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(Feature)"A Lively Experiment"
Book Reviewby Lita Solis-Cohen"So many people asked me so many questions about Newport that I decided the last thing I would do for Newport was this book," said Ralph Carpenter, who has been a booster of Newport, Rhode Island, since the 1930's. "I was ninety-two years old when I first ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Not Quite What Was Expected
Cowan's, Cincinnati, Ohioby Don JohnsonThis one didn't quite turn out as expected. Cowan's summer Americana sale of fine and decorative arts, held June 23 in Cincinnati, Ohio, was one that probably left staff members shaking their heads in disbelief-for bidding that went astronomically beyond presale estimates as well as for ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Art & Antiques Relaunches
by Lita Solis-CohenA year after it was acquired by CurtCo Media, Art & Antiques, the 29-year-old magazine for collectors, has streamlined its layout, and press releases state that its focus will be on connoisseurship of a vast range of fine and decorative arts. Bill Curtis, CEO of CurtCo Media, claimed ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Picky Folk Art Buyers Pay Up When It Passes Muster
by Lita Solis-CohenThe Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts, paid $541,000 (includes buyer's premium) for a 4' tall figure of Jack Tar at Christie's on October 3. The figure is probably from the workshop of Samuel Robb (1851-1928) in New York City, circa 1890. Daniel Finamore, PEM's Russell W. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Changes in Nashville
Kay Puchstein and Jon Jenkins of Jenkins Show Management, co-managers of the long-running Music Valley Antiques Market, announced their new show set to debut during Antiques Week in Nashville in February 2008.Antiques at Music Valley will feature over 140 of America's premier antiques dealers in a big-top tent setting. While ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Pavillon des Arts et du Design
Show promoter Meg Wendy met Patrick Perrin in Moscow this summer, and over lunch the two decided to join forces and bring the first Pavillion des Arts et du Design to the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York City, February 6-11, 2008.Created in 1997 by Perrin and Stephane Custot, Le ... (Read More)
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(Feature)The Philadelphia Museum of Art's Perelman Building Opens
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(Feature)The Thrilla and Alexander Farnham
Jim's of Lambertville, Lambertville, New Jersey, will present The Thrilla in Lambertvilla XVIII, an exhibition of Pennsylvania Impressionists and Modernists, opening Saturday, November 3, at 6 p.m.The selling exhibition will feature over 100 works by Fern Coppedge, Harry Leith-Ross, Daniel Garber, Edward Willis Redfield, Robert Spencer, Walter Emerson Baum, John ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Gamage Gets the Gold
Bruce Gamage Jr., Rockland, Maineby Mark SiscoAuctioneer Bruce Gamage kicked off Maine's unofficial antiques week with a tidy estate sale in Rockland on August 27. The two biggest hits had everybody buzzing before and after the event. Both were six-figure strikes.The first was a unique gold medal that had been ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Gould Modern Art Collection Exhibited at New Britain Museum
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticutby Ed Pfeiffer Michael and Marilyn Gould of Wilton, Connecticut, are well known in the antiques field as experienced and skilled managers of significant antiques shows. Less known is that they have a personal interest in modern art and an impressive collection ... (Read More)
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