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(Fragment)Accounts Receivable Clerk Indicted for Theft of $724,000 from Skinner
by David HewettOn December 17, 2008, the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General announced that a Worcester County Grand Jury had returned indictments charging a 72-year-old Hudson woman, Joanne Shea, with the theft of $724,000 worth of cash and antiques from Skinner, Inc. of Bolton, Massachusetts.Shea was alleged to have ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Who's Holding the Bag?
A collector has filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Christie's, claiming the painting she bought there 17 years ago was stolen in World War II by the Nazis and is now unsalable. The complaint was filed by Richard Altman, attorney for Doss, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Foliage Shows Draw Crowds in Northern Vermont
by David HewettMalchione Antiques, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, carries a variety of hunting and fishing related goods. The snowshoes at top by Tubbs, 1940-50, were $225. The Penobscot basket from the 1930's was $795. The bufflehead drake decoy was made by J.D.M. Keefer of Woodstock, Vermont (now working in Maine), and ... (Read More)
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(Show)Music Valley: A Successful Shakedown Run at the Nashville Fairgrounds
Nashville, Tennesseeby Karla Klein AlbertsonThe display set up by Woody and Nancy Straub of Umatilla, Florida, always has a strong Western feel. The unusual Arts and Crafts desk was $1200, the fancy fringed gloves on top were $1450, and the corner cupboard filled with Indian baskets and Pueblo pottery was ... (Read More)
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(Show)The International Art + Design Fair
New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenThis Art Nouveau period (circa 1900) paneled library, an example of French Arts and Crafts, was designed by Paul Jouve (1878-1973) and created by Eugene Grasset (1845-1917) and Alexandre Bigot (1862-1927). It was carved from solid French oak and installed in the home of publisher Charles ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Still Beating
It's not quite a thousand words, but the photograph, courtesy of show promoter Trisha McElroy, speaks volumes. It was accompanied by a press release describing McElroy's first monthly Concord, New Hampshire, antiques show. "Recession? Not in New Hampshire!" screamed the headline.The November 8, 2008, show was successful, according to McElroy, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)NHADA Elects New Officers
Top from left: Ken Pike, Rich Bojko, Kathy Schoemer, Melissa Alden, and Dennis Berard. Bottom from left: Sharon Platt, Gail Piatt, Beverly Longacre, Linda Tate, and Thomas Thompson. Not pictured: Peter Sawyer and Peter Austin.The New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association held its annual business meeting November 13, 2008, at the ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Auctioneer Arrested, Felony Charges Filed at State Level
by David HewettOn November 30, 2008, officers from the New York State Police arrested Elbridge, New York, auctioneer Timothy W. Conroy and charged him with felony grand larceny. The charges spring from his alleged failure to pay a consignor at his June 7, 2008, sale the $19,000 owed to him. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Woman Arrested for 1990 Murder
Barbara Kogan, 65, was arrested on November 24, 2008, for murder in the 1990 contract killing of her husband, antiques dealer and real estate investor George Kogan. The two had opened an antiques business, Kogan & Company, on East 76th Street in New York City in 1987. Kogan faces a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Art Insurance in Russia
by Daniel GrantTo the art auction world Russia looks like a pretty good bet. Over the past decade Russia produced a new crop of millionaires and billionaires, fueled with petrodollars and eager to purchase expensive artwork."It's very exciting to see all these new collectors. It's a snowball effect," said Joanna ... (Read More)
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