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(Feature)Good Faith Purchaser Protests City Treatment, Dover Records Returned
by David Hewett"Had anyone had any belief whatsoever that these records were stolen, misappropriated in any way, that good title had not passed, there would have been no qualms, no hesitation whatsoever, in simply returning them. That is not in question. That was never the issue."Those words were spoken by ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: Antiques and the New Three Rs: Recondition, Reuse, Recycle
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondBefore we start, let's lay down a few ground rules for this discussion. First of all, no e-mails about politics, please. This is business, and business needs to float on the waves of politics, not get mired down in it. Second, as business people, it ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Madam Walker to Malcolm X at Annual African-Americana Sale
Swann, New York Cityby Jeanne SchintoThe top lot of Swann's 13th annual sale of printed and manuscript African-Americana on February 21 was an assembled unpublished album containing large, original Currier & Ives chromolithographs depicting African-Americans in stereotypical poses and situations. About half of them were printed with a heavy oil-based ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Philadelphia Antiques Show
Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenIt pays to worry. The Philadelphia Antiques Show committee was apprehensive about the move from their long-established venue at the 33rd Street Armory to the Navy Yard. They were criticized for their aggressive tactics in securing the Navy Yard, which had been developed as a show venue ... (Read More)
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(Feature)"Miss Edgerton's Ye Colonial Shoppe" or Women in the Trade
by Jeanne Schinto"Partner wanted," began the classified ad in the December 1928 issue of Antiques magazine. "I want a young woman with brains, personality and capital. Prefer one who knows books, silver, pewter, paintings, etc., one who would love to go out and hunt these fascinating treasures with me. Abraham ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Firearms Column
by Robert KyleIn what may come to be known as "Five Fabulous Firearms Days in Fairfield," bidders from around the world spent $14.2 million at two back-to-back auctions in Fairfield, Maine, March 7 through 11.First, Poulin's Antiques & Auctions on March 7-9 sold a personal best of $1.5 million on ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Auction Law and Ethics: Goliath Meets King Kong
by Steve ProffittThis is the opening installment in a multi-part series I'm going to do about a serious auction scourge: bid rigging. Bid rigging is a problem that adversely affects auctions of every type in every area of the country. We're going to examine some of the key aspects of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Cochran Sells Undertaker's Tall-Case Clock for $101,750
J.G. Cochran Auctioneers & Associates, Boonsboro, Marylandby Robert KyleJust about all the residents in rural Washington County, Maryland, knew John Harlan Bast Jr. They also knew of his father and his grandfather. The Bast furniture and undertaking company was connected to the town and surrounding farms because it took care ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Collecting by Design
A Show and Book Reviewby Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy The Museum of Fine Arts, HoustonCollecting by Design: Silver & Metalwork of the Twentieth Century from the Margo Grant Walsh Collectionby Timothy A. O'Brien with Margo Grant Walsh, introduction by Cindi StraussThe Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, distributed by Yale University Press, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Market for California and American Paintings Remains Strong
Bonhams & Butterfields, Los Angeles and San Francisco, Californiaby Alice KaufmanAs usual, records were set (a dozen) and paintings were sold above their estimates at Bonhams & Butterfields' April 8 Los Angeles/San Francisco auction of California and American paintings and sculpture. Total sales added up to $4,875,280 (includes buyers' premiums), ... (Read More)
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