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| 8/30/2005 | 'A Jeffersonian Ideal' At The University Of Virginia Art Museum Today, Jefferson's theories have borne fruit once again in the new exhibit "A Jeffersonian Ideal" on view at the University of Virginia Art Museum. Read More...
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| 8/30/2005 | V&A's International Arts & Crafts Exhibition To Visit The United States The Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) will be the first American venue for the Victoria and Albert Museum's traveling exhibition of International Arts and Crafts. Read More...
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| 8/30/2005 | 'Villa America' At Orange County Museum Of Art "Villa America: American Moderns, 1900-1950," featuring major paintings by key American Modernists is on view through October 2. Read More...
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| 8/30/2005 | 'Jim Dine, Some Drawings' At Neuberger Museum Eighty-four of Dine's drawings in watercolor, charcoal, enamel, pastel and other media, will be on view from September 18 through January 8. Read More...
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| 8/30/2005 | German Fraktur Exhibition To Celebrate Bold American Art Form An exhibition at Winterthur Museum & Country Estate introduces the brightly decorated birth and baptismal certificates, and other items known as fraktur. Read More...
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| 8/30/2005 | Trade Outbids Museums At Skinner's Americana The Americana auction at Skinner on August 14 proved to be yet another solid sale overall. Read More...
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| 8/30/2005 | Eldred's Americana Led By Ralph Cahoon Painting Eldred's sale attracted a large crowd of dealers, collectors and local vacationers that bid actively on more than 1,200 lots. Read More...
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| 8/29/2005 | The Elephant's Trunk Flea Market; 30 Years In The Running The Elephant's Trunk Flea Market, with its humble beginning some 30 years ago, has grown into a highly respected and ever-expanding show. Read More...
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| 8/29/2005 | Marion Antiques Show 'The Show Was Just Great, Dealers Were In Good Spirits' The dust from Antiques Week in New Hampshire barely had time to settle before 70 dealers headed for Marion. Read More...
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| 8/23/2005 | Start Of Manchester Antiques Show Opens Well "We had our best opening with over 300 in line, more than double last year," John Bruno of Flamingo Promotions said. Read More...
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| 8/23/2005 | Riverside; Best Opening Gate In Years What everyone wants to hear is "better than last year," and that is just what Linda Turner was saying as her Riverside Antiques Show closed on August 11. Read More...
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| 8/23/2005 | Explosive Start For Barn Star's Mid*Week Show Mid*Week in Manchester got off to a roaring start with droves of dealers and collectors snapping up American country furniture and folk art by the truck load. Read More...
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| 8/23/2005 | Granite State Show Gets Off To A Good Start The Granite State Antiques Show got off to a fairly good start on August 11 with about 150 people on line when the show opened at 1 pm. Read More...
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| 8/23/2005 | Bedford Pickers Market 'A Fun Place To Be' "We sold over 400 two-show tickets," Frank Gaglio, show manager and owner of Barn Star Productions said. Read More...
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| 8/23/2005 | New Hampshire Dealers Show A Hit "In terms of numbers of things sold, it was one of my best shows. It was great to see so many people buying," said dealer Peter Eaton, a 33-year veteran of the fair. Read More...
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| 8/23/2005 | Buying Up At Americana Celebration Antiques Show "The gate was about the same as last year, but there was more buying, which is what we are there for," Nan Gurley said following the close of the show. Read More...
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| 8/23/2005 | 'The Canton Connection' At Historic Deerfield The new exhibition "The Canton Connection: Art and Commerce of the China Trade 1784-1860," is on view at Historic Deerfield through August 2006. Read More...
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| 8/23/2005 | Christie's Old Masters Sales Total $138.3 Million Christie's sales of Old Master paintings, drawings, European furniture and sculpture, led by the collection of Antonio Champalimaud, totaled $138.3 million. Read More...
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| 8/23/2005 | Record Lane; $913,500 Painting At Northeast The previously undocumented Fitz Henry Lane portrait of the bark Eastern Star off Thatcher's Island, Gloucester, a circa 1853 oil on canvas, brought $913,500. Read More...
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| 8/23/2005 | 'Edgar Degas: Six Friends At Dieppe' At RISD From September 16 through January 15, the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, will present "Edgar Degas: Six Friends at Dieppe." Read More...
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| 8/23/2005 | Colonial-Era Silver And Shawls From India At Sackler Museum "Silver and Shawls: India, Europe and the Colonial Art Market" will be on display at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum from August 27 to January 29. Read More...
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| 8/23/2005 | Yale Center For British Art Presents 'The Worlds Of Francis Wheatley' "The Worlds of Francis Wheatley," August 31-December 31, is the first US exhibition of Wheatley's work and features 59 paintings, prints and rare books. Read More...
