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(Auction)Elinor Gordon's Chinese Export Collection
The Chinese export figure of an 8" long recumbent stag, second half of the 18th century, in thickly enameled yellow glaze with white spots and with an incised whorl pattern, its head fitted with detachable replaced antlers, sold to a young collector in the salesroom for $62,500 (est. $15,000/25,000).There were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Printed Americana: From Early Imprints to Twin Towers Blueprints
A first edition of Esther Levy’s Jewish Cookery Book, published in Philadelphia in 1871, sold for $10,800 (est. $10,000/ 15,000). The book’s elaborate subtitle—on Principles of Economy, Adapted for Jewish Housekeepers, with the Addition of Many Useful Medicinal Recipes, and Other Valuable Information, Relative to Housekeeping and Domestic Management —gives ... (Read More)
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(Feature)How a 1400-Year-Old Brooch Got in the Oven and Why the Government Took It
by Robert KyleSheila Edgeworth was cleaning her kitchen range when she came upon a peculiar round object wedged inside. She asked her husband, Pat Joe, to take a look. He thought it was a nose ring for a donkey.They removed the object, dusted it off, and saw it resembled an ... (Read More)
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(Show)Heart of Country: Focus on Folk Art
Harvey Pranian of Evanston, Illinois, mixes folk art, tribal artifacts, and unusual objects to dramatic effect. The possibly French Art Deco presentation of a water buffalo skull with bronze accents was $15,000, and the swan confidence decoy, $4900.George Meekins of Country Treasures, Preston, Maryland, called our attention to the fine ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Tailgate Antique Show: Its Own Style
Robert Nicholas of Splurge, Asheville, North Carolina, had set up his eye-on-design booth not far from the Tailgate entrance. The white-painted wooden glider was tagged $475; the 12' table, $395; and the geometric metal trellises, $375 each.Kim and Mary Kokles of Garland, Texas, who carry the best in antique advertising, ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Music Valley in Nashville: American Classics at the Fairgrounds
Ted Fuehr of American Spirit Antiques, Shawnee Mission, Kansas, had a cluster of tiger maple, including a doll bed for $825, a drop-leaf table for $1900, and a large bowl for $900.Jon Jenkins chats with the crowd waiting to enter Antiques at Music Valley on Friday morning. Mad Anthony Books ... (Read More)
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(Auction)African-American Art from A to VanDerZee
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot by Malvin Gray Johnson (1896-1934), the first Johnson work to come to auction, sold to a collector in the room for $228,000 (est. $200,000/250,000). The 49" x 29" oil on canvas dates from 1918-29 and fetched the top price of the sale.This untitled work (Two Card ... (Read More)
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(Show)Southern Charm: Madison, Georgia Antiques Show & Sale
William Aiken Walker is widely known for his scenes of the rural South in the mid-1800’s. Vine Covered Cabin with Three Figures was the top single sale at $28,000 from Charleston Renaissance Gallery,Charleston, South Carolina. Photo courtesy Charleston Renaissance Gallery.One of the few American Arts and Crafts decorative pieces seen ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Sound Decision
Collector Richard Hopp, a bail bondsman by trade, often sets up at shows looking to buy books, documents, and ephemera. Setting up in Los Angeles, California, caused some problems. Los Angeles has two ordinances relating to the regulation of secondhand book dealers and secondhand dealers in general. The police department ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)By George, a Million-Dollar American Painting
$1,063,750.by Fran KramerA Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington was the cover lot of Cottone Auctions' March 27 consignment auction in Geneseo, New York. It brought $1,063,750 (including buyer's premium) from a happy New England buyer to a very happy Geneseo consignor.About ten phone bidders yielded to persistent Jeff Bridgman, ... (Read More)
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