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(Fragment)More on the California Ban on Selling Ivory
by David HewettIn the April 2012 issue, on page 21-A, we noted the effect that the newly enforced California ban on ivory sales has had on the marketplace. After learning that one auction house had all its lots containing ivory seized (worth approximately $150,000), Bonhams withdrew over 100 lots of ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Berry-Hill Galleries Sued by Collector
by Daniel GrantA lawsuit against Berry-Hill Galleries, James Berry Hill, and David Hill by art collector Seymour Alpert of Boca Raton, Florida, alleges that the gallery breached an agreement to sell a 1908 Childe Hassam painting, The East Headland, Appledore - Isles of Shoals, by March 31, 2010. The gallery ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana at Garth's
Winchester Model 1897 cartridge board, the Double-W version with 226 items affixed to the board, including containers of caps, shotgun shells, and rifle and revolver cartridges, original oak frame, 40" x 57½", backing paper undisturbed, minor wear, a few of the cartridges loose but all are present, $18,800.Stepback cupboard, New ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Orientalia Caps $3 Million Julia Auction
A pair of huanghuali yoke-back armchairs (one shown) from the late 17th or early 18th century, from the Richard B. Hobart collection, sold for $460,000.Early Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) rhinoceros horn libation cup (shown upside down for stability), 7½" high, from the 17th century, with carved, flowing lotus flowers and tendrils, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Americana Week Auction at Sotheby's
The Ammi Phillips (1788-1865) portrait of a young girl in red with green slippers and a dog and bird, oil on canvas, 36" x 30½", painted circa 1840, on what appears to be the original stretchers, sold for $806,500 (est. $300,000/500,000). It was bought by a dealer at Russ Carlsen's ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Native Art a Highlight of Canadian Fine Art Auction
Emily Carr is associated with, but was not a member of, the Group of Seven. Her watercolor on paper War Canoe, Alert Bay, signed and dated 1908, 10 5/8" x 15", gives an accurate early 20th-century image of a West Coast native village. First exhibited in 1909 with a price ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Former Florida Auctioneer Charged with Felonies
by David HewettOn February 9, former St. Augustine, Florida, auctioneer Robert Wayne Flemister was charged with two criminal felony counts in St. Johns County Court.The 64-year-old Flemister, who was licensed as an auctioneer on May 12, 2010, ran the San Marco Auction Company, LLC in St. Augustine. On September 30, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Big Money in Money and Tiles
Mosaic tile portrayal of the mythological Medusa, probably portrayed as she was used on Athena's shield following her decapitation by Perseus, $17,600.Kaja Veilleux was the purchaser of the top coin lots in the sale. The rare collection of U.S. two-cent pieces minted from 1864 to 1873 sold for $30,800, and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chest for $632,400 Tops at Keno Auctions during Americana Week
Drake family carved and painted joined chest with drawer, attributed to the Deacon John Moore shop tradition, the "foliated vine group," Windsor, Connecticut, 1675-90. Estimated at $100,000/150,000, it sold for $632,400, a record for a 17th-century chest, to a collector on the phone, underbid by Massachusetts dealer David Wheatcroft in ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Copley's Americana Week Sale
Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927), Wild Turkey, 1924, oil on canvas, 30" x 50", signed and dated lower right, sold for $86,250 (est. $20,000/40,000) to New York City dealer W. Graham Arader. The artist depicted wild turkeys in a variety of stances, from feeding to preening, in a southern landscape. It ... (Read More)
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