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| 8/23/2005 | Maimonides' Mishneh Torah Brings $148,240 At Kestenbaum Sale A rare Constantinople 1509 edition of Maimonides' Mishneh Torah brought the highest price at $148,240 against an estimate of $80/100,000. Read More...
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| 8/23/2005 | Western Artwork Stampedes To $21 Million At Coeur D'Alene Nearly 700 bidders and onlookers packed the salesroom as all but one of the 275 lots found buyers, for a staggering total of $21,125,440. Read More...
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| 8/22/2005 | Barridoff Auction Tops $3.5 Million The auction included 333 works of art that ranged in price from a low of $350 to a high of more than $330,000. Read More...
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| 8/16/2005 | Frederick M. MacPhail, New Hampshire Auctioneer, 66 Well-known and revered for the past three-plus decades in the auction business, auctioneer Frederick M. MacPhail died on August 9. Read More...
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| 8/16/2005 | Another Record Breaking Decoy Sale For Guyette And Schmidt The auction took place on July 30 and 31, and once again the final tally for the sale, more than $2.5 million, was well above presale estimates. Read More...
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| 8/16/2005 | Liberty Weathervane Indicates Favorable Wind For New Hampshire Antiques Week Northeast Auction "We tied our record at just over $9 million in total sales," Northeast's chief auctioneer, Ron Bourgeault said after the sale. Read More...
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| 8/16/2005 | 'Pioneering Modern Painting' Pissarro And Cézanne Side-By-Side At MoMA Through September 12 Featured are some 85 paintings and eight drawings covering the period when the two artists worked side-by-side. Read More...
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| 8/16/2005 | 'Placing Avery' At Neuberger Through September 18 The exhibition features 12 paintings and prints by Avery, and 22 paintings, prints and drawings by other artists. Read More...
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| 8/16/2005 | Christie's Hong Kong Sales Achieve $127.3 Million Christie's Asian art, watches and jewelry auctions realized a total of $127.31 million. World records in numerous categories were set. Read More...
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| 8/16/2005 | Brigham Young's Last Will & Testament Brings $80,500 At Alderfer's Auctioneer Brent Souder opened the bidding for lot #1, the Brigham Young Last Will and Testament and Codicil, at $50,000 ($60/80,000). Read More...
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| 8/15/2005 | Smiley Pleads 'Not Guilty' In Yale Map Theft Case Edward Forbes Smiley III, 49, pleaded not guilty on August 8 in New Haven Superior Court to larceny charges lodged against him. Read More...
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| 8/15/2005 | Frank Fenton of Fenton Art Glass Dies Frank M. Fenton, the longtime president of Fenton Art Glass and son of its founder, died August 9. He was 89. Read More...
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| 8/15/2005 | More Than 130 Exhibit At Birchwood Manor The recent event, July 22-24, featured, according to JMK Shows' Jesse Kohler, everything from Tang to Tiffany and lots in between. Read More...
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| 8/15/2005 | 'Cape Cod's Hottest Show' Several dealers reported a good opening, others said Saturday was good and others reported sales right up until pack out. Read More...
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| 8/15/2005 | The August Antiques Show A Big Hit In Nantucket The Nantucket show was a rounding success and a tribute to the efforts of the Nantucket Historical Association's membership. Read More...
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| 8/10/2005 | 'The Kingdom Of Siam' At The Peabody Essex Museum This show is a rare opportunity to see Siamese art, the first public viewing in America in more than 30 years. Read More...
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| 8/9/2005 | Dancing Girl, $105,000; Stickley Cupboard, $120,750 At Braswell's The painting, measuring 64 by 39 inches and depicting a young Balinese girl dancing, sold for $105,000. Read More...
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| 8/9/2005 | 25th Anniversary Sale At Stanton Auctions Celebrating Stanton Auctions' 25th year in the business, auctioneer Peter Imler hosted an Americana auction on Tuesday, August 2. Read More...
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| 8/9/2005 | Summer Magic In Rhinebeck Amazingly staged for one-day only with a "tremendous gate," nearly 180 exhibitors gathered in the four main halls at the fairgrounds on July 23. Read More...
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| 8/9/2005 | Webster Goodwin, 96, Pewter Authority One of the foremost authorities on American and English pewter, Webster Goodwin died on July 2, 2005. Read More...
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| 8/9/2005 | $3.8 Million Mollino Table At Christie's At Christie's sale of Twentieth Century decorative art and design, a Carl Mollino table sold for $3,824,000 against a presale estimate of $150/200,000. Read More...
