Geo | May 31, 2010
A visit to the Art Institute of Chicago over the weekend provided some new discoveries including a mesmerizing painting by Ralph Blakelock titles The Vision of Life (also known as Ghost Dance) 1895-1897. Blakelock is one of those artists who can be quite hard to get a grasp on. Most are very dark treed landscapes, [...]
UAA Team | May 30, 2010
There aren’t many retail stores that stock antiques these days. The Ralph Lauren store on Michigan Avenue in Chicago is not only decorated with fine antiques, but wrist watches from the 20s-50s are available for purchase. If you’re in the windy city, be sure and make this a destination!
UAA Team | May 27, 2010
On June 3, former Sotheby’s senior vice president Leila Dunbar will give a presentation titled “Stories In Hand – Baseball History Told Through its Memorabilia” at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York as part of its annual symposium on baseball and American culture. The 2010 Symposium runs June 2-4, featuring lectures [...]
ewmiller | May 27, 2010
Whoever said there isn’t anything good on ebay anymore wasn’t watching today. A small painting by Edward Mitchell Bannister went well above the $85 starting bid and fetched $2221.89. The least expensive auction record I can locate for Bannister is $900, however there is no accompanying photo. Most of his works are in the five [...]
UAA Team | May 27, 2010
Dallas is a long way from the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts where artist and collector Pan Tianshou began to write The History of Chinese Painting. Though he died in 1971, a future printing of his book may record that one of his own watercolors sold for $170,000 at the far-away Dallas Auction Gallery. Estimated [...]
UAA Team | May 27, 2010
One of only approximately eight pastels created by Childe Hassam between 1887 and 1889 while in Paris, At the Grand Prix had been in the same private collection for several decades. Estimated at $150,000 to $200,000, it sold for $699,000 at Skinner May 21st. This price marks the second highest price for a pastel paid [...]
Geo | May 26, 2010
With all the great American furniture that goes through Neil Auctions and New Orleans Auction, I expected to find more of it in the antique shops of the big easy. At M.S. Rau I we did find a significant assortment of pieces of the American Rococo variety by Belter, Meeks and others, but little in [...]
ewmiller | May 25, 2010
Show promoter Bob James sent out an email newsletter earlier today referencing John Fiske’s April column in the New England Antiques Journal. Fiske had asserted that among the categories, the small, high-end show would have the smallest chance surviving. Here’s how Fiske describe these shows (James’ Shows as well as those such as Antiques in [...]
UAA Team | May 25, 2010
A brilliant, round Frontier Gas “Rarin’ to Go” double-sided porcelain sign, one of only two known, soared to $26,400 – nearly triple its pre-sale estimate – at a weekend auction held May 15-16 by Matthews Auctions, LLC, based in Nokomis, Ill. It was the second major auction held in May by the firm, which conducted [...]
UAA Team | May 19, 2010
Kaminski Auctions’ April Estates Auction, which took place December April 24, 2010, offered a premier selection of items from estates in Massachusetts and beyond. Strong sales and enthusiastic bidding throughout the auction made the event an unqualified success, with many items selling well above their original estimates. Of particular interest was an important Emille Galle [...]
