September 14th, 2011 
UAA Team 
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 [...]
Posted in Antiques, Auction, Collecting, Furniture 
Tags: Beckort Auctions, Daniel Boone, Frederick Porter Griffin, Indiana 
No Comments » July 31st, 2011 ewmiller 
And it’s a song you’ve heard before. I was watching a carpet on LiveAuctioneers and New Orleans Auction Galleries today and couldn’t help notice the traditional/classical looking furniture wasn’t bringing much. When you compare it to paper items like maps and samplers- the price per ounce would seem pretty unreal. Small items like curtain rods [...]
Posted in Antiques, Auction, Furniture Tags: American, Americana, Bookcase, Boston, Classical, curtain rods, Ephemera, Maps, New Orleans, New Orleans Auction, Paper, Secretary, Sideboard No Comments » June 19th, 2011 ewmiller 
During our Vintage Yard sale this weekend we heard the constant dreaded word “downsizing.” It seems everyone is downsizing, but they still like to shop- or else why are they at the yard sale? Actually sales at the yard sale were pretty good. Lots of smaller items sold, even some plates and glassware. The furniture, [...]
June 8th, 2011 UAA Team ![By Joey Gannon from Pittsburgh, PA (Edwards) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.urbanartantiques.com/wp-content/uploads/John_Edwards_3._September_2007_in_Pittsburgh-300x200.jpg "John_Edwards,_3._September_2007_in_Pittsburgh")
Articles published this week suggest 2008 vice presidential Candidate John Edwards received $700,000 or more from Rachel Mellon, which he allegedly used to cover up an affair during that year’s campaign. A representative of Mellon, who wasn’t named but later identified as Person C in the indictment, told the New York Times the money was [...]
May 2nd, 2011 Regina 
The Art and Antiques Dealers League of America debuted “The Spring Show NYC” at the 67th Street Armory on April 27 with a preview benefit for the ASPCA. Among those at present were co-chairs Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner, publisher of the The New York Observer. Aided by a boost from Mayor Bloomberg, who [...]
April 15th, 2011 ewmiller ![By Takkk (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.urbanartantiques.com/wp-content/uploads/600px-Televison_Hungarian_ORION_1957-300x300.jpg "600px-Televison_Hungarian_ORION_1957")
Yet another show about antiques is coming to the airwaves and will focus on price. It’s Worth What, a summer reality series on NBC will be produced by Lara Spencer and hosted by comedian Cedric “The Entertainer.” NBC says It’s Worth What is a game show that taps into America’s love for cost and value, [...]
April 5th, 2011 Bettianne Sweeney 
APVA Preservation Virginia has joined the ranks of other prestigious museums and historical societies to link a major antiques show as a fund raiser and to direct awareness to a great cause. The more than 100 year old organization is dedicated to preserving and promoting the state’s irreplaceable historic structures, landscapes, collections and archaeological sites. [...]
Posted in Antiques, Furniture, Show & Gallery Tags: Admiral Horatio Nelson, Antiques in Charlottesville, APVA, Bill & Joyce Subjack, Bill Shaefer, Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington Coleman, George Catlin, John James Audubon, Never Bird AntiquesAcanthus Antiques, Peter Nee, Pete’s Pickens, Preservation Virginia, Shaefers Antiques, Steve White, Venetian Photogravures by David Roberts, White & White No Comments » March 27th, 2011 ewmiller 
Furniture maker Duncan Phyfe can’t seem to secure a special exhibition at the Met (a show which had been scheduled for January, 2010 got the recession axe), but Gustauv Stickley has taken the stage at the Dallas Museum of Art. The show opened February 13th and on my initial visit a few days ago seems [...]
February 21st, 2011 ewmiller 
Moderating a presentation at the Heart of Country Antiques Show in Nashville, veteran painting and furniture dealer Woody Straub commented the slump in the current market was actually the third such dramatic decline in his lifetime. If you walked over to a table along a side wall and picked up a complimentary issue of Maine [...]
January 31st, 2011 Hui 
It has become a tradition for us to combine the trips to Bonhams and Spanierman Gallery together. During Americana week, Bonhams had an American and English Furniture & Decorative Arts sale and Maritime Painting & Decorative Arts sale. The best, in our mind, were displayed in the lobby of the lower level. A grand Steinway [...]
Posted in Antiques, Art, Artist, Auction, Furniture, Show & Gallery Tags: Albert Pinkham Ryder, American tonalism, Birge Harrison, Bonhams, Bruce Crane, David Cleveland, Edward Simmons, Fitzhugh, Florence Griswold Museum, Henry Blank, New York Americana Week, Steinway, Washington Memorial Clock No Comments »
