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(Fragment)Mastro Sentenced to 20 Months
On August 20 the former owner and CEO of a sports memorabilia auction house was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for using phony bids to fraudulently inflate the price of his company’s listings at auction.
William Mastro, as the owner and chief executive officer of Mastro Auctions, and several ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Armed to the Teeth
James D. Julia, Fairfield, Maine
It was another big three-day deal for the James D. Julia auction company in Fairfield, Maine, from October 5 through 7, 2015. Big in that Julia’s gun division is by far the largest of the multiple segments of his auction company; big in that it moved ... (Read More)
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(Show)Main Line Antiques Show
Radnor, Pennsylvania
For the last decade the Main Line Antiques Show has benefited Surrey Services for Seniors, which helps seniors live a full life while remaining in their homes. Local businesses support the show and so do a long list of patrons. Anne Hamilton and Betty Moran were the honorary chairs ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Pewter-Inlaid Clock Sells for $192,000
Lancaster tall-case clock in a cherry case, dated and with initials in the sarcophagus top “FR 1762 ST,” the brass dial engraved “Rudy Stoner”for Rudolph Stoner (1728-1769), 100" tall, sold for $192,000 (est. $15,000/20,000) to Alan Miller for the Chipstone Foundation. Pook & Pook photos.
This Lancaster tall-case clock has a ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Devenish Bank Sale Totals over $1 Million
Bertoia Auctions, Vineland, New Jersey
Photos courtesy Bertoia Auctions
The highly anticipated sale of the 40-year mechanical and still bank collection of Clive Devenish at Bertoia Auctions in Vineland, New Jersey, on October 3, 2015, clearly lived up to its fanfare in the face of uncertain weather and the economy.
The gentleman in ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Art Deco Bronze Bust Leads Will Farmer Sale
Farmer Auctions, Salem, Virginia
Photos courtesy Farmer Auctions
Will Farmer held the fall auction of Americana and decorative arts at his firm’s salesroom in Salem, Virginia, on October 3, 2015. The Saturday sale was preceded by a well-attended Friday evening preview, complete with live bluegrass music and barbecue. The sale consisted of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana in October
Pook & Pook, Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Photos courtesy Pook & Pook
Pook & Pook took consignments from a number of collectors’ estates, mainly from southeastern Pennsylvania, the region that produced the mother lode of 18th- and early 19th-century antiques. But the big surprise of the sale on October 3, 2015, was the ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)California Art Dealer Pleads Guilty to the Sale of Horns from Black Rhinoceros
Lumsden W. Quan, 47, an art dealer from San Francisco, California, pleaded guilty on August 21 to conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act and the Endangered Species Act and to a violation of the Lacey Act for knowingly selling black rhinoceros horns to an undercover agent from the U.S. Fish ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Wilson Forero and S.T.B. Jablonski, Antiquario Villas & Cottages, Woodbury, Connecticut
Steve Jablonski (left) and Wilson Forero.
Antiquario Villas & Cottages on U.S. Route 6 in Woodbury, Connecticut.
A corner in one of the seven rooms of the house that are used as a shop.
View of the keeping room—another retail space.
One of the upstairs salesrooms. The landscape panels on the wall are from ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)U.S. Antique Shows Cuts Pier Antique Show Admission Fee in Half
U.S. Antique Shows is cutting the admission fee to the Pier Antique Show in New York City in half, from $20 to $10. The show, with over 300 exhibitors, will take place November 14 and 15 at Pier 94.
“The decision to offer discounted admission was made to attract and retain ... (Read More)
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