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(Show)Liberty from A to Z and Beyond
Liberty, North Carolinaby Pete PrunklCooler weather and warmer disposable income may have helped drive attendance to an all-time high for the September 28 and 29 Liberty Antiques Festival in Liberty, North Carolina. A week after the show closed, promoter, former antiques dealer, and jack-of-all-trades Vito Sico estimated attendance at between ... (Read More)
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(Auction)New York Artists Dominate North Carolina Sale
Leland Little Auctions and Estate Sales, Hillsborough, North Carolinaby Pete PrunklNancy Blount is M.A.D.'s back story source at Leland Little Auctions. She was at the center of the consignment of a rare Chester Webster salt-glazed storage jar at Little's June 2006 sale ("Provenance Meets Providence," M.A.D. October 2006). She came ... (Read More)
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(Show)The Oldest Show Nears Its Ninth Decade
Portland, Maineby Mark SiscoNobody really famous showed up this time, but it doesn't take a celebrity face to make a successful antiques show, especially when it's the longest continually running show in the country. This year marked the 78th year of the Maine Antiques Dealers Association Antiques Show, held September ... (Read More)
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(Show)Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair Introduces Fall Fair
Chicago, Illinoisby Danielle ArnetHard on the heels of its highly successful April 2007 Artropolis extravaganza, Chicago's Merchandise Mart took on another daunting project. It launched Fall Fair, a version of the Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair, for the first time October 12-15.To recap, the spring event involved five shows on ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Motley's Celebrates Its 40th Year of Auctions
Motley's Auction & Realty Group, Richmond, Virginiaby Walter C. NewmanRichard Motley entered the auction business as a volunteer. After a family tragedy, Dick and his wife, Linda, became active in the Richmond, Virginia, chapter of the March of Dimes. During one of the charity's fund-raising auctions, Dick was pressed into ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Some Observations on Buying a Half-Million-Dollar Letter by Davy Crockett
Opinionby David Hewett"It's déjà vu all over again!" observed that shrewd commentator on human nature, Yogi Berra. "What goes around, comes around," also comes to mind.Why these pithy observations?The Texas Historical Commission announced in early September that it had tentatively agreed to purchase a document from Houston's Simpson Galleries for ... (Read More)
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(Feature)In Praise of Pairpoint Lamps
by John NorrisAll prices in Canadian funds unless noted; rounded U.S. figures in parenthesisOn June 6 a Pairpoint reverse-painted glass and gilt-metal table lamp, the largest Rose Bonnet or Easter Bonnet puffy, estimated at $3000/5000, soared to $69,600 ($65,726) (including buyer's premium) at Ritchies in Toronto, setting a Canadian auction ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Samuel McIntire: Carving an American Style
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusettsby Jeanne SchintoWhen Samuel McIntire died in 1811, he owned over 300 carving tools, more than three times the number in a typical carver's shop of the period. He needed the surplus for his multiple styles and the wide variety of carving challenges he faced, so ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Stoneware Stag Hunted at Pook & Pook's
Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvaniaby Lita Solis-CohenPook & Pook Inc. in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, put together 921 lots of mostly American furniture and decorations, including some appealing19th-century stoneware and a dozen painted dower chests, for a fall sale on September 28 and 29. It brought out the locals, attracted a ... (Read More)
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(Issue Story)SeaFair Launched
by Lita Solis-CohenAfter three and a half years and many delays, SeaFair's well-publicized five-story 228' yacht Grand Luxe tied up at the Delamar Hotel in Greenwich, Connecticut, and opened for business on September 27.Twenty-eight dealers had signed up for gallery space for the first voyage, which launched in Greenwich, then ... (Read More)
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