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(Auction)Bonhams Sale Kicks Off American Paintings Week
Maurice Brazil Prendergast (1858-1924), Park along the Shore, oil on canvas, 20¼" x 24 3/8", signed "Prendergast/ CP" in the hand of his brother Charles Prendergast on the lower right, $206,500 (est. $150,000/250,000) to a collector in the salesroom.Harry Herman Roseland (1866-1950), The Lucky Card, oil on canvas, 10" x ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Paintings Sale
John La Farge (1835-1910), Red Hollyhocks, circa 1863, encaustic on panel, 37¾" x 20¼", inscribed "John La Farge" on the reverse, $1,874,500 (est. $500,000/ 700,000) on the phone to a private collector. La Farge did at least three versions of hollyhocks on wood panels and continued to paint watercolors of ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Early 20th-Century and Modern Auction
Johnny Swing (b. 1961) created this Nickel Couch of approximately 7000 nickels and stainless steel (and thousands of welds) in 2003. It is number five of a proposed edition of 25 and was purchased from the artist. It has a metal tag reading "5.5404 KKW Johnny Swing, LHR." The 31" ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Second Cache of Coca-Cola Memorabilia Headed to Auction
The circa 1896 Coca-Cola cameo paper sign, 40" x 30", printed by J. Ottmann Litho. Co., New York, sold for $123,900 at the September 17 and 18, 2011, sale. It had been professionally restored.The biggest and oldest items from the Schmidt Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia will be sold March 24 ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Historical Society Receives Gift of Brunner Records
by Karl H. PassThe Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley, located at 237 West Main Street in Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, has received a donation of daybooks kept by pioneering antiques dealer Hattie Brunner. Gifted by descendant Raymond Brunner, the ledgers record her sales from 1929 through 1976, according to ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Art Dealer Faces Criminal Charges
Manhattan art dealer Robert Scott Cook was charged on January 26 with defrauding one of his clients out of more than $4 million worth of art, including works by Pablo Picasso, Édouard Manet, Henri Matisse, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said, ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Antique Toys, Automata, and Americana
Fishing lure trade sign, full-bodied, painted wood, fish with open mouth, glass eyes, and metal fins, detailed incised carving, defined mouth, tail, and neck area, allover speckled surface, offered with early hanging stanchion with wrought-iron chains, 38" long, some wear and cracks to glass, $19,550 (est. $1500/2500) on the phone. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)What Happened in New York City during the Americana Week Auctions?
Document cabinet signed by John Townsend, consigned by the Chipstone Foundation to benefit its acquisition funds, sold to dealer Bill Samaha for $3,442,500 at Christie's. Christie's photo.Mary Antrim's 1807 sampler, sold for $1,070,500 to Woodbury, Connecticut, dealer David Schorsch at Sotheby's Betty Ring auction. Sotheby's photo.Early Connecticut carved and painted ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: Opinion Peace, Part Two
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondIn the December 2011 issue, back before the blur that was the holidays, we tackled that touchy subject about what to do if you see something misidentified or miscataloged when at an auction or a show. We hear from people regularly who have found themselves ... (Read More)
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(Show)The 2011 Delaware Antiques Show
The Pennsylvania chest made for Catherine Wereley (b. 1762), Northampton and Lehigh Counties, was $85,000 from Raccoon Creek Antiques, Oley, Pennsylvania. It is similar to the chest made for her sister, which is now in the Winterthur Museum's collection. Their father was one of the founders of Lehigh County. The ... (Read More)
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