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(Feature)Stella's Antiques at the Armory Show Will Be Held
Word from the Stella Show Management Company is that Antiques at the Armory, the January 18-20, 2008, antiques show at the 69th Regiment Armory in New York City, will be held.Because the 69th Regiment National Guard unit will be deployed to Afghanistan, Stella's use of the building was in doubt.For ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Glass Sale Ushers in Changes at Green Valley
Green Valley Auctions, Inc., Mt. Crawford, Virginiaby Walter C. NewmanGreen Valley Auctions held its annual fall glass sale September 19-22 at the company's facility in Mt. Crawford, Virginia. Officially titled the "13th Annual Fall Cataloged Auction of Early American Pattern and Victorian Glass and Lighting," this auction could just as ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Naylor's Photographica Goes on the Block
Guernsey's, New York Cityby Jeanne SchintoA portion of Thurman F. "Jack" Naylor's History of Photography-images, cameras, and related items initially offered for sale over the last couple of years as a single entity for $20 million-was auctioned piecemeal over four days by Guernsey's, October 18-21. This part of the collection, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Firearms Column
by Robert KyleA new record amount spent at a gun auction was set after a three-day sale earned over $11.23 million. The remarkable sale occurred October 8-10 at the auction facility of James D. Julia, Inc. in Fairfield, Maine."It is now the largest-grossing firearms auction ever conducted in the world, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Kathleen and Philip Seibel, Catskill, New York
In the Tradeby Frank DoneganIf you're looking for a nice country cupboard in old paint-or if, in fact, you're looking for 20 or 30 of them-Kathleen and Philip Seibel's early Dutch brick saltbox house just outside Catskill, New York, would be a good place to start. You probably wouldn't have ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)One to Remember
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve ProffittLast month I cited section 2-328 of the Uniform Commercial Code to discuss four important rules about auctions with reserve, including one rule that is largely unknown. I promised to use a real-world auction event this month to illustrate the significant value and protection that ... (Read More)
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(Auction)New York Artists Dominate North Carolina Sale
Leland Little Auctions and Estate Sales, Hillsborough, North Carolinaby Pete PrunklNancy Blount is M.A.D.'s back story source at Leland Little Auctions. She was at the center of the consignment of a rare Chester Webster salt-glazed storage jar at Little's June 2006 sale ("Provenance Meets Providence," M.A.D. October 2006). She came ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Some Observations on Buying a Half-Million-Dollar Letter by Davy Crockett
Opinionby David Hewett"It's deja vu all over again!" observed that shrewd commentator on human nature, Yogi Berra. "What goes around, comes around," also comes to mind.Why these pithy observations?The Texas Historical Commission announced in early September that it had tentatively agreed to purchase a document from Houston's Simpson Galleries for ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In Praise of Pairpoint Lamps
by John NorrisAll prices in Canadian funds unless noted; rounded U.S. figures in parenthesisOn June 6 a Pairpoint reverse-painted glass and gilt-metal table lamp, the largest Rose Bonnet or Easter Bonnet puffy, estimated at $3000/5000, soared to $69,600 ($65,726) (including buyer's premium) at Ritchies in Toronto, setting a Canadian auction ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Samuel McIntire: Carving an American Style
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoWhen Samuel McIntire died in 1811, he owned over 300 carving tools, more than three times the number in a typical carver's shop of the period. He needed the surplus for his multiple styles and the wide variety of carving challenges he faced, so ... (Read More)
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