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(Issue Story)Good Fellows: The Walpole Society
Part I of V
Photos courtesy the Walpole Society
“…an assembly of good fellows, meeting under certain conditions.”
— The definition of club by Dr. Johnson (1755)
The Walpole Society—have you heard of it? Even longtime antiques aficionados may not know of this über-exclusive club for Americana collectors, curators, scholars, house preservationists, and antiquarian ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Berks County History Center
The Berks History Center at 940 Centre Avenue in Reading, Pennsylvania, will open two new galleries dedicated to Pennsylvania German folk art and Berks County clocks and furniture on Saturday, November 14. The new installation was made possible through a bequest of 33 artifacts from the estate of Lancaster County ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Looking at Antiques Shows from Both Sides Now: A Collector's Experiences
Have you ever wondered what it is like for dealers to “do” an antiques show? What they experience? What they see when we—possible customers, potential friends, dismissive critics—wander past their booths? So have I, and I decided to shadow a dealer during several shows. (My apologies to dealers in advance ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The "Washington" Comes Home
In 2001 a theft from the Oysterponds Historical Society in Orient, New York, resulted in the loss of a painting of the bark Washington, a Solon Francis Montecello Badger portrait of the ship Jennie French Potter, and two whalebone busks.
On September 29 the FBI returned the bark Washington painting to ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Bits and Bytes
Computer Column #323
John P. Reid, <[email protected]>
More on the Internet as an aid to moving a business, antiquers’ software on the new Windows 10, and a way for some of us to beat robot phone calls are reported below.
Terminate Sales Tax License
In the September issue, we listed dozens of ways the ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Letter from London, November 2015
Ian McKay, <[email protected]>
With this month’s “Letter” I have finally cleared my summer and earlier sale files, and even managed to add one early bird from the new season—the very costly pair of old running shoes that kicks off this selection.
In no particular order, the remaining offerings include a carpet; an ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Auctionata Acquires ValueMyStuff
Online auction house Auctionata (https://auctionata.com) has acquired the London-based valuation company ValueMyStuff (VMS). VMS (www.valuemystuff.com) was founded in 2009 by its current CEO, Patrick van der Vorst, a former director and head of the Continental furniture department at Sotheby’s in London.
VMS offers fee-based valuations with a team of over 60 ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Freeman's Jewelry and Watch Auction
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
I watched Freeman’s November 2, 2015, auction of jewelry and watches online and later spoke with Virginia Salem, vice president and international jewelry specialist, about results from the sale. Already busily working on Freeman’s next jewelry sale, she nevertheless took the time to “walk down memory lane” ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques + Modernism Winnetka
Winnetka, Illinois
When the final account is written about dead and near-dead antiques shows, the survival—indeed the resurrection—of the show in the Winnetka Community House of the north shore Chicago suburb will top them all. Call the show Lazarus, because it has risen from the dead.
First, a little history. We’ve covered ... (Read More)
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(Auction)A Revered Print Reaches $120,000
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Historical documents from several collections captivated bidders at Northeast Auctions’ October 31 and November 1, 2015, auction, which played before a full house on both days. “The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King Street, Boston on March 5th, 1770, by a party of the 29th Reg’t.,” engraved, ... (Read More)
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