockscomb flower heads, dark purple-brown over marmalade, marked, 20" high, shade 123/4" diameter, very good ... (Read More)
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(Show)The NSADA Winnetka Summer Antiques Show
Joseph M. Hayes Antiques, Columbus, Ohio, brought the 18th-century Queen Anne secretary bookcase. It was 78" high x 36" wide and tagged $35,000. The English sterling candlesticks were $2500 for the set of four. Hayes told us that they are early 20th-century copies of a set in the Victoria and ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Massachusetts Mercury Law Exempts Antique Instruments
by Jeanne SchintoAntiques dealers, auctioneers, and collectors are applauding the passage of a new Massachusetts law, S2403, "An Act Relative to the Sale of Antique Barometers, Thermometers, and Clocks," signed by Governor Deval Patrick on July 26. The legislation exempts pre-1955 "mercury-added" devices from the sales ban established by the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fresh Folk Art Carvings Lead the Way
Unlike many key baskets, this example is not marked with the name of the harness or saddle shop where it was made. The 7" x 10" x 4" oval leather basket is decorated with three rows of simple hammered punch impressions. The padded leather handle is affixed to the body ... (Read More)
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