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(Issue Story)Auction Prices Realized, June 2025
Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyer’s premium when charged. We’re always looking for news of prices realized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R., Maine Antique ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Concord Museum’s American Revolution Collection
A Book Review
“The Revolution, the great turn from a monarchy to a republic, was already over well before April, 19, 1775, the day the Revolutionary War began.” So writes David F. Wood, celebrating his 40th year as Concord Museum curator and author, in his new richly illustrated book.
Eyewitness to Revolution: ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Ohio Man Charged in Online Auction Fraud
Paul Jackson of Youngstown, Ohio, was charged on April 7 in federal court with two counts of wire fraud. Jackson is accused of defrauding “Online Auction Site 1” from November 2017 through August 2021. The online auction site is not named in the court filing, but prosecutors state that it ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Jim Crow Meets Bluebeard: Imagination and Humor in the Staffordshire Potteries
The Collector’s Find
The story, or perhaps the journey, began at Elinor Penna’s home on Sunday, October 1, 2023. That was the day members of the Staffordshire Figure Association (SFA) had the opportunity to purchase figures from Penna’s vast collection of Staffordshire figures, numbering in the thousands. Penna, a well-known collector ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Collector Discipline
For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories. —Plato
Collectors need many attributes if they are to build a collection over time that they are proud of. Patrick Bell of Olde Hope names three. Passion and knowledge are two. (And of course money never hurts.) ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Exhibitions, June 2025
Manufactured by Thomas W. Jones, New York, peacock weathervane, 20" x 27½", circa 1885, copper. Private collection.
—Through June 8 —Waterville, Maine
Into the Wind: American Weathervanes at the Colby Museum of Art dives into the history of weathervanes, exploring their symbolism, use, and manufacture and what their designs advertised as they ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Ownership for Jackson Hole Art Auction
On May 21 Jackson Hole Art Auction, Jackson, Wyoming, specialists in classic and contemporary masterworks of the American West, announced new ownership. Jackson Hole Art Auction was founded in 2007.
The new ownership group includes longtime Jackson business owner and resident Terry Winchell of Fighting Bear Antiques, investor and art collector ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Futura Tank Vase Breaks Record
On May 18 Just Art Pottery, Germantown Hills, Illinois, sold a 1928 tan and blue Roseville Futura Tank vase model 412-9 for $38,350 (includes buyer’s premium). The estimate was $15,000/20,000. According to Just Art Pottery, that’s an auction record for the sought-after Roseville vase. The previous record was $25,200 for ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Market Today: Mid-Century American Studio Pottery
Let’s start with a definition. What is mid-century studio pottery? It generally refers to pottery handmade by an individual potter (or often a husband-and-wife team) working on their own in their own studio where they control all aspects of the process—preparing clay, designing the items to be made, decorating and/or ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Wolf Pewter Goes to Historic Trappe
Historic Trappe has announced the gift of more than 450 pieces of American pewter from the collection of Dr. Melvyn and Bette Wolf, who over a period of 60 years amassed the largest and most comprehensive collection of American pewter ever assembled.
“We are tremendously grateful to Bette Wolf for her ... (Read More)
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