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(Fragment)The Exchange Rate and the Art Market
by Daniel Grant
Six to 12 months ago, the Fine Art Fund Group—a London-based ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)The Nashville Petition
by Lita Solis-Cohen
There is a grassroots effort on the part of some dealers to ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: Signals and Signs
Did Americana Week in New York City represent a January thaw in the snowed-under antiques market? There seemed to be greater energy at the shows. The American Antiques Show, produced by the American Folk Art Museum, had a new floor plan and looked fresh. The preview party with lower-priced 6 ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Northwest Coast Bowl Top Lot at Native American Art Auction
The auction’s top lot, a 12" long x 8" high Northwest Coast bowl carved as a stylized eagle, sold for $230,000 (est. $75,000/ 125,000) by phone to a collector from the East Coast. Haas explained that the buyer had seen the bowl when “a mini-exhibit of material from this auction ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Historic Firearms and Militaria Auction
A 16" long French and Indian War powder horn with an engraved map of Pennsylvania depicting the forts and waypoints on the trail from Philadelphia to Fort Pitt, as well as the Forbes Road, having an untouched yellow to brown patina, brought $57,500 (est. $15,000/25,000).Cowan's, Cincinnati, Ohioby Don JohnsonPhotos courtesy ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Auction for a New World
A first edition of Les voyages du sieur de Champlain by Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635) sold to Peter Harrington Books for $751,000 (est. $250,000/350,000). The volume, published in Paris in 1613, includes a map that documents the first attempt to record longitude and latitude for the New England coast; depictions ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Bannister Paintings and a Whistler Print Lead Winter Sale
The Dyer by James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), a brown-toned etching on laid paper, trimmed to plate imprint, brought an attention-getting$115,000 (est. $8000/12,000). Cataloged K219, III state of IV, it has the artist’s butterfly signature and measures 19½" x 12".Edward Bannister’s Fishing Folk, King Phillip Rock, Mount Hope, oil on ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In the Trade: Susan Silver of Sheffield, Massachusetts
Susan Silver is shown with an Anglo-Indian wardrobe (to her right) of solid satinwood— not veneered—and ebony. “It breaks down into eight pieces,” she said. It’s $21,000.Silver’s shop on Route 7 in Sheffield, Massachusetts. It may look tasteful and sedate now, but, she said, it wasn’t when she bought it ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Daffodils, Lilies, and Pansies Bloom
Tiffany Studios Daffodil lamp, $63,250.Tiffany Dragonfly lamp in dichroic glass, $40,250.Leaded glass window, possibly by LaFarge, the Rudy Brothers, or perhaps another maker, $16,100.James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maineby Mark SiscoLeaded glass lamps led the way at James D. Julia's lamp and glass auction on November 19 and 20, 2009, ... (Read More)
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(Show)Antiques & Art at the Armory
M.S. Rau Antiques, New Orleans, asked $1.5 million for this English silver wine cooler made by Rundell, Bridge and Rundell in 1837. Once in Windsor Castle, it was given to the Duke of Cumberland when he became King of Hanover. Queen Elizabeth has a similar one, but the duke had ... (Read More)
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