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(Fragment)Auction Legislation in New York
by Betty FloodSeveral versions of proposed legislation concerning auctions have been introduced in the New York state legislature since 1993, but during this particular legislative session more focus has been on the arts, perhaps because of the economic situation throughout the country.New York state law does not currently mandate the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Royka Sells Artist Bernard Corey's Estate
Sarah's Road, a 10" x 16" oil on board, fetched $2478. The view is a place in Sutton, Massachusetts, that "doesn't exist anymore," said Michael Graves. "It's probably been gone for twenty years. That was an old road that dead-ended at an old swamp. It's paved now, of course, and ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: It Is Easy Being Green
The Young Collectorby Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondKermit the Frog was right. It's not easy being green, at least not initially. "Initially" is where we think the antiques business is stuck at the moment. We all hear about it a lot, talk about it a little, and do about it ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: Tea for Three1: Success to Trade in AmericaThe rare Stamp Act teapot, found in a box of low value bric-a-brac and sold for $117,440 in an English provincial sale.Only a handful of Staffordshire creamware teapots bearing references to the infamous Stamp Act of 1765* are recorded, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Wary Exhibitors "Keep on Keeping on" at Spring Hartford Show
Brian Cullity of Sagamore, Massachusetts,formerly a museum curator, delights at sometimes showing unusual material. The maple and birch chest of unusual form is a very shapely piece and priced enticingly low at $1850. On it Cullity placed some neat miniature Sandwich glass decanters, priced from $695 to $850.The lighting was ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Show Director for Hillsborough Show
United Voluntary Services (UVS), owners of the Hillsborough Antique Show in San Mateo, California, has announced that Nancy Johnson of Nancy Johnson Events Management LLC in Denver, Colorado, will be the director of its shows, effective immediately."Hillsborough," as it is commonly known, is one of the longest-running antiques shows in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Dan Morphy Buys Back Morphy Auctions
Dan Morphy has bought back the operating assets of Morphy Auctions from Geppi's Entertainment. Morphy had sold the auction house to Geppi's in 2005, but in a deal finalized on May 8, Morphy assumes sole ownership of the company he established in 2004. The new firm will be known as ... (Read More)
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(Feature)See "America" This Summer
The Cape Ann Museum (formerly the Cape Ann Historical Association) in Gloucester, Massachusetts, is exhibiting a painting and marine telescope related to the yacht America in its Fitz Henry Lane Gallery until late October. The painting and telescope have been lent from the private collection of Alan Granby and Janice ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Works of Art Spark Prices at Willis Henry Auction
An oil on canvas seascape signed by Charles Henry Gifford (1839-1904), showing two men rowing to a two-masted sailing vessel on a calm sea, 12" x 20", made $65,520. Two other Gifford paintings (not shown) were among the dozen lots scoring the upper-end prices. A 91/4" x 141/4" oil on ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Change in Deduction for Charitable Contributions in the Works
by Daniel GrantThe absence of any mention of President Obama's plan to reduce the deduction for charitable contributions for the very wealthy in the budget proposal passed by the U.S. House and Senate on April 29 does not mean that the initiative is dead. According to a number of associations ... (Read More)
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