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(Fragment)Mid-Week in Manchester and Bedford Pickers Market Must Move
Two important events in the Antiques Week in New Hampshire summer schedule-Mid-Week in Manchester and the Bedford Pickers Market-promoted by Frank Gaglio's Barn Star Productions will need to find a new home because of the sale of the Quality Inn & Wayfarer Conference Center in Bedford. Each show features over ... (Read More)
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(Show)The American Antiques Show 2009
New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenThe Pennsylvania corner cupboard with painting attributed to John Rupp was $42,000. It is filled with chalkware. On shelves on the wall are a yellow garniture of fruit for $3800 and a pair of stags for $7800. The dry sink of New England origin in a ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: The Key That Would Not FitThe star turn in last year's series of Islamic sales in London was a 12th-century iron key for the door of the Ka'ba in Mecca, the holiest of Muslim shrines and the destination of those millions who yearly undertake the haj, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tiffany and 20th-Century Design Sales
Sotheby's, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy Sotheby'sTiffany Studios rare Pebble lamp, 1900-02, with rare Pumpkin base, pebble-decorated leaded and bezel-set stone, leaded glass, Favrile glass, with a patinated bronze oil font stamped “Tiffany Studios/ New York/ 21550,” 17¼" high lamp with a 14½" diameter shade, with the Tiffany Glass ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New York Considers Modifying Gun Sales Laws
by Betty FloodThe sale of guns (firearms, rifles, or shotguns) at auctions, flea markets, or garage sales would be considered a "gun show" in New York, according to legislation cosponsored by Senator Eric T. Schneiderman (D-New York City) and Assemblywoman Amy R. Paulin (D-Westchester)."Realizing that guns are often offered for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Gruppe Groupies Grab Gruppe Group
Mountain landscape by Emile Gruppé, titled on the reverse Mnt. Mansfield, 19½" x 17½", signed lower right, showing a horse-drawn lumbering operation in the foreground with the mountain in the far distance, $5500.Morning Gloucester Harbor by Emile Gruppé, $5500 to the phone.The watercolor and mixed media anthropomorphic illustration by Maurice ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Arbus Photos Suit Is Settled
The dust jacket of the paperback edition of Hubert's Freaks by Gregory Gibson. Available at bookstores for $14.95 and also directly from Harcourt, Inc., Harcourt Trade Publishers, (800) 543-1918, (www.harcourtbooks.com). Pictured is Estelline Pike, sword swallower. The image is a non-Arbus photo from the collection of Robert C. Langmuir.by Jeanne ... (Read More)
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(Feature)John McAuliffe and James J. McAuliffe: Setting the Record Straight
by Alan SnyderFigure 1. John McAuliffe’s signature. Detail of figure 7.Figure 1A. John McAuliffe’s signature. Detail of figure 9.Figure 2. James J. McAuliffe’s signature. Detail of figure 4.Figure 3. James J. McAuliffe (1848-1921), signed lower right and dated 1911, oil on canvas, 20" x 30". Photo courtesy Northeast Auctions.Figure 4. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Art Dealers Accused of Rigging Appraisal
by David HewettOur Lady of the Angels by William Adolphe Bouguereau. Photo courtesy St. Joseph’s Chapel."I thought we'd get a new church out of the sale. All we got was the sign."Mother Superior Mary Bosco offered the explanation with more than a little hint of apology. She spoke in a ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Belter Rosewood Bed Brings $201,250
A pierce-carved laminated rosewood bed by John Henry Belter, 1850's, one of only two known, soared to $201,250 (includes buyer's premium) at a multi-estate sale held February 21 by Hal Hunt Auctions in Northport, Alabama. The bed was the top earner of the 437 lots that crossed the block.The Belter ... (Read More)
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