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(Show)The Marburger Farm Antique Show: Under New Management
Round Top, Texasby John M. DriggersHundreds of antique and nostalgic signs greeted the thousands who came to look over what the almost 400 dealers had to offer at the Marburger Farm Antique Show on October 2-6, 2007. Signs of every description, from old gasoline companies to toy manufacturers to providers ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fall Fine Art Sale at Pook & Pook
Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvaniaby Karl H. PassPook & Pook Inc. began conducting specialized fine art sales in the fall of 2005. They are held twice a year and encompass works on all price levels. The 320-lot sale held October 26, 2007, in Downington, Pennsylvania, grossed $1,202,180 (including buyers' ... (Read More)
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(Show)40th Annual Fall Original Round Top Antiques Fair
Round Top, Texasby John M. DriggersRecord heat greeted record crowds at the Original Round Top Antiques Fair on October 3-6, 2007. By early October, even Texans expect the temperatures to fall below 90 degrees. This past October, unfortunately, the 90-plus-degree days tested the mettle of all who came looking for ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Portrait of Bob, 1936 Makes $153,600 at Shannon's Art Auction
Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers, Greenwich, Connecticutby Ed PfeifferShannon's Fine Art Auctioneers staged its fall sale on October 25, 2007, in Greenwich, Connecticut, bringing 277 lots to the block. Gene Shannon said they were "very happy" with the results. He reported total sales of $3,265,000, topping the $3.25 million realized in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Boy's Portrait and Auto Weathervane Drive $4.1 Million Americana Sale
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoA jaunty automobile-and-driver weathervane and a folk art portrait of a charismatic little boy were the top lots at Skinner's latest Americana sale, held November 3 and 4, 2007. The vane, made circa 1910 by Boston's W.A. Snow Iron Works and deaccessioned by a small ... (Read More)
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(Auction)S.R. Gifford Painting Fetches $831,000
Skinner Inc., Boston, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoThe bidding for what was to become the unrivaled highlight of Skinner's art sale in its Boston gallery on Friday, November 16, 2007, Sanford R. Gifford's Sunday Prayers, opened modestly enough at $20,000-too modestly, for some. At $29,000, a jump bid came from one of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Leyendecker Painting Paces a Sale Full of Hits and Misses
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maineby Mark SiscoSometimes at a major auction, the high-profile nonsales can obscure the successes. At a Thomaston Place Auction Galleries sale on November 3 and 4, 2007, in Thomaston, Maine, about 25 of the first 100 lots either failed to generate a bid or didn't ... (Read More)
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(Show)Two Great York Shows Are Now One
York, Pennsylvaniaby Karl H. PassThe Greater York Antiques Show and Sale now includes two great shows: Jim Burk's long-running Greater York Antiques Show and Sale and Barry Cohen's York County Classic Antiques Show. What had been previously billed as "two quality shows under one roof" is now in fact one ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Philadelphia Tea Table Brings $5,417,000
Tea Table Brings $5,417,000
The Stevenson family Chippendale mahogany scalloped-top tea table, attributed to ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Judge Approves Financial Arrangements of Reorganized Salander-O'Reilly, Declines to Name a Trustee
Judge Approves Financial Arrangements of Reorganized Salander-O'Reilly, Declines to Name a Trustee
by David Hewett
If you're looking for good news in the continuing chronicles of the Salander-O'Reilly Galleries bankruptcy case, you're out of luck this month.
Newcomers to this saga of the Big Apple art gallery gone bad should read our prior ... (Read More)
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