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(Auction)American Paintings at Auction
Christie's, New York Cityby Lita Solis-CohenOn November 29, 2007, Christie's offered 218 lots of American paintings and sculpture packaged in seven catalogs that, together, weighed over seven pounds. Two private collections and three paintings were presented in separate catalogs with long essays, but every lot was included (minus some essays) ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Cincinnati Art Galleries, Cincinnati, Ohio: Holiday Sale 2007
by Don JohnsonThis one was a little different. Rookwood is generally the star of the show when Cincinnati Art Galleries holds its annual holiday sale. For this year's event, held November 3 and 4, 2007, two Rookwood items dominated the ceramics offering, but it was a Russian chalice from a ... (Read More)
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(Computer Article)Archival Storage of Photographs
Computer Column #230by John P. Reid, [email protected] cameras, scanners, photo printers, and computer-recordable compact disks have appeared in a little more than a decade. These new technologies change the rules for archival storage of pictures.Perhaps you have a collection that should be pictorially recorded for posterity. It might be a ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Editorial: The Compact Market
It's a bit ironic, but the antiques industry, what some would call the ultimate consumer industry, could get a much-needed boost by an environmentalmovement that advocates less shopping. Dealers looking for new customers in existing markets would do well to find out about the Compact and compact shoppers.The Compact, born ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Fall Americana Sale Includes Paintings and Sporting Items
Robert C. Eldred Co., Inc., East Dennis, Massachusettsby Jackie SideliSeveral times a year the Robert C. Eldred Co. holds an Americana sale at its East Dennis, Massachusetts, auction gallery. The November 16 and 17, 2007, sale, billed as "Americana, Paintings, Sporting Items, and Marine Art," was a classic Eldred's auction ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Currier Museum of Art to Reopen
After four years of planning and 20 months of construction, the grand reopening of the expanded Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire, will be held Sunday, March 30, with a public celebration. The entire first week will be open free to the public (excluding Tuesday, when the museum ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)The Folk Spirit of Albany
On Saturday, January 26, the Albany Institute of History & Art will open the exhibition The Folk Spirit of Albany: Folk Art from the Collection of the Albany Institute of History & Art. Drawn from the museum's collection of folk art dating from the 18th century to the present, this ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Frank Gaglio New Manager of Guilford Antiques Show
Barn Star Productions and Frank Gaglio will be managing the New Guilford Antiques Show for the Dorothy Whitfield Historical Society on April 19 and 20. The show benefits the Hyland House Museum in Guilford, Connecticut.Approximately 40-plus exhibitors are planned to fill room-setting booths at the Elizabeth Adams Middle School, located ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)Glass Results
Some big prices were paid at Glass International’s auction featuring early American blown glass that closed on November 26, 2007. According to a press release from the Medford Lakes, New Jersey, firm, a circa 1800 sea green Mid-Atlantic pattern-molded 32-rib vase with applied handles sold for $28,600 (including buyer’s premium); ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Lalique Owl Flies
A clear and frosted glass René Lalique owl car mascot known as Hibou sold for $47,300 (includes buyer's premium) at Turkey Creek Auctions in Citra, Florida, on November 17, 2007. Hibou was from the estate of Edgar Hoover Bankard, who was the purchasing agent for B & O Railroad around ... (Read More)
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