October 30, 2018 - Antiques And The Arts Weekly

  • Bob Hellman, Whaling Authority And
    Collector, 88
    October 30, 2018

    NANTUCKET, MASS. — Bob Hellman, an authority on the history of whaling and noted collector of whalecraft, died on October 23, 2018, in Nantucket, where he lived with Nina, his […]

  • Accounts Of The Earliest
    Philadelphia Cabinetmaker
    October 30, 2018

    Jay Robert Stiefel, The Cabinetmaker’s Account: John Head’s Record of Craft & Commerce in Colonial Philadelphia, 1718–1753, Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society Press, 2019, large-format, 320 pages, 100 color and b&w […]

  • Golden Age Dutch Paintings At The Met
    October 30, 2018

    NEW YORK CITY – Dutch paintings of the Seventeenth Century – the Golden Age of Rembrandt, Hals and Vermeer – have been a highlight of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s […]

  • Top Picks: The Herald Of Freedom
    October 30, 2018

    The Fairfield County newspaper business just isn’t as lively as it once was. In the early 1830s, when PT Barnum was in the editor’s seat of the Herald of Freedom […]

  • Q&A: Wil Haygood
    October 30, 2018

    Columbus, Ohio, native Wil Haygood is guest curator for “I, Too, Sing America: The Harlem Renaissance at 100” and the author of the companion book of the same name. Organized […]

  • Across The Block
    October 30, 2018

    Competitive bidding was a motivating factor in our latest auction highlights with final sales doubling and quadrupling their estimates. At Cottone Auctions, a car enthusiast called in to drive the […]

  • A Current Affair:
    BIFAS Brings Out The New With The Old
    October 30, 2018

    Review and Photos by Greg Smith BOSTON – Bostonians have been spoiled lately. As the Red Sox mounted an unforgiving display in the 2018 World Series, another display captivated the […]

  • Scott Atlanta Market Fills Two Halls With
    2,500 Dealer Booths
    October 30, 2018

    Review and Photos by Tom O’Hara ATLANTA, GA. – The Scott Antique Market on October 11-14 was again a full house, with 2,500 booths filled with antiques, fine art and […]

  • Single-Owner And Special Collections Soar At Jeffrey S. Evans’ Two-Day Fall Auction
    October 30, 2018

    Review and Onsite Photos by Tania Kirkman MOUNT CRAWFORD, VA. – Nestled in the idyllic countryside of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates recently conducted its annual fall […]

  • Flack Collection Brings Buyers To
    Pook & Pook October 13
    October 30, 2018

    Review and Onsite Photos by Madelia Hickman Ring DOWNINGTOWN, PENN. – Paul and Rita Flack have been such esteemed collectors that news that they would be selling more of the […]



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