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(Fragment)Art and Antiques in the Courtroom: May Wrap-up
>by David HewettSome significant events have happened this spring involving stories that have appeared here in the past.-O'KeeffeWe have recently (and very belatedly) learned that in July 2008 a judge dismissed the November 2004 suit against Georgia O'Keeffe art expert Barbara Buhler Lynes, the National Gallery of Art, the Georgia ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Winter Fine and Decorative Art Auction
Cowan's, Cincinnati, Ohioby Don JohnsonPhotos courtesy Cowan'sThe auction’s top lot at $105,750 was Robbing the Eagle’s Nest by Robert Scott Duncanson (1821-1872), signed and dated 1856, oil on canvas, 35½" x 45½" (sight), with overall even craquelure.This Chinese rhinoceros horn libation cup, probably Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty (1654-1722), ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Leaping Stag Leaps to the Top
Leaping stag weathervane, $83,375.A 14¾" x 19¾" watercolor and gouache by Maurice Prendergast (1858-1924), Sunday Afternoon, showing a group of faceless women at a lakeside or ocean gathering, probably in Massachusetts, Prendergast’s primary painting ground, sold below estimate for $23,000.James D. Julia, Inc., Fairfield, Maineby Mark SiscoThe dreaded "R" word—"recession"—is ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Auction Records and a Buyer's Market for Collectors of Vintage Posters
Swann Galleries, New York Cityby Richard de ThuinPhotos courtesy Swann'sAccording to Swann, no record could be found of this Union Pacific Sun Valley poster appearing at auction in the last 20 years. The wait for this 35" x 23" condition A- (punch holes in the top margin) paper poster by ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Tax Law Change in New York
by Daniel Grant ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Maritime Paintings and Maritime Decorative Arts Sales
Christie's, New York Cityby A.J. Peluso, Jr.Photos courtesy Christie'sOne from a set of four 19th-century French celestial charts that sold on January 15. Your decorator would have encouraged the $1875 for these handsome colorful images.The schooner yacht Brilliant sold for $80,500. For those who built and sailed her, there was ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Skinner Shows Off New Digs
Skinner, Inc., Marlborough, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoPhotos courtesy SkinnerThe front door with the familiar Skinner typography. Schinto photo.Discovery items, including some of the many smalls. The sale was billed as featuring country Americana, but there were many formal period pieces, along with quilts, weathervanes, folk art, and trade signs. There were ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Midrange Rugs Carry Two New England Oriental Rug Auctions
Some of Skinner’s most attractive decorative carpets suffered from high estimates and reserves, or had extensive restoration, and didn’t sell. Its two most successful carpets were a 24'6" x 14'2" Indo-Persian that brought $23,700 (not shown) and this very decorative 19'4" x 13'2" Persian Bahktiari that sold for $18,960.There were ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Americana Sale Provides Good Barometer of Market
There were five phone bidders for this Berks County, Pennsylvania, dower chest, dated 1788. The lid and front are profusely decorated with stylized tulips and hearts. It is similar to a chest in the Titus Geesey (1895-1969) collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art with the same date, but the ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Letter from London
by Ian McKay, e-mail: This Is Now, That Was ThenThis month's column is in two parts. It begins with reports on five sales of recent weeks, under the general heading "This Is Now," and then rushes headlong through what is left in my file boxes of last year's sales. I ... (Read More)
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