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(Show)The Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show
The preview party at the Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show is one of the most festive of the season. Good food, gorgeous weather, and a charming setting in the courtyard is where it begins, but it continues inside the museum with more food, music, and three floors with dealers' stands.Lee ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The American Wing Opens to Enthusiastic Audience
First Lady Michelle Obama cut the ribbon inaugurating the new American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 19. Dignitaries from left: Michael R. Bloomberg, mayor of New York City; Emily K. Rafferty, president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Kirsten Gillibrand, senator, state of New York; Michelle ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Low-Key Sale Produces Over $850,000
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshireby David HewettPhotos courtesy Northeast AuctionsWill the real rarity stand up, please? Why did both of these porcelain figures bring such heated competition and high prices, and what makes one worth nearly twice the price of the other? The figure of a seated harlequin with a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Louisville Antique Mall Closes
The Louisville Antique Mall in Louisville, Kentucky, has closed its doors. Owner Denise Golden broke the news at a dealer meeting on June 22. The mall has been in business for 26 years, had 14 employees, and had over 200 dealers. The renovated five-story Art Deco building located at 834 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Merkin Collection Sold--$191 Million to Be Frozen
by Betty FloodNew York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's office submitted a stipulation and order in New York State Supreme Court regarding the impending sale of J. Ezra Merkin's art collection for $310 million. The art was owned by Merkin and his wife, according to Cuomo.In April a 54-page complaint was ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Clock Feast at Fontaine's
A mid-19th-century gilt-bronze owl-form French clock-and-candelabra set sold in the room for $10,925 (est. $8000/12,000). The three pieces have matching serial numbers.A circa 1870 French industrial clock-and-barometer combination in the form of an automated steam engine, 191/2" x 131/2" x 71/2", sold to an absentee bidder for $19,550 (est. $12,000/15,000).Fontaine's ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Development of Garth's Property
by Don JohnsonAfter 55 years in the same location at the edge of Delaware, Ohio, Garth's Auctioneers & Appraisers will likely relocate next year. A move seems inevitable following recent developments involving the ten-acre property leased by the auction firm.Tom and Carolyn Porter retained ownership of the land when they ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Running of the Bulls, Bears, Zebras, and Wildebeests
Landlocked salmon mount on a birch bark panel by David Footer. Five years ago, comparable mounts were bringing between $1000 and $2500, but this time Giguere had to pass it when bidders wouldn't play, and the consignor was reportedly happy to have it back. My, how times do change. The ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bunch Sells the James Galley Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain
Archaic Chinese hardstone covered vessel, 61/4" high, lion mask carving with dragons on lid, pierced wooden stand inlaid with silver wire, $40,950 (est. $600/ 800) to a phone bidder from London.Chinese eatingknife, carvedwood, gilt bronze,tinted ivory with ajade handle,$4095 (est. $100/200).This pair of rare Chinese export porcelaincandlesticks, circa 1770, with ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Tower Antique Show
The child's toy dry sink in its original oil paint finish was possibly made for one of the children of the Boltinghaus family of Lexington, Kentucky. Made of pine, it was 18" wide x 8" deep and tagged $1100 by Woody Straub.Phil Dutcher of The Antiquary Ltd., Tulsa, Oklahoma, offered ... (Read More)
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