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(Show)The 2023 Outsider Art Fair
New York City
When one ventures inside the Outsider Art Fair (OAF), a subtle spark of energy is ignited. The show, now in its 31st run, was held March 2-5 at the Metropolitan Pavilion on West 18th Street, New York City. There is a familiarity to both the space and the ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Spring Rural Life Antique Show
Tuscola, Illinois
It was business as usual at the spring edition of Rural Life Antique Show, held March 3 and 4 at two locations in Tuscola, Illinois. Despite challenging weather on the opening day, which intensified from wind and light rain to strong winds and steady rain and then to ... (Read More)
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(Show)A Gathering on the Prairie
Arthur, Illinois
The cow didn’t last long. A hand-painted Holstein that had been cut from a 4' x 8' sheet of plywood was among the first things to sell when A Gathering on the Prairie opened March 4 at the Otto Center on the outskirts of Arthur, Illinois. David Cotton of ... (Read More)
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(Show)Country Spirit Antique Show
Arcola, Illinois
There’s a scene in the 1996 movie Twister in which the two main characters, Dr. Jo Harding (Helen Hunt) and her estranged husband, Bill Harding (Bill Paxton), are racing in a pickup truck across a dirt levee, trying to outrun two tornadic waterspouts. Amidst the swirling debris, a Holstein ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)American Furniture 2021/2022
A Book Review
The Chipstone journal American Furniture 2021/2022, the 20th volume edited by Luke Beckerdite since 1993, is his next to last before handing over his editor’s chair to Martha Willoughby.
Beckerdite used this issue to tie up some loose ends and fulfill the Chipstone Foundation’s educational mission of using the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Hanging with Joshua and Rachel Gurley
“As kids we were carted around to every auction in New England,” said Rachel Gurley as she and her older brother, Joshua, hung out with M.A.D. in early January.
The Gurleys, Joshua and Rachel, commiserating before one of their shows.
Just off from running a weekend show in Boxborough, Massachusetts, the Gurleys, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Man Arrested in Museum Theft
A routine Google search by Massachusetts dealer Len Estabrooks helped lead to the arrest of a man and the recovery of objects allegedly stolen from the New Bedford Whaling Museum.
On January 5 police arrested Robert M. Burchell, 42, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, for allegedly stealing dozens of artifacts from the ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Maritime Auction
Eldred’s, East Dennis, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Eldred’s
Cape Cod auction house Eldred’s put together a two-day marine sale February 28 and March 1 in East Dennis, Massachusetts. Drawn from an array of maritime collections such as that of Chuck and Jan DeLuca, Michael Gill, Richard Kelton, and Stephen D. Weinroth, the objects ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Historic New England Acquires Boston Jewelry Archival Material
Historic New England has acquired archival material from the Frank N. Nathan Company and the Church Company. Both firms were part of Boston’s jewelry industry in the late 19th and early to mid-20th centuries. The material sheds light on consumer taste, the design process, and the materials used in jewelry ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Robert Ellison’s Collection
Rago, Lambertville, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Rago
Robert A. “Bob” Ellison Jr. (1932-2021) saw ceramics as an “enduring non-verbal language which has been used throughout the world since before recorded history right up through the present,” wrote his wife, the artist Rosaire Appel, in an essay for the catalog for Rago’s February ... (Read More)
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