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(Auction)Punch Costs $542,400
by Lita Solis-CohenA wooden figure of
Punch on a pedestal, attributed to William Demuth & Co., circa 1860, 5'8"
tall, sold for $542,400 (including buyer's premium) at a Philip Weiss auction
in Oceanside, Long Island, New York, on Sunday, October 21. It was an auction
record for any trade figure."I ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Foster Reaps a Cropsey for $143,000
Robert L. Foster, Newcastle, Maineby Mark SiscoLabor Day weekend is the climax of Maine's summer tourist season, and it now serves as the finish to Maine's semi-official Antiques Week, with a fistful of auctions and shows centered on the coast. Robert Foster's September 1 and 2 sale in Newcastle shared ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Repro for Humanity
On January 18, 2008, a redware-filled apothecary cabinet will be sold at live auction at the preview party for Goodrich and Company's Designer Craftsmen Show of Philadelphia in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Fifty percent of the proceeds are to be donated to Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia.Created by potter Greg Shooner ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Stephen Parrish Etching Catalog to be Published
After 22 years of research and writing, Rona Schneider of New York has announced the publication of Stephen Parrish/The Etchings: A Catalogue Raisonne. The publication date is November 2007.The 192-page, fully illustrated catalog lists and details all of Parrish's 153 etchings, which were created during the period from 1879 to ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Sideboard Goes to Governor's Mansion
A circa 1795 sideboard, with a family history in Wiscasset, Maine, is a recent acquisition by the Maine State Museum and is now on view in the Blaine House in Augusta, the home of Maine's governors. The sideboard was conserved by Linda Coit and Jon Brandon of East Point Conservation ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Salander-O'Reilly Galleries Bankrupt, D.A.'s Office Seizes Property, Searches for Evidence
by David HewettThe financial troubles of Lawrence Salander and his New York City art business, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, reached the tipping point in late October and early November. The sheer mass of lawsuits charging missed payments, unauthorized sales, bad checks, and broken deals filed in the New York State Supreme Court ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Skinner Sets New Record for Automata
An agent for a Russian billionaire
came to Skinner's science and technology auction in Bolton, Massachusetts, on
Sunday, October 28, and bought 16 lots of mechanical music boxes and automata
for $1,041,960.50 (includes the buyers' premiums).One of his purchases, a pair
of life-size blackamoor musicians by Jean Roullet, for which ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Former Mrs. New Jersey Arrested for Theft
The 2005 Mrs. New Jersey United States, Heather "Hedy" L. DiCarlo, 36, of Essex Fells, New Jersey, was arrested on October 10 after allegedly writing bad checks in order to purchase more than $70,000 worth of antique furniture. DiCarlo was charged with third-degree theft and third-degree issuing bad checks. Bail ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Wilton Historical Society Announces Spring 2008 Date
The "March show" will be in March again in 2008. After being forced into April for two years, the 41st Annual Antiques Show produced by the Wilton Historical Society in Wilton, Connecticut, will take place March 30."I'm pleased to finally get an acceptable date, though we are not able to ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Winterthur Names Lois Olcott Price Director of Conservation
Leslie Greene Bowman, director and CEO of Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, has announced the appointment of Lois Olcott Price to director of conservation.Price has a long and unique history with Winterthur as the only person to be awarded degrees from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture and the ... (Read More)
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