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(Feature)A Summary of the Egerton Family and Their Furniture: What's Attributable, What's Not
by David A. SperlingFigure 10. Silas Howell, New Brunswick, New Jersey, musical tall-case clock, labeled Egerton Jr., dial dated 1797. Courtesy Gary Sullivan Antiques, Inc., Sharon, Massachusetts.Figure 10a. Hood of Howell musical tall-case clock. Ornate brass capitals, small gilt rosettes in arch terminals, delicate broken arch, and use of bookend ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fine and Decorative Arts Auction in Ohio
Anna Pottery pig flask, 1870-75, by Wallace and Cornwall Kirkpatrick, salt-glazed, incised and cobalt-highlighted map of Arkansas railroad, stagecoach, and riverroutes, anatomically correct, spout on pig’sback, small size at 4½" long, old chip on back leg, $12,337.50.Paint-decorated poplar blanket chest with folky decoration, likely Mid-Atlantic, 1830-40, with large flowers in ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Latest Issue of "The Acorn"
The 15th volume of The Acorn, the journal of the Sandwich Glass Museum, is now available at the museum's gift shop.Contents of this issue include the following articles: "The Richlands Flint Glass Company and Its Products?" by Kenneth W. Lyon; "A Matter of Serendipity" by Leonard P. Sipiora; "Pressed Glass ... (Read More)
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(Feature)George M. Hathaway
A Maine coastal scene by Hathaway depicting a lighthouse, perhaps a view of Portland Head Light, oil on board, 6" x 10¼", brought $2300 at Eldred's in East Dennis, Massachusetts, on July 28, 2006. Eldred's photo.A Maine marshland scene by Hathaway, oil on academy board, 10" x 12", sold at ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New York Begins Collection of Reregistration Fees for Sales Tax Certificates of Authority
by Betty FloodAntiques dealers and auctioneers, along with owners of other types of small businesses, are facing a $50 reregistration fee for their tax vendor number. According to Tom Bergin, spokesman for the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, the $50 fee is for sales tax collectors that ... (Read More)
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(Auction)August Sale on Nantucket
There were five phones and several serious potential buyers in the audience for this mid-19th-century whalebone carved walking stick. The scrimshanded whalebone was in the form of a clenched fist holding a serpent that wraps around. The serpent had an extended forked tongue and stone eyes, and the fist had ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)New Auction Company Formed in Ohio
Jo Valentine (left) and Cynthia Schillig, partners in The Antiques Auction Gallery in Sunbury, Ohio.Jo Valentine, cofounder of central Ohio's multi-dealer Valentine Antique Gallery, has established a new offshoot company in partnership with Ohio auctioneer Cynthia Schillig. Known as The Antiques Auction Gallery, the new business will base its operation ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Documentary Chronicles Barnes Controversy
The Art of the Steal, a documentary by 9.14 Pictures, received its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and will be shown at the New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center on September 29 at 9:15 p.m.The Art of the Steal chronicles the long ... (Read More)
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(Show)Crowds Converge in Historic Ohio
Show managers Richard and Jan Wilks of Keystone Antiques, LLC, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, filled their space with wonderful items and were also housing some pieces for Jack and Pat Adamson of Zoar. Read the story for details. The one-drawer Zoar table (center right) belonged to theAdamsons and was tagged $950. ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Art Trumps Art Pottery
View on the Allegheny River by William C. Wall, oil on canvas, circa 1854, 28½" x 42", framed, no visible signature, some loss near bottom, $25,300.Treadway Gallery, Inc., Covington, Kentuckyby Don JohnsonArt trumped art pottery during the decorative arts auction held by Treadway Gallery on June 6 and 7 in ... (Read More)
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