A magnesite sculptural relief by Isamu Noguchi sold at more than six times the high presale estimate at the Sollo/Rago Twentieth Century Modern auction. Rescued from an upstate New York attic, a cache of almost 200 posters advertising Buffalo Bill's early Wild West shows, brought serious money at Paul Royka's auction last month. "We had lots of positive energy and that's what it takes for this show," said Lynn Ryan, executive director of the Bedford Historical Society, of its fall antiques show. With pre-Katrina commitments to consignors weighing heavily on New Orleans' two large auction galleries, both are planning upcoming sales but in different locales. A beautiful early fall day did not keep bidders away from the competition at Vallot Auctioneer's September 18 art auction. Green Valley Auctions, Inc pulled together more than 10,000 pieces for its 11th annual Fall Glass & Lighting Auction, an annual pilgrimage for many collectors. For the first time, The Baltimore Museum of Art will display the more than 25 wool trade blankets in its textile collection in "Woven Rainbows: American Indian Trade Blankets." The Rockwell Museum of Western Art's last special exhibition of 2005 will give viewers the opportunity to experience the still-evolving, dynamic Inuit culture. When a pair of collectors purchased a painting abroad, they could see that it portrayed the burning of Richmond on April 3, 1865, even though it was not so identified. They set about to prove just that and did. A rare Byrdcliffe chiffonier, circa 1904, with painted panels by Hermann Dudley Murphy established a record price at auction when it sold for $207,000. Despite heavy rains, the Greenwich Antiques Show enjoyed the largest gate organizers can remember on October 15. The New York Antiques & Fine Art, a neat and compact show, is the newest addition to Manhattan's fall calendar. For good design in the city over the weekend of October 14-16, The Modern was the place to be. The Fall Hartford Antiques Show opened to a lively and passionate crowd of collectors, dealers and retailers that rushed in and proceeded to buy, buy, buy. The "Atlantique City Holiday Megafair: The Largest Indoor Antique & Collectibles Show In The World," features everything from the "sublime to the ridiculous." The Fall Hartford Antiques Show opened to a lively and passionate crowd of collectors, dealers and retailers that rushed in and proceeded to buy, buy, buy. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is concluding a yearlong celebration of its 200th anniversary with an exhibition, "In Private Hands: 200 Years Of American Painting." Dealers put together their best for the Gramercy Park Antiques Show that took place at the 69th Regiment Armory, October 21-23 offering patrons plenty to choose from. Elizabeth "Libby" Hosmer Kramer, co-owner of the Heart of Country Antiques Show and partner in Richard E. Kramer & Associates, died Wednesday, October 26, after battling illness. The Walters Art Museum will open on November 19, "Sacred Arts and City Life: The Glory of Medieval Novgorod," with art and culture from Russia's oldest medieval city. The crowd was substantial for the Stanton Americana auction on October 18, which mostly consisted of items from the Stuart Beebe Historical Homestead in Hamden, Conn. Vermont's Duane Merrill & Company Gallery offers an old-time country auction feel, making it an inviting destination for shoppers looking for fresh estate goods. Although its two highest-estimated lots were passed, Shannon's Fine Art once again posted stellar results with the approximately 250 lots grossing an impressive $3.25 million. Paintings from Texas estates were the stars at the October 12 sale at Dallas Auction Gallery where the top lot was "The River Bank" by E.I. Couse, which sold for $100,875. Charles "Charlie" Godwin died at his home October 18 after a brief illness at the age of 84. Charlie and his wife Margaret "Peggy" Godwin ran the Godwin Gallery in Pepperell, Mass. from its inception in 1978. Heart of Country had its last fall show in Nashville in October. Starting next September, the second show of each year will be moved to Dallas. The youngest of the three antiques shows held during Nashville's famous Heart Week antiques event, Music Valley Antiques Market was a big hit with dealers. Auctioneer Ron Clarke was enthused by the size of the crowd that packed into his gallery on the evening of October 18 for his first auction devoted strictly to art. An Eighteenth Century silver salver by Myer Myers surprised many as it became the top lot at Skinner's Americana sale this past Sunday, November 6. New Hampshire collector