http://www.urbanartantiques.com antiques and art news, views and commentary Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:51:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2012/rare-still-life-by-duncanson-enters-collection-of-national-gallery-of-art/ http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2012/rare-still-life-by-duncanson-enters-collection-of-national-gallery-of-art/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:34:07 +0000 UAA Team http://www.urbanartantiques.com/?p=9096 The National Gallery of Art has acquired one of fewer than a dozen known still lifes painted in the late 1840s by African American artist Robert Seldon Duncanson (1821–1872). Classically composed, Still Life with Fruit and Nuts (1848) depicts fruit arranged in a tabletop pyramid in which the smooth surfaces of beautifully rendered fruit contrast [...]]]> http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2012/rare-still-life-by-duncanson-enters-collection-of-national-gallery-of-art/feed/ 0 http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2012/chinese-art-in-san-antonio-museum-of-art/ http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2012/chinese-art-in-san-antonio-museum-of-art/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:58:12 +0000 Sun http://www.urbanartantiques.com/?p=8996 If, according to a director of a New York art institution, the first thing that curators should study is the neighborhood’s demography, then a collection in San Antonio will seem out of place.  If an emphasis on Latino culture, with a vast selection from pre-Columbia, Spanish Colonial to contemporary, matches the city’s dominant Hispanic population, [...]]]> http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2012/chinese-art-in-san-antonio-museum-of-art/feed/ 0 http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/of-birdstones-bannerstones-and-flints/ http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/of-birdstones-bannerstones-and-flints/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:37:53 +0000 Pearl http://www.urbanartantiques.com/?p=8633 The catalog for the Earl Townsend, Jr. Collection of Birdstones, Bannerstones and Flints, at Dan Ripley’s Antique Helper in Indianapolis, just crossed my desk. I’d heard about this sale earlier, but the images on the Internet didn’t inspire me. The full color photos of the little stone bird effigies virtually pulsate with life. The carvings themselves are pristine, making [...]]]> http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/of-birdstones-bannerstones-and-flints/feed/ 0 http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/an-interview-with-vintage-jewelry-dealer-erik-yang/ http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/an-interview-with-vintage-jewelry-dealer-erik-yang/#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2011 12:52:14 +0000 ewmiller http://www.urbanartantiques.com/?p=8413 Q. How did you get started? A. I started by accident. Initially my career choice was in bio-chemistry and molecular bilology. I was working for my PhD and I did a flea market just to get rid of some things in the house and it ended up being very lucrative. I was extremely unhappy working [...]]]> http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/an-interview-with-vintage-jewelry-dealer-erik-yang/feed/ 0 http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/denver-museum-to-exhibit-albrights-pin-collection/ http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/denver-museum-to-exhibit-albrights-pin-collection/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:11:39 +0000 UAA Team http://www.urbanartantiques.com/?p=8406 The exhibition of brooches from the personal collection of Madeleine Albright will open at the Denver Art Museum (DAM) on April 15, 2012. Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection features more than 200 pins, many of which Secretary Albright wore to communicate a message or a mood during her diplomatic tenure. The exhibition examines [...]]]> http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/denver-museum-to-exhibit-albrights-pin-collection/feed/ 0 http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/wormser-brothers-bottle-hits-18480-at-american-bottle-auctions/ http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/wormser-brothers-bottle-hits-18480-at-american-bottle-auctions/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:20:03 +0000 UAA Team http://www.urbanartantiques.com/?p=8366 A Wormser Brothers barrel bitters bottle, made between 1867 and 1871 and quite possibly the only green example in existence (most are amber in color), soared to $18,480 in an Internet and catalog auction that began Aug. 29 and ended Sept. 8 by American Bottle Auctions. It was the top lot of the 146 bottles [...]]]> http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/wormser-brothers-bottle-hits-18480-at-american-bottle-auctions/feed/ 0 http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/squire-boone-jr-corner-cupboard-realizes-35000-stays-in-indiana/ http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/squire-boone-jr-corner-cupboard-realizes-35000-stays-in-indiana/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:34:25 +0000 UAA Team http://www.urbanartantiques.com/?p=8324 An 18th-century corner cupboard believed to have been made by Squire Boone, Jr., the younger brother of Daniel Boone, realized $35,000 during an auction conducted by Beckort Auctions, LLC on Sept. 3. The cupboard sold to representatives of the Old Goshen Church & Cemetery Memorial Foundation, which intends to display the piece in Corydon. Having [...]]]> http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/squire-boone-jr-corner-cupboard-realizes-35000-stays-in-indiana/feed/ 0 http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/philbrook-in-tulsa-to-exhibit-record-setting-roadshow-rino-carvings/ http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/philbrook-in-tulsa-to-exhibit-record-setting-roadshow-rino-carvings/#comments Sun, 04 Sep 2011 02:32:27 +0000 UAA Team http://www.urbanartantiques.com/?p=8271 Worldwide media recently took note of a record-breaking find at the July 23rd Tulsa, Oklahoma taping of the popular PBS program, Antiques Roadshow. Five 17th-18th-century Chinese libation cups made from carved rhinoceros horn shattered all records to become the highest-appraised objects in the history of the program. Seeing this as a great opportunity to engage [...]]]> http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/philbrook-in-tulsa-to-exhibit-record-setting-roadshow-rino-carvings/feed/ 0 http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/whoopi-goldberg-offers-selections-from-her-personal-collection/ http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/whoopi-goldberg-offers-selections-from-her-personal-collection/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:42:14 +0000 UAA Team http://www.urbanartantiques.com/?p=8227 Selections from the Personal Collection of Whoopi Goldberg, acclaimed Oscar-winning actress and comedian, will highlight Heritage Auctions’ Sept. 27 Estate Auction, at the company’s Design District annex at 1518 Slocum Street. This will include more than 70 pieces from Whoopi’s cherished collection of pottery, porcelain, art deco and a variety of whimsical pieces she has [...]]]> http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/whoopi-goldberg-offers-selections-from-her-personal-collection/feed/ 0 http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/rare-sicklebill-curlew-soars-to-111550-at-decoys-unlimited-inc/ http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/rare-sicklebill-curlew-soars-to-111550-at-decoys-unlimited-inc/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:59:03 +0000 UAA Team http://www.urbanartantiques.com/?p=8207 A spectacular and rare sicklebill curlew decoy made in Duxbury, Mass., by a craftsman whose identity is a matter of debate among veteran collectors, soared to $111,550 at an auction held July 24-25 by Decoys Unlimited, Inc., based in Barnstable, Mass. The sale was conducted at the Cape Codder Resort & Hotel in Hyannis, Mass., [...]]]> http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2011/rare-sicklebill-curlew-soars-to-111550-at-decoys-unlimited-inc/feed/ 0