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(Issue Story)Guyette and Schmidt's Fall Decoy Sale
Guyette and Schmidt, Inc., Easton, Marylandby Karl H. PassGuyette and Schmidt, Inc. held its fall decoy sale November 7 and 8, 2007, in conjunction with the Easton Waterfowl Festival, an annual event that overtakes the small town of Easton on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The auction in the Talbot County Community ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Heartland Fall Edition Antiques Show
Richmond, Indianaby Don Johnson"Look at this! It's eighty-five dollars."She wasn't talking to me, but I couldn't resist looking over my shoulder to see what the woman had found. In her hands was a tractor-type lawn sprinkler in old green paint, pulled from beneath a farm table in an east-central Indiana ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Triple-Format Western Memorabilia, Photography, and American Indian Art Sales
Heritage Auction Galleries, Dallas, Texasby Karl H. PassHeritage Auction Galleries held a large two-day event on November 10 and 11, 2007, at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas. Beginning with Western photography, the sale was broken into three sessions with three separate, well-illustrated catalogs. The photography and artifacts session ... (Read More)
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(Show)Music Valley: Warm, Dry Tent for Permanent Venue
Nashville, Tennesseeby Karla Klein AlbertsonFor the October 25-27, 2007, show, the Music Valley Antiques Market in Nashville, Tennessee, made a few important changes to its big-tent setup. The result significantly improved conditions for dealers and collectors alike.Photos taken during the show's rainy weekend in October 2006 displayed a wet floor ... (Read More)
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(Show)Dealers Beat Odds at Peabody Essex Museum Show
Salem, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoNobody did gangbusters at the Peabody Essex Museum's 35th annual antiques show, November 23-25, 2007. Nobody sold to the walls at this traditional Thanksgiving weekend event that benefits the museum's education and public programs. Yet a number of dealers had good or even very good sales, for ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Treasures Show and Sale
Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenTreasures-the antiques, tribal arts, textiles, and jewelry show at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology-tweaked its image on its third annual outing October 26-28, 2007, to include treasures that archaeologists might dig up a thousand years from now, such as 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century ... (Read More)
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(Show)The San Francisco Fall Show: Rookie Makes Good
San Francisco, Californiaby Alice KaufmanFollowing in the footsteps of San Francisco Fall Antiques Show founding executive director Toby Rose can't have been easy, but in Lisa Podos's rookie year, the effect was seamless."It has been an extraordinary ride," Podos said of the October 25-28, 2007, show. "Very challenging, but very ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Art Auction
Sotheby's, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenOn
the heels of the Berry-Hill Galleries and Salander-O'Reilly Galleries bankruptcies
and the volatile stock market, it was hard to know what to expect at the November
2007 American painting sales in New York City. Crowded salesrooms, pockets of
competitive bidding, and high prices showed ... (Read More)
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(Show)Tailgate in Nashville: Variety Is the Spice of Life
Nashville, Tennesseeby Karla Klein AlbertsonSteve Jenkins's Tailgate Antiques Show in Nashville is rather like the old song by Arlo Guthrie about Alice's Restaurant. You can get anything you want. There are dealers who favor the pure simplicity of high-quality country-furniture, quilts and rugs, folk art carvings, painted signs. But if ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Unique Stoneware at the American Pottery Auction
Bruce and Vicki Waasdorp, Clarence, New Yorkby Joshua KormanBruce and Vicki Waasdorp of Clarence, New York, have gained a national reputation for their twice-yearly American pottery auction, particularly renowned for high-quality stoneware. The Waasdorps' mail and phone bid auctions have taken place every March and September for more than 15 ... (Read More)
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