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(Auction)The Eugene and Vera Charles Estate Highlights Americana Auction
Hess Auction Group, Manheim, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Hess Auction Group
The cream rises. The sale at Hess Auction Group in Manheim, Pennsylvania, on November 16 is a good example. The consignments from the estate of Eugene and Vera Charles, collectors known for their good taste and insistence on good condition, provoked bidding ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Kovels’ Research Library Goes to Cleveland Museum
The research collection of Ralph (1920-2008) and Terry Kovel has been donated to the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA). For more than six decades, the Kovels have been experts in the field of antiques and collectibles, amassing a library and archive consisting of more than 15,000 volumes and 50 linear ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Appeals Court Upholds New York’s Ivory Law but Strikes Down Display Provision
On November 13, in a 2-1 decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld New York’s tough ivory law, but the court did strike down the display provision.
The court ruled on the appeal filed by the Art and Antique Dealers League of America, Inc. (AADLA) v. ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Vermont Man Arrested for Painting Theft
On September 29 at approximately 3:51 p.m., Vermont State Police received a report of a theft from Sir Richards Antiques and Fine Art Center in Waterbury. It was reported that a painting valued at $2495 was stolen.
Employees were able to provide surveillance video and images of the suspect and a ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Bonhams in New York City to Move
Bonhams will relocate its New York City headquarters from 580 Madison Avenue to Steinway Hall at 111 West 57th Street by late 2025. Steinway Hall was designed in 1925 by New York City architects Warren & Wetmore. The new U.S. flagship will feature an 80' glass atrium, four levels of ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Gift of Friendship
A Book Review
This children’s book is based on the true story of a little girl’s friendship with an injured Confederate soldier recuperating in her family’s house during the Civil War. Set in Culpeper, Virginia, in 1862, Sophia’s Gift tells the story of how the Strauss family struggles to survive as ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Met Unveils a New Tiffany Window
With new stories, new narratives, and new objects, American art, history, and culture at the Metropolitan Museum, New York City, is “at its best!” declared Max Hollein, the Met’s Marina Kellen French Director and chief executive officer, to a lively crowd of donors, collectors, dealers, and curators who gathered in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Guilty Plea Expected in Art Theft
An Ohio man has agreed to plead guilty to a federal criminal charge for trafficking a stolen Andy Warhol print worth at least $175,000.
Brian Alec Light, 58, of Hudson, Ohio, formerly a resident of downtown Los Angeles, is expected to plead guilty to one count of interstate transportation of stolen ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Beware the Undead
Did you know that not a small number of people consider antiques to be “creepy?” They do! “Dead people’s stuff.” Old houses with creaky floors, beds people probably died in, blanket chests that held trousseaus for ghostly brides, samplers and quilts made by the “dead” hands of women who died ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Art Show at the Park Avenue Armory
New York City
The Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) opened The Art Show, its annual event, at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City one week before Election Day. The mood inside the cavernous space was buoyant, and primary colors of reds and blues were seen in many of ... (Read More)
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