August 10th, 2011 
UAA Team 
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., [...]
Posted in Auction, Collecting 
Tags: Atlantic Flyway, Decoy, Decoys Unlimited, Duck, Duxbury, George Ross Starr, Joseph Bard French, New England 
No Comments » August 9th, 2011 UAA Team 
A grouping of six items, known as The Lou Gehrig Collection, brought to auction by the son of a woman who was left the trove by Gehrig’s mother, Christina, brought almost $1 million altogether as the emotional centerpiece of Heritage Auctions’ Aug. 4 Signature® Vintage Sports Collectibles Platinum Auction. The lead lot of the group [...]
Posted in Auction, Collecting Tags: American League Championship, Baseball, Chris Ivy, Heritage, Lou Gehrig, Sports, World Series, Yankees No Comments » August 8th, 2011 ewmiller 
The man who says he discovered the work of currently celebrated photographer Vivian Maier also says her best work has not been seen yet. Chicago resident Ron Slattery says he noticed a box of photographs in an auction there, and would go on to buy two more lots containing Maier’s work. “At the first auction [...]
July 27th, 2011 UAA Team 
Clad in age-defying cast iron, antique mechanical banks made another bulletproof run across the auction block June 4th at RSL’s 499-lot sale featuring the John Jirkofsky collection. Partner Ray Haradin, along with Steven and Leon Weiss – said the sale held at Opfer Auctions’ gallery attracted around 160 online bidders and another 76 bidders in [...]
Posted in Antiques, Auction, Collecting Tags: Bank, Cast iron, Chicago World's Fair, Christopher Columbus, German, J. & E. Stevens, Opfer Auctions, Ray Haradin, Santa Maria, Spelter, Toy No Comments » July 13th, 2011 UAA Team 
The Haight-Ashbury Collection of original hand-crafted psychedelic art, original 1960s rock posters, including original work by the biggest names in the genre – artists Rick Griffin, Alton Kelley, Stanley Mouse, David Singer and Victor Moscoso, among the many – will be offered as part of Heritage Auctions’ July 29 Signature Music & Entertainment Memorabilia Auction [...]
Posted in Art, Auction, Collecting, Prints and Posters Tags: Dallas, Fillmore, Grateful Dead, Haight-Ashbury, Heritage, Janis Joplin, Jerry Garcia, Miles Davis, San Francisco, Santana No Comments » June 4th, 2011 Regina 
Canajoharie is a sleepy upstate town in the Mohawk Valley that once boasted the best hops fields around and big industry. It was home to, among others, the Mohawks, Susan B. Anthony, a historian/teacher/artist named Rufus A. Grider and a drifter/day laborer/ artist named Fritz Vogt. Settled between the Adirondacks and Catskill mountains, the [...]
Posted in Antiques, Antiques Business, Architecture, Art, Artist, Collecting, Museum, Show & Gallery Tags: Arkell museum, folk art, Fritz Vogt, New York State, Rufus A. Grider No Comments » May 10th, 2011 Regina 
New York, NY Korean buncheong ceramics is one of those forms that makes you wonder if the Modernists were truly modern. Buncheong is a 20th Century coinage for a experimental form of stoneware that was the rage in Korean households in the 15th and 16th Centuries. The word is a contraction for a longer term [...]
April 11th, 2011 ewmiller 
A viewing of the film The Art of the Steal about the relocation of the Barnes Collection from the suburb of lower Marion to Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia pre-ceeded my recent trip there. I was looking forward to seeing progress on several art-related developments including the Barnes on the Parkway and the installation of a [...]
Posted in Art, Collecting, Museum Tags: Annenburg, Barnes, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, City Hall, Claes, Masonic Temple, Oldenburg, PaFA, Paintbrush, Philadelphia Museum of Art No Comments » April 8th, 2011 UAA Team 
Florence Barron first commissioned Andy Warhol to paint her portrait then changed her mind. Instead she opted for an image of Warhol himself, his first self-portrait made from images taken in a photo booth. She bought it on an installment plan for $1,600 in 1963. When it comes up for auction at Christie’s next month, [...]
Posted in Art, Artist, Auction, Collecting Tags: Andy Warhol, Auction, Christie's, Detroit, Factory, Florence Barron, New York, Self-Portrait No Comments » April 6th, 2011 UAA Team 
The family of legendary actor John Wayne will be offering an expansive collection of never-before-released personal and professional memorabilia from the movie star’s personal archives for public auction this fall. Among the items in the collection are one of the iconic black eye-patches worn by John Wayne in his 1969 Academy Award® winning role in [...]
Posted in Antiques, Auction, Collecting Tags: Heritage Auctions, John Wayne, Searchers, True Grit No Comments »
