UAA Team | July 31, 2010
B can now officially stand for baffling. We said it was a hard quiz we posted July 17 and it looks as if we have only one correct answer–not set of answers, representing a high score of 25 percent. Here are the answers–all were b. 1) The medium in this painting is b, oil. By [...]
Geo | July 30, 2010
An Agnew & Brown three-inch target ball from the 1870s, showing an embossed pigeon on the reverse side and quite possibly the only picture target ball ever made in glass, soared to $29,120 – a new world record for a target ball at auction – in an online auction held July 15-22 by American Bottle [...]
UAA Team | July 30, 2010
A pair of Huanghuali Chinese folding hunting chairs with hemp seats and brass trim sold for $26,880 at a sale of the estate of the late Dr. Kevin-John McIntyre, held June 12 by Finney’s Auction Service. The sale was held in Finney’s spacious gallery facility near Albany, NY. Huanghuali is a Chinese term that literally [...]
David Sokosh | July 29, 2010
I attended the New York Antique Jewelry & Watch Show at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Manhattan on Friday, which was the first day of this four-day event. It was my first visit to the show, which is in its fourth year. I was excited to go to the exhibition because of my interest in antique [...]
Geo | July 28, 2010
Interest was keener than ever, and the bidding action was relentless in RSL Auction’s sale of antique toys and banks held May 22nd at Richard Opfer’s suburban Baltimore gallery. “We started at noon and finished at 20 till three – it was about two hours and 40 minutes of very serious bidding,” said RSL co-owner [...]
ewmiller | July 28, 2010
Daryle Lambert has some unique insights into the antique and collectibles business. In a new exclusive interview with Urban Art & Antiques he shares some of those insights and strategies. While he doesn’t argue it’s a tough world for dealers out there, he says he never worries about the selling, only the buying. If you [...]
Hui | July 28, 2010
The 19th century American Art collection at the Philbrook Museum of Art is on the second floor of its Italian Renaissance Mansion. Upon entering the first room slightly on the leftside of the staircase, one is greeted by a large winter scene painting by Bruce Crane, donated by Laura A. Clubb in 1947. New England [...]
ewmiller | July 27, 2010
George Fuller is not the best known of American painters. In fact some may say he’s bordering on forgotten. His name may more often bring to mind another fellow known for inventing the modern skyscraper. George A. Fuller, however likely needed the initial to distinguish himself from the famed artist. The death of George Fuller [...]
ewmiller | July 25, 2010
Breakfast in America won the 1980 Grammy Award for Best Recording Package, beating out albums by Talking Heads and Led Zeppelin, among others. I was at my parents house over the weekend and spent a considerable amount of time listing vinyl albums on Amazon.com. It gave me cause to think about how much art has [...]
ewmiller | July 19, 2010
Will the Antiques Biz Recover with the Real Estate Market? Maybe Not. A savvy observer assures me that when the real estate market recovers the antiques business will follow. That sentence was a pull quote I spotted while glancing at the magazine of a fellow passenger in flight. It was from Elizabeth Pochada’s Editors letter [...]
