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(Auction)Energy and Interest at California and Western Paintings Auction
Woman in a Garden Sewing by Joseph Kleitsch (1882-1931), 24" x 30", sold to a Bay Area private collector for $230,000. The painting was one of several offered from the estate of Nancy M. Daly, a Los Angeles collector who was married to L.A. mayor Richard Riordan. “Kleitsch is one ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Early 20th Century and Modern
Rago Arts and Auction Center, Lambertville, New Jerseyby Lita Solis-CohenPhotos courtesy RagoA Judy Kensley McKie patinated bronze jaguar bench, 1992, inscribed “11 of 12/ copyright JKM 1992,” 26½" x 57" x 17", sold for $73,200 (est. $30,000/40,000) on the phone. A phone bidder paid $31,720 (est. $15,000/20,000) for a Judy ... (Read More)
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(Show)P.T. Promotions Completes Its 20th Season
Robert “Bob” Foley of Gray, Maine, offered for $155 a small concrete sculpture of a woman dozing on a park bench. She was guarded by a $255 pair of red-eyed owl andirons.Weatherwise, it was a fine day, but not everybody was “out raking.” Barbara Boyland, Polly Thibodeau, and JanDurham of ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: The Forgotten
EditorialIs the antiques business a shadow economy? Sometimes, like the late comedian Rodney Dangerfield, it gets no respect.Local legislation in Massachusetts that was aimed at protecting the public has brought serious unintended consequences. On Cape Cod this spring, some well-meaning selectmen, aided by law enforcement, managed to get a socalled ... (Read More)
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(Auction Law and Ethics)Who Did That to You?
Auction Law and Ethicsby Steve ProffittHow do we get into the bad spots that we do? We usually do it to ourselves. We "sell" ourselves into the predicaments that haunt and harm us.Take my cousin, Junior, over in Boaz, Alabama, a real intellectual and crack negotiator too. Cross Gomer Pyle ... (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.A Force for Change: African American Art and the Julius Rosenwald ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Barn Star's Manchester Shows Stay at the Furniture World Building
Barn Star Productions' two shows during Antiques Week in New Hampshire (the Manchester Pickers Market on Monday, August 9, and Mid-Week in Manchester on Wednesday and Thursday, August 11 and 12) will once again be held at the Furniture World building, located at 1300 South Porter Street in Manchester (Exit ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)A Million-Dollar Snuff Bottle
A Beijing enamel European-subject snuff bottle, Imperial, palace workshops, 1736-60, Qianlong blue-enamel mark and of the period, sold forHK$9,280,000 (approximately US$1,191,580).A 4.22 cm high (approximately 1.66") Chinese snuff bottle made for the Imperial Court of 18th-century China sold for HK$9,280,000 (approximately US$1,191,580, including buyer's premium) at Bonhams Hong Kong on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Tools Get Hammered Down
The top lot of the auction was a Type 1 Miller patent plow plane by Stanley that sold for $8360.Another item that exceeded the estimate, this handled adjustable cabinet scraper, with dual brass adjustment arms and a cast-iron frame, finished at $1980 (est. $600/1200). Martin J. Donnelly photo.A simple hammer ... (Read More)
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(Show)AD20/21: Growth by Design
Seated in an exhibition space shared by Boston Architectural College (BAC) and Dakota Jackson Inc. are Chala Hadimi (left), director of the college’s foundation program, and Dave Harrison, head of the school of interior design. To the right of the unidentified standing man is Jackson’s two-piece A*ra*besque cocktail table set, ... (Read More)
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