George Baker D'Arcy's favorite piece, a carved wooden tiger, sold at Northeast Auction's estate sale for $160,000 last weekend. The Yale Center for British Art is presenting "Sensation and Sensibility: Viewing Gainsborough's 'Cottage Door'" and is the only East Coast venue for the exhibition. Stella Show Mgmt Co. announced that its January 21 and 22 Americana at the Piers, which had been reduced to a single pier, will resume its normal two Piers. Chadds Ford dealer Jan Whitlock, a specialist in American textiles and folk art, has been named to the 2006 Winter Antiques Show in New York City. Although its two highest-estimated two lots were passed, Shannon's Fine Art again posted stellar results with the approximately 250 lots grossing an impressive $3.25 million. Vermont's Duane Merrill & Company Gallery offers an old-time country auction, making it an inviting destination for shoppers looking for fresh estate goods. The Great Danbury (Conn.) Antiques Fair drew over 700 visitors to its two-day event over the October 22-23 weekend. Ageless traditions in pottery are explored in the recently opened exhibition "The Potter's Eye: Art and Tradition in North Carolina Pottery," at the North Carolina Museum of Art. Kestenbaum and Company's first Judaica auction of the 2005-2006 season got off to a rousing start on September 20 with nearly 90 percent of the 340-plus lots on offer being sold. The first floor of the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum was all dressed up over the October 29-30 weekend when antiques dealers moved in to present the 28th annual Antiques & Design Show. Sotheby's sale of the Laurance S. Rockefeller estate on October 11 and 12 offered a glimpse into the private world of one of the country's great art collecting dynasties, the Rockefellers. David Smith's iconic "Cubi XXVIII" set a new world record for a contemporary work of art at auction when it sold at Sotheby's for $23,816,000, the highest price achieved at auction this season. Antiques experts Leigh and Leslie Keno were among the recipients when President George W. Bush awarded the 2005 National Humanities Medal November 10. Boasting newly renovated galleries with lots of space, the Showplace in New York City opened its doors with an an appealing auction of estate merchandise. A good selection of Americana attracted large crowds of buyers to Nadeau's Auction Gallery on Saturday, October 22. James Bakker and Robert Edwards teamed up to offer 29 lots of rare material from the Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts colony including a chiffonier that fetched a record $207,000. "Needless to say, the eagle has flown," quipped Kaja Veilleux after he hammered down a rare Bellamy carved and painted eagle at his Thomaston Place auction for $101,750. The Museum of Modern Art presents "Elizabeth Murray," a major retrospective comprising more than 70 paintings and works on paper dating from 1963 to 2005. The Maryland Historical Society will explore the evolution of holiday greeting cards in the new exhibit, "Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards in Maryland, 1865-2005." Boasting newly renovated galleries with lots of space, the Showplace in New York City opened its doors with an an appealing auction of estate merchandise. PHILADELPHIA - This was a special year for USArtists as it coincided with the 200th anniversary of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Anyone coming to town for USArtists, which ran from October 20 to 23, would surely have wanted to get over to see the landmark exhibition at PAFA and vice versa. For four days in November, a core of international dealers from the International Fine Print Dealers Association turns the vaulted space of the Park Avenue Armory into a repository of fine art. Amoskeag Auction Company's much anticipated sale of the Gary Garbrecht collection of fine Smith & Wesson revolvers turned out to be quite a show. Dan Ripley's Antique Helper's auction on September 10 demonstrated the power of modern technology as eBay bidders flexed their muscles, ending lots well above estimates. Thirteen phone bidders and one bidder in the room chased Martin Johnson Heade's oil on canvas "Still Life with Cherokee Roses" to $402,000. A handsome Massachusetts Federal tall clock was the star of the day at CRN Auctions' November 20, when it sold for $92,000 after a lively bidding competition. Norman Rockwell's original 1943 movie publicity painting for the Academy Award-winning The Song of Bernadette was purchased for $478,000 in a public sale. Bob Smith, former president of Dolphin Promotions, Inc, died on October 27 of leukemia