By Greg Smith
RHINEBECK, N.Y. — “One of the things that makes Antiques at Rhinebeck special is the diversity of the material presented,” said Frank Gaglio, show manager. The offerings at Rhinebeck are abundant and expansive, covering nearly every major category in collecting. This weeks picks combed the field to offer just a small taste of what was available from the gamut of fine dealers, spanning fine and folk art, furniture, advertising, rare books, found art, antiquities, photography, toys, and Art Nouveau.
Rudolf Stumpf Antiques
Folk Art Bicyclist
James Grievo Antiques
Remmey Stoneware Pitcher
Philadelphia, circa 1860s
Garvey Rita Fine Art & Antiques
Eric Sloane
“The Dutch Barn”, New York, oil on panel
Michael Friedman Antiques
Edward Curtis
“The Vanishing Race”, orotone photograph in original Curtis frame
Gloria M. Lonergan Antiques
Large Massachusetts Blue Painted Chest
With square nails and bootjack ends
Thomas M. Thompson
W.J. Higgens
“South Sea Whale Fishery”, hand colored lithograph
Jan & John Maggs Antiques
Seventeenth Century English Chest of Drawers
Oak drawers with applied mouldings and brass drops, circa 1680
Port ‘N Starboard Antiques
Carved Gilded Spread Wing Eagle
Original gold leaf, signed on back, circa 1880
Your Grandma Had It
“Electric Kick-Back” Bagatelle
Joseph Schneider Inc, circa 1930
Dordy Fontinel
Carnival Cats Knockdown Game
Steele & Steele, Antiques
Painted Victorian Birdcage
More & More Antiques
1890s Petroleum Dispenser
Marc Witus
Palissy Majolica Plate
Circa 1890-1910, finely decorated
Debbie Turi Antiques
Reuben Haley “Ruba Rombic” Glass Vases
Consolidated Glass, circa 1928
Witt’s End Antiques
Wick Ahrens Carved Whales
Twentieth Century, a Bowhead, Humpback and Sperm whale
Leatherwood Antiques
Painted Gameboard
Nineteenth Century, English, unknown game
Richard Mori Books
The Story of Little Black Sambo
Copyright 1900, first American edition, Frederick A Stokes
Robert & Janet Sherwood
Hamburger Train Trade Sign
Circa 1958, New York
Stone Block Antiques
Pre-Colombian Funereal Pot
J. Gallagher
Harlem Yacht Club “Buzzard Bay Classic” 1912 Sterling Trophy
Sterling silver with marquetry coaster and engraving
Village Braider Inc.
Found Art Wheel Handle Sculpture
Wheel handles welded to iron bush-form base, Twentieth Century
Mad River Antiques, LLC
Early Nineteenth Century Sampler
Circa 1818, by Sally A. Spear featuring an eagle surrounded by thirteen stars
The Rathbun Gallery
Samuel Roscoe Chaffee (American, 1850-1913)
“The Quiet Lake Shore”, oil on board, circa 1890-1910
Judith & James Milne/At Home Antiques
Cannon Weathervane
Jane Langol Antiques
Watermelon Painting
Oil on canvas, circa 1906
Willowsprings Perennial Antiques
New Hampshire Chippendale Chest
Flame birch, four graduated drawers
John D. Gould
Stanley Kubicki
“Going to the Moon”, executed 1961
Mimi Gunn
Bernard R. Hubbard, “The Glacier Priest”
Silver gelatin prints, Twentieth Century
David Thompson Antiques & Art
Miniature Printing of Andrew Jackson’s Inaugural Address
Printed 1836 by B. Bailey
Michael Gunselman
“The Pathfinder”
Katz Toys, New York, circa 1920s, tin litho with three props
Joshua Lowenfels Works of Art
Art Nouveau Bronze Dinner Bell
Early Twentieth Century, unmarked
Pioneer Folk Antiques
1920s Painted Tavern Drum
Arborfield Americana Antiques
Nineteenth Century Theorem
Painting on velvet, circa 1830-1840
