February 11, 2003 - Antiques And The Arts Weekly

  • Drawing on America's Past
    February 11, 2003

    The National Gallery of Art is currently celebrating the 60th anniversary of its 1943 acquisition of the "Index of American Design" with 80 of the finest watercolor renderings of American folk, popular and decorative art in the survey, along with a selection of nearly 40 of the original objects they represent.

  • 'Peering through the Window of America's Past'
    February 11, 2003

    Rose Anna and John Kolar furnished their home with the arts and crafts of early Pennsylvania. Their sources included some of the field's best-known dealers of Pennsylvania German folk art.

  • Record George Ohr Teapot Leads Craftsman Auction
    February 11, 2003

    Also offered were groups of lighting, metal, art glass and framed art before full-house crowds. The event generated just over $1 million with more than 90 percent of the lots sold — an affirmation of the health of this market, according to the gallery.

  • Mickey Mouse Provides a Golden Opportunity at Fontaine's and a $690,000 Price Tag
    February 11, 2003

    The auction generated a great deal of interest, grossing $3.2 million. The top lot was a solid gold Mickey Mouse standing two feet tall and weighing in at 1,500 ounces.

  • Antiques @ The Piers
    February 11, 2003

    "There isn't a better time to be in this business. Most antiques customers are 55 to 70 years old – that part of the population is about to explode. It is going to be great for another 20 years."

  • A Busy Two Weeks for Sotheby’s
    February 11, 2003

    The firm took the unprecedented action of publicly bringing a lawsuit against pop singer Michael Jackson on January 31, and has since decided to discontinue its online auction site.

  • Historic Deerfield Names New Executive Director
    February 11, 2003

    Philip Zea, vice president for museums and collections at the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA) in Boston, will succeed Donald R. Friary.

  • Travel by Train
    February 11, 2003

    American rail posters, paralleling developments in the graphic arts at large, combined the national taste for realistic illustration with dramatic color effects and unexpected imagery.

  • Ursus To Feature the Illustrated Books of Matisse and Picasso
    February 11, 2003

    To coincide with the forthcoming exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art entitled"Matisse Picasso," the gallery will exhibit a large number of the most important illustrated books created by these two artists.

  • Works by Minerva J. Chapman on View in San Francisco
    February 11, 2003

    Chapman's soft palette reflected the times before electric lights and the introduction of less academic representations. Although she was considered one of the finest exhibitors living in Paris during the change of centuries, she remained an ardent student from an early age in Chicago through her later years in California.



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