: Frank and Nancy Boos, owners of the Frank Boos Gallery, the art,
antique and personal property auction and appraisal firm in
Bloomfield Hills, have announced that they are headed in a new
direction.
After 42 years, they will no longer conduct regular auctions in
their current premises, but will move to a new site where they
will emphasize the appraisal and private sale aspects of their
business.
They will conduct occasional auctions when large estates come to
market, or when one-, two- or three-owner sales can be arranged.
They have also established a relationship with another Midwest
auction house, as well as a New York house.
Frank was originally associated with his former partner in the
company known as Stalker and Boos located in Detroit and then
Birmingham, which was dissolved in 1982. Thereafter, Frank
continued - with his wife Nancy, his son Jonathan, and daughter
Kristina - in the appraisal and auction business known as the
Frank H. Boos Gallery. Jonathan left the firm in 1994 and has
become a successful private art dealer. Kristina will remain as
the corporation's treasurer.
The gallery has been connected with the appraisal and/or
dispersal of many of the famous collections in the area. Those
include: Robert Hudson Tannahill, whose collection is housed at
the Detroit Institute of Arts; Charles Gershenson, the real
estate magnate whose collection set world records for Americana;
the estate of the renowned naturalist Dr Walter Koelz, who was
part of the MacMillan-Byrd Arctic Expedition of 1925; the
collection of Walter Simmons II, curator at the Henry Ford
Museum, Greenfield Village; the collection of the deceased George
and Florine Trumbull; and the collection of the late Minoru
Yamasaki, the internationally renowned architect, who designed
the World Trade Center in New York City.
Frank was the retained appraiser of all of the art and objets
d'art belonging to the world famous Cranbrook Institutions, which
was a five-year project of appraisal and documentation. Frank was
also the first United States agent for Christie's in conducting
the Anna Thomson Dodge auction at her home, "Rose Terrace," in
Grosse Pointe Farms in 1970, which was Christie's first sale in
the Western Hemisphere.
Frank was the appraiser for the entire oeuvre of the
internationally known sculptor Marshall Fredericks, also handling
the sale of that portion of Fredericks' estate that came to the
public market after his death in 1998.
Boos has done numerous volunteer auctions and appraisals for more
than organizations and museums, raising hundreds of thousands of
dollars for charity. He has participated in local and national
seminars on the appraisal and auction processes.
The Boos family and staff appreciate all the fine clients with
whom they have dealt over the years. Although the company is
conducting business in a different format, appraisal and private
sale needs can be met by contacting the firm at 248-332-1500 or
artandauction@boosgallery. com.
Auctions of large estate and collections can also be arranged,
Frank and his associate David McCarron will continue to appear on
the Antiques Roadshow.