and diabetes in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. One of the original founding partners of Peter-Roberts Antiques, Robert N. Melita, died November 9 in New York after a long illness, at age 50. When longtime antiques dealers Jim and Judy Lowery were looking for another show, they decided to start their own in Verona, N.Y. - five hours from everywhere. Visitors to the Greater York Antiques Show were well-rewarded with a grand looking Jim Burk production with many of his old standbys and new faces. "It was nice to see our early gate get back to what it was several years ago," Barry Cohen said after his York County Classic Antiques Show opened on November 4. The remarkable Spooner collection of early British watercolors is one of the finest of its kind and is now on view for the first time since 1958 in London through February. President George W. Bush announced on November 9 the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is a recipient of a 2005 National Medal of Arts. "Prints With/Out Pressure: American Relief Prints from the 1940s through the 1960s," is on view in New York City through January 29. The Birmingham Museum of Art will open the exhibition, "À la dernière mode: Eighteenth Century French Ceramics from the Permanent Collection," in December. Works of art by Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock were stolen from the Everhart Museum in Scranton by thieves who shattered a back door early on November 18. In their heyday, American Impressionists created some of the sunniest, most appealing paintings, generally ignoring the unattractive aspects of the world around them. "The market spoke," said a jubilant David Schorsch in regards to a candlebox that sold for $744,825 at Freeman's 200th anniversary celebratory auction. "The market spoke," commented a jubilant David Schorschin regards to a candlebox that sold for $744,825 at Freeman's 200th anniversary celebratory auction. It is not all gold that glitters in the new show "A Brass Menagerie: Metalwork of the Aesthetic Movement," which recently opened at the Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute. Older, wiser and better looking than ever, Modernism: A Century of Style and Design, 1900--2000, opened its doors on November 9 for a four-day run. The Ellis Antiques Show sailed into port with 35 dealers aboard for its 46th season this year at the Castle at the Park Plaza Hotel. The Town of Simsbury is home to the largest tree in Connecticut and to an antiques show that has attracted good exhibitors and many buyers for the past 36 years. Sotheby's three-day prints sale on October 27 to 29, totaled $10,410,000 with top lots featuring works by Pablo Picasso and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The outstanding result of $10,382,000 was achieved at Antiquorum's October 15-16 auction in Geneva of 371 lots of important collectors' wristwatches, pocket watches and clocks. Northeast Auction's November 5-6 New Hampshire Weekend Auction contained a little bit of everything from American and European paintings to Chinese Export porcelain. Four works of art were recently reported missing from the wall at the back of the stage of the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors and Orchestra Musicians. State regulators have told the New York Racing Association not to sell $2 million in art at Sotheby's because the historic paintings are owned by the state. The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University announces a major poster exhibition that examines the key role played by crowds in modern politics and society. "From Byzantium to Modern Greece: Hellenic Art in Adversity, 1453-1830" an exhibition of treasures from the Benaki Museum, opens at the Onassis Cultural Center on December 15. The Manhattan Art & Antiques Center turns 30 this year and in celebration of its "Pearl" anniversary, some of the center's premier galleries will mount exhibitions. Older, wiser and better looking than ever, Modernism: A Century of Style and Design, 1900--2000, opened its doors on November 9 for a four-day run. The Brian Ayer collection of still and mechanical banks, dime register banks, cap guns and cast iron toys, formed over the past 15 years, brought a total of $648,000. Older, wiser and better looking than ever, Modernism: A Century of Style and Design, 1900--2000, opened its doors on November 9 for a four-day run. Four works of art were recently reported missing from the wall at the back of the stage of the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors and Orchestra Musicians. |
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