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| 8/9/2005 | Napoleon's Rise To Power At Clark "Empire to Exile,'' an exhibit of painter Jacques-Louis David's work traces Napoleon's rise to emperor in the early Nineteenth Century. Read More...
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| 8/9/2005 | Retrospective Of Bernard Chaet At Harnett Museum More than 40 paintings are featured in this miniretrospective of contemporary New England artist Bernard Chaet (American, born 1924). Read More...
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| 8/9/2005 | Good Stuff, Good Friends - Just Another Withington Sale The top lot of the auction was a nice Windsor bench that sold for $10,120. Read More...
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| 8/9/2005 | $115,000 Nantucket Basket At Rafael Osona Auctions An extremely rare Nantucket lightship basket brought a believed record price of $115,000 at auction for an individual Nantucket basket. Read More...
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| 8/9/2005 | $424,000 Liberty Vane At Northeast Auctions "We did about $9 million in sales," confirmed auctioneer Ron Bourgeault, still finalizing his tally as Antiques and The Arts Weekly went to press. Read More...
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| 8/9/2005 | Hudson River School Works In New Britain A remarkable collection of Hudson River School paintings is on view through September 25 at the New Britain Museum of American Art (NBMAA). Read More...
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| 8/9/2005 | Green Mountain Antiques Show The show was a "bright light in sales for most of us," according to one of the show's committee members, Bob Fraser. Read More...
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| 8/9/2005 | Painted Box Tops James Cyr Auction A rare blue painted box with yellow and red foliate decoration was the top lot at Cyr Auction Company on August 3, selling for $23,000. Read More...
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| 8/5/2005 | Alex Katz In Maine At Farnsworth Art Museum Alex Katz has played a major role in the emergence of a new realism in American art. Read More...
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| 8/2/2005 | Arctic Exploration Books Go For $43,700 The top lot of the marine auction was an unassuming lot of nine books on Arctic exploration, which sold for $43,700. Read More...
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| 8/2/2005 | The Nantucket Historical Association's Whaling Museum The Nantucket Historical Association's (NHA) Whaling Museum has reopened with augmented collections and exhibition space. Read More...
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| 8/2/2005 | Pottery And Paintings Lead Northfield's Auction An assortment of early American gems were auctioned by Paul Gorzocoski of Northfield Auction to a standing-room-only crowd. Read More...
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| 8/2/2005 | 'Stargazer' Idol Sells For $1.8 Million At Christie's Christie's sale of antiquities was led by the Schuster "Stargazer," which is one of the finest preserved Anatolian marble female idols of Kiliya type. Read More...
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| 8/2/2005 | Beatles' 'All You Need Is Love' Lyrics Manuscript Sells For $1.25 Million The Beatles' "All You Need Is Love' lyrics manuscript smashed the sales record for Beatles' manuscripts at Cooper Owen's Music Legends auction. Read More...
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| 8/2/2005 | Rockport Antiques Show Rocks Customers are now finding the show as a regular feature of their vacationing on the Mid-Coast. Read More...
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| 8/2/2005 | 'Os' Bibber Old Squaw Brings $162,300 At Guyette And Schmidt Four decoys eclipsed the $100,000 mark at Guyette and Schmidt's North American Decoys at Auction sale. Read More...
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| 8/2/2005 | Irene V. Tighe, 94, Mother Of Irene Stella Irene V. Tighe, formerly of Leonia, N.J., and Pompano Beach, Fla., died July 28. Read More...
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| 8/2/2005 | Photographs Capturing Western Frontier On View At Currier Museum The work of several early photographers is featured through October 3. Read More...
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| 8/2/2005 | Whimsical Wedgwood At San Diego Museum Of Art The San Diego Museum of Art is presenting a fanciful selection of Wedgwood's Fairyland lusterware through September 11. Read More...
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| 8/2/2005 | Original Children's Book Illustrations August 9 At Mint Museum Of Art An exhibition on view at the Mint Museum of Art celebrates works of art that have been created for the best children's literature. Read More...
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| 8/2/2005 | Rare Joseph Lincoln Canada Goose Decoy Sells For $78,200 At Decoys Unlimited Sale A rare early Nineteenth Century Joseph Lincoln Canada goose in a rich thick, near mint original paint was the auction's top lot. Read More...
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| 8/2/2005 | Map Produced In 1507 By Martin Waldseemuller Sells At Christie's For $1,002,267 The map responsible for giving America its name sold at Christie's for $1,002,267, a world record price for any single-sheet map at auction. Read More...
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| 8/2/2005 | Record Crowds Mob Antiques In A Church Yard Cord Shows had a record crowd for its 13th annual Antiques in a Church Yard, with more than 3,600 paid attendees. Read More...
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