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(Fragment)Michael D. Somple Named to Position at MWPAI
Michael D. Somple, 35, originally of Zanesville, Ohio, has accepted the position of registrar and exhibition manager at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica, New York. Previously he held the position of museum registrar at the Picker Art Gallery at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York.Somple has held positions at ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Artist Sues over Disputed Sales
by Daniel GrantWhen Priska C. Juschka Fine Art in New York City took a booth at the Art Basel art fair in 2009, it made a deal to sell four large-scale paintings by one of the gallery's best-selling artists, Dana Melamed, to a private collector. After that, neither the artist ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Hemingway Rifle: Papa's Got a Brand-New Bang
Winchester 1873 lever-action rifle with deep-relief and gold-inlaid engravings by John Ulrich, originally purchased by Robert H. Coleman in 1882, $391,000.Westley Richards double rifle with provenance to Ernest Hemingway, $339,250.The catalog announced this cased Colt model 1855 full-stock sporting rifle, serial number 2416, as "The Finest Known Cased Sporting Rifle ... (Read More)
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(Auction)American Furniture and Decorative Arts at Auction
William Mason Brown (1828-1898), Peaches in a Basket, signed "WM Brown" on the lower right and inscribed on the reverse "W.M. Brown Artist. Room 13 Halsey Building, Brooklyn, L.I." The 20¼" x 16 1/8" oil on canvas sold for $74,500 (est. $14,000/18,000) to a private collector. According to the catalog, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Avenue Shows' Antiques & Art at the Armory
Marilyn Garrow of Marilyn Garrow Fine Textile Art, London, has a following in the U.S. She brought an English needlepoint rug from the mid-19th-century Victorian period for $12,000. The later 19th-century British Arts and Crafts fabric of woven red wool for the background was $8000 for four panels. Cushions ranged ... (Read More)
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(Show)Texas Show Roundup
by Tom O'HaraThe grain-painted table was offered by Barbara Irwin of Austin, Texas, for $1800. Original Round Top.Stevens Antiques, Frazer, Pennsylvania, and Decorative Art and Fine Antiques, Oakland Park, Florida, shared a booth. Original Round Top.Tammie and Brian Wilson Antiques, Atlanta, Georgia, offered large pieces of furniture. Original Round Top.Round ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: Stuck in the Middle
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondOver the past few years, we've tried to use this space for good-to discuss the ways the marketplace is changing, to "adjust" some perceptions about young collectors, to offer a different perspective on the antiques business. We've attempted to be fair and balanced, to acknowledge ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Spring Jewelry Auctions
The top lot of the Skinner fine jewelry auction was this platinum and diamond solitaire mounted by Cartier. Flanked by tapered baguette-cut diamonds and signed "Cartier MTG," it was accompanied by a GIA report stating that the 7.16-carat diamond is D color, VVS1 clarity with no fluorescence. It sold for ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Selling Art Installations: Piece by Piece
by Daniel Grant"Installation pieces are problematic," said Manhattan contemporary art gallery owner Renato Danese. That is an understatement if ever there were one.Three-dimensional artwork installations, often sprawling over a large room, are intended to transform a viewer's perception of an interior space and are, therefore, "specific to the site in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)IRS Art Advisory Panel Poses Challenges for Appraisers
by Daniel GrantThere are certain jobs we all consider to be in high-risk fields—coal mining, police work, or firefighting, for instance. Perhaps, we should add to this group fine art appraising."Finding a 'correct' or 'proper' value for a work of art, as Congress and the IRS has defined what we're ... (Read More)
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