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(Fragment)A Henry and a Helmet
by Don JohnsonA First Model Henry rifle, which had been in the same family since it originally sold in 1860, realized $207,000 (includes buyer's premium) during a Cowan's auction of historic firearms and early militaria on October 27 and 28 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The rifle went to a major collector ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Year of the Quilt at the American Folk Art Museum
by Lita Solis-CohenQuilts will be celebrated as never before on March 25-30, 2011, when for six days the American Folk Art Museum will transform the Park Avenue Armory's 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall with an installation of more than 650 red and white American quilts, all of which are on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Audubon Collection Sets 18 World Records
Given Neal’s past success with Audubon prints, it was not surprising that wellknown dealer/collector W. Graham Arader III would consign this collection in New Orleans. The 64 prints were the largest group of Audubon prints offered on the market since the notable 2004 Sachsen-Meiningen sale at Christie’s. Marc Fagan, Neal’s ... (Read More)
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(Show)Annual Old York Antiques Show Catching On
Hamilton and Helen Meserve of RunningBattle Antiques, Newagen, Maine, exhibited inside Jefferds’ Tavern, where they have exhibited previously. Said Helen Meserve, “I love the tavern. It suits us. The tavern was built in 1754. Our furniture is mostly eighteenth century, so it works.” They offered a circular Georgian 1740 mahogany ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Fall Jewelry Sales in New York City
This circa 1935 platinum, sapphire, and diamond ring set with a sugarloaf cabochon sapphire of approximately 8.5 carats, framed by baguette and round diamonds weighing approximately 2 carats, with calibré-cut sapphires, soared miles beyond its $20,000/30,000 estimate to $296,500. Sotheby’s photo.This pair of platinum and diamond ear studs with round ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Expensive Corner Cupboard at Skinner
by David HewettOn Sunday, November 7, Skinner held a particularly heady American furniture and decorative arts sale at its downtown Boston gallery. One observer, noting an apparent uptick in furniture prices, said it was the strongest sale he'd seen in the last five years.A circa 1790 black walnut corner cupboard ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Paintings on Leucadendron Argenteum
Above: "E Plurebus [sic] Unum" with eagle and American flags and "'Jabez Howes'/ San Francisco." Below: "Kind Regards/ From South Africa" with portrait of the ship Jabez Howes (San Francisco).Above: "A Souvenir" with Victorian rose sticker. Below: "Across The Sea/ Remember Me" with a scene of Cape Town harbor and ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Chapman Collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Art Sold in Tennessee
Entrance to Magnolia Gardens in Spring, Charleston, S.C. was one of three paintings in the sale by Anthony Thieme (1888-1954), who worked in New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut but also traveled in Europe and throughout the United States. A regional painting expert called the view “probably the best southern Thieme ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques in Vermont Popular with Exhibitors and Customers
Without some missing pieces, it’s tough to know exactly what the small wheel or winder in green paint was originally used for, but it sold. Stephen Burkhardt, a first-year exhibitor at the show, was quite pleased with the results.We shot this photo while the customer was literally in the act ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Charles Haver, Roxbury, Connecticut
Charles Haver. The Pennsylvania tall clock is $8500.Interior view of Haver’s shop.The Nova Scotia hooked rug with a winter cabin scene is $1250. Haver said, “I sell a lot of rugs; I like hooked rugs.” He bought this rug at a country auction and said, “I really wanted it. I ... (Read More)
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