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(Show)ADA/Historic Deerfield Antiques Show
Deerfield, Massachusetts
The ADA/Historic Deerfield Antiques Show, held over the weekend of October 10 and 11, 2015, at Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts, was an ideal antiques show. Just 39 dealers exhibited. All are members of the Antiques Dealers’ Association of America, formed more than 30 years ago to ensure the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Fishersville Continues Its Strong Presence
Shenandoah Antiques Expo, Fishersville, Virginia
The 57th edition of the Shenandoah Antiques Expo was held the weekend of October 9-11, 2015, at the Augusta Expo in Fishersville, Virginia. One thing has been noticeable for the past three shows. The number of dealers who are participating at Fishersville is decreasing. It has ... (Read More)
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(Auction)The Millersburg Glass Association Auction
Jim Wroda Auction Service, Fredericksburg, Ohio
Photos courtesy Jim Wroda Auction Service
Something broken and something blue stood out among the 185 lots of carnival and crystal glass on October 10, 2015, at the Millersburg Glass Association (MGA) annual auction, held in Fredericksburg, Ohio.
A purple Cleveland Memorial ashtray missing a sizable chunk ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Philadelphia Show Update
The 2016 Philadelphia Antiques and Art Show, scheduled for April 14-17, will have an underlying theme of recognizing dealers and collectors alike, according to managers Karen DiSaia and Diana Bittel. “Our loan exhibit will exemplify the importance and pleasure of collecting, which is how most dealers started in the business,” ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Learn the Competition
Auction Law & Ethics
Who hasn’t done it? We all have. We will continue to. We do it because we can’t resist.
As a small panel of bid assistants grip receivers to several open telephone lines, with others strategically positioned to work with the assembled crowd, the auctioneer summarizes the high points ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Last Two Stolen Wyeths Recovered: All Six Are on View at PMA
The remaining two N.C. Wyeth paintings that were stolen from Portland, Maine, businessman Joseph Soley in 2013 have been recovered. The paintings are The Encounter on Freshwater Cliff and Go Dutton, and That Right Speedily.
The FBI recovered both of the paintings on October 9, 2015, when a third party surrendered ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Show for Richmond
The new Virginia Festival of the Antique will be held October 23-25 at the Virginia Historical Society at 428 North Boulevard in Richmond.
“The Virginia Festival of the Antique is an adaptation of famous Richmond antique shows from the last several decades. We are committed to making the show more academic, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings, Furniture, & Decorative Arts
Doyle New York, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle New York
Portraits, landscapes, and a few pieces of silver were the notable sales in Doyle’s American paintings, furniture, and decorative arts auction on October 7, 2015. Works consigned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, including two portraits by Gilbert Stuart, as well ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)American Folk Art, Lovingly Collected
Two Children in Blue is a watercolor and graphite on paper attributed to Mary B. Tucker. She probably worked in Massachusetts from about 1840 to 1844. This 20 1/16" x 24 5/8" portrait is one of a group of 17 watercolor portraits, of which eight are signed and dated by ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)Historical Accommodations
The Young Collector
Several months ago, Robert Hunter, editor of Ceramics in America and photographer extraordinaire, posted a Paul Scott platter on his Facebook page. Scott has “a penchant for rescuing cast-offs…[and] using them as a canvas for biting social commentary,” according to the online statement from Ferrin Contemporary, taking “fragments” ... (Read More)
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