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(Auction)Big Guns Cap a $9 Million Blowout
This blue silk battle flag centering the seal of the state of Pennsylvania was flown by the 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry, which had a history with most battles of the Army of the Potomac, including Antietam and Gettysburg. The flag originally had a standard that read, "Presented by the Grateful Citizens ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Stair to Sell the Gerald Kornblau Estate
by Lita Solis-CohenOver the last decade Colin Stair of Stair Galleries sold a number of things for his Claverack, New York, neighbor, Gerald Kornblau. "I met Gerry when I noticed an iron dog had toppled over in his yard. It was one of those Mott Iron Works casts, and I ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Memorial Tribute to Albert Sack at Winter Antiques Show
On Sunday, January 22, from 10 to 11 a.m., the Antiques Dealers' Association of America, Inc. will host a memorial reception and tribute for Albert Sack (1915-2011). The reception will be held in the Tiffany Room at the Park Avenue Armory in conjunction with the Winter Antiques Show. Sack, who ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)LAPD Seeks Assistance
Matthew Taylor, a.k.a. Matthew NelsonInvestigators are seeking the assistance of the art community in identifying altered artworks sold by defendant Matthew Taylor (a.k.a. Matthew Nelson), who has been federally indicted on seven charges of fraud and art theft. It appears that many of these paintings may have been purchased from ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Americana Week 2012: Auction Highlights
by Lita Solis-CohenAmericana Week in New York City is a long tradition that grew up around the Winter Antiques Show. Although it is ever changing, which keeps it vital, it is still the time when newly discovered masterpieces appear at auctions and shows and are published for the first time ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Americana Week 2012: The Shows
by Lita Solis-CohenThe New York Winter Antiques Show spawned Americana Week more than 30 years ago when auctions began scheduling Americana sales while collectors were in town. Then satellite shows began to cluster around the grandest of all shows in America, reaching a peak in numbers in the 1990's and ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Americana Week 2012: The Met's New Wing Opens, Phyfe in Focus, and James L. Kochan's Exhi
Ogden family satinwood worktable, 1810-15, attributed to Duncan Phyfe, satinwood and burl satinwood, partially ebonized, and mahogany, with gilt-brass paw toe caps, casters, and drawer pulls, baize writing surface, and mirror plate, 31" high x 21¾" wide x 14¼" deep. Photo courtesy Hirschl & Adler.by Lita Solis-CohenThe opening of the ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.American Painters on Technique: The Colonial Period to 1860 by Lance ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: 2011, The Year in Review
Best Baby Ever: Nora.by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondLife sneaks up on you. One day, you're sitting in the same spot six hours a day, bleary-eyed and with a bladder that is about to pop, while a small, fierce creature, exhausted from rage, sleeps in your lap. You don't know ... (Read More)
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(Show)Boston's New, Old Show Is Launched
This small detail of a 1769 map of Boston by John Bonner (1643-1726) and William Price (c. 1685-1771) shows what has become the neighborhood of the Cyclorama on Tremont Street (spelled "Treamont Street" here). A New Plan of ye Great Town of Boston in New England in America, the 19 ... (Read More)
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