(Book Review)
A Book Review
Unnamed Figures: Black Presence and Absence in the Early American North corrects the view that slavery and anti-black racism is just a “southern issue.” The book accompanied the exhibition of the same name that opened to much acclaim at the American Folk Art Museum (AFAM) in New York ... (Read More)
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For 70 years collectors, curators, and the curious have made a pilgrimage to New York City in cold January to feast their eyes and learn all they can about the finest furniture, silver, paintings, ceramics, and folk art that money can buy exhibited at The Winter Show at the Park ... (Read More)
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Stair Galleries will auction the collection of Sanford L. “Sandy” Smith on Thursday, January 30—online and in its galleries at 549 Warren Street, Hudson, New York.
Smith was a collector and entrepreneur who created some of New York’s most prestigious art fairs, supporting areas of the market that were of particular ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)
A collector of American antiques is probably so used to it she doesn’t even question anymore. It is as common as iron, oxygen, or helium in the physical world. I speak of marketing—advertisements in trade publications, use of social media including videos of show booths, email blasts to lists of ... (Read More)
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A Book Review
“Welcome to this hobby!” write lightning rod ball collectors Phil Steiner and Randy Parish. “You now begin an endless treasure hunt that nearly no other antiquer you talk to possesses any knowledge of.”
With that cautionary warning, this book opens with an index of abbreviations used throughout its pages, ... (Read More)
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Old Wine, New Bottle
It’s an old scam but with a new twist.
On December 6 Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced that his office had successfully disrupted a cryptocurrency scam that was targeting artists. An 85-year-old Brooklyn artist was scammed out of his life savings. The investigation traced the money he ... (Read More)
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On December 22 a Brown Derby flat-top instructional beer can sold for $93,600 (includes buyer’s premium) at an auction conducted by Morean Auctions, Brimfield, Massachusetts. That price establishes a new auction record price for a beer can. The estimate was $40,000/60,000. The can came from a private collection.
The auction listing ... (Read More)
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Parcheesi board, late 19th century, 17½" x 16¾", paint on wood. Collection of Doranna and Bruce Wendel. Photograph by Bruce C. Read.
—Through January 26 —New York City
Playing with Design: Gameboards, Art, and Culture at the American Folk Art Museum features over 100 game boards, including early examples of Parcheesi, checkers, ... (Read More)
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On December 18 Tiffany & Co. announced it had acquired a historical 1912 pocket watch at an auction conducted by Henry Aldridge & Son Ltd. in Devizes, England. The company paid £1,568,000 ($1.97 million), making the 18k gold pocket watch the highest-valued piece of Titanic memorabilia ever sold.
The Tiffany & ... (Read More)
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Brian Anthony D’Ambrosio, 50, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, was sentenced December 16 to six months in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release, and fined $4000. D’Ambrosio pleaded guilty in July to theft of major artwork. He admitted stealing 100-year-old items, including letters by the wife ... (Read More)
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