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(Feature)Brandeis University Plans to Close Rose Art Museum and Sell Collection
by Daniel GrantThe Rose Art Museum. Photo courtesy Mike Lovett/Brandeis University.Picture in your mind the traditional college art history class, where great works of art are discussed and images of them are projected onto screens or viewed in books. Countless students have undergone this method of learning, and learning happens.Now ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Two Ontario Collections Feel the Pinch of the Economy
A superb piece of Canadian material history. This prisoner’s box was made by John Gibson of Toronto while in jail for taking part in the Mackenzie Rebellion of 1837. Mackenzie, leader of the rebels, wanted Upper Canada (now the province of Ontario) to become a separate republic. He and several ... (Read More)
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(Show)West Coast Vintage Holiday Show
Jonathan Crawley of Blue Caboose Antiques, Portland, Oregon, had delights galore. One of the more animated and noteworthy toys offered by Crawley was this tin windup GI Joe in his Jeep. When wound up, the toy shows that Joe needs driving lessons. His movements are erratic, he likes to stand ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Changes Take Shape at Green Valley Auctions, Inc.
by Walter C. NewmanIn late 2007 Green Valley Auctions president and senior auctioneer Jeffrey Evans announced that there were several changes in the works for the Mt. Crawford, Virginia, company (M.A.D., December 2007, p. 28-D). He reported a plan to modernize and expand Green Valley's physical space in order to ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Extreme Makeover for Lang's
by Jeanne SchintoLang's Sporting Collectables, Inc. of Waterville, New York, known throughout the world as America's premier auction house for vintage fishing collectibles, is making big changes. Those changes will start at Lang's next auction on April 17 and 18.First, bidding will be completely virtual. People may bid either on ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Conroy Files for Bankruptcy
by David HewettOn January 29, Elbridge, New York, auctioneer Timothy W. Conroy, facing unsolvable financial difficulties, took the only step left open to him and filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court Northern District of New York.Conroy, in his mid-40's and the ... (Read More)
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(Show)Some Sales (Including a Big One) at Museum Show
Sandy Jacobs brought items ranging from paper to stone, dating from the 1840’s to 1940’s. On the wall at right, a circa 1938 signed and numbered gelatin silver print by Berenice Abbott (1898-1991), East Side Portrait, was $7500. Next to it, tagged $1750, Evening Mist 4th Avenue, showing the New ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Dutch Oil on Canvas Leads Thomaston Sale
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, Thomaston, Maineby Mark SiscoTop lot of the three-day sale, an oil on board by Floris Arntzenius, $66,000.Oil on canvas landscape by Charles Warren Eaton, $44,000.Some major American and European artworks led the way at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries' three-day auction, November 7-9, 2008, in Thomaston, Maine. ... (Read More)
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(Show)Some Sales Made Despite National Drop in Consumer Confidence
Wilmington, Delawareby Lita Solis-CohenThere was always a crowd at The Philadelphia Print Shop stand. Don Cresswell and Kelli Lucas of the printshop talked about the wall maps of Chester County, engraved by Joseph Yeager. The Havell print after John James Audubon of Columbia Jays was $28,000.Some business was done. Teresa ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Computer Column: The Useful Internet
Computer Column #242by John P. Reid, [email protected] Internet provides useful information in many areas. This month we will list some ways that the Internet can provide useful information.-Shipping CostsAnyone who sells antiques on the Internet or through print advertising must know the cheapest but safe and timely way to ship ... (Read More)
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