Antiques Roadshow Insider back issues from January 2006:
Worth watching.(maritime art)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2006 ... You'll see James E. Buttersworth's masterful maritime art on Antiques Roadshow in the new season, when the series' Tampa episodes air, starting Jan. 9 For ...
Sold!(Doyle New York )(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2006 ... A bidder paid $36,000 at Doyle New York in November to acquire an antique painted blanket chest that oozes with character. The chest dates to the ...
Lennon style.(suit of John Lennon sold for $135,000 )(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2006 ... The two-piece ivory wool blend suit John Lennon wore for the cover photo of the 1969 classic Abbey Road sold for $135,000 at a recent auction. The sale, hosted in Las Vegas by ...
Here comes big Ben: the next two years promise to be (pardon the expression) electric for collectors of Benjamin Franklin.(collecting Franklin-related art and artifacts)
Jan 01, 2006; ... The face on a $100 bill is ... different from those on our other denominations. It is nothing like the mild impenetrability of Washington, the gaunt stoicism of Lincoln, the heroic taciturnity of Jackson or Grant. This face is cherubic. The eyes look back at you curiously. And that smile, ...
Puppy love.(Editorial)
Jan 01, 2006; ... My daughters want a pet. The 6-year-old, Quinlyn, usually asks for a kitten. The 3-year-old, Karsyn, wants a puppy. Hmm. At some point, I suppose I'll have to make a decision, and I doubt it'll be a "no pets" ruling (especially when I consider my daughters' track record in, um, getting ...
A skinner sampling.(trade shows)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2006 ... An 18th-century silver salver made by Myer Myers (1723-1795) paced Skinner's November "American Furniture & Decorative Arts" sale. The circular tray, which measures 1.25 inches high and 8.25 inches in diameter, drew a winning bid of $99,500, well above the estimate of 20,000-$30,000. Myers ...
Photographic excellence: great photography wasn't hard to find at a recent sale in New York.(AUCTION PREVIEWS, NEWS, & TRENDS)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2006 ... A Swann Auction Galleries sale in late October featured 277 lots of vintage photographs created by an impressive list of legends of the camera, from Edward Curtis and William Henry Jackson to Berenice Abbott and Ansel Adams. One of the highest-grossing single images, though, ...
Sports memorabilia.(ON THE BLOCK)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2006 ... At Heritage Galleries & Auctioneers of Dallas, a recent sports sale included the vintage panoramic photograph below--a 5-foot-wide, 14-inch-tall image by A.H. Sanders that sold for $11,353. What's so special about it? It was taken at Sportsman's Park in St Louis during Game 4 of the 1926 ...
Island art.(ON THE BLOCK)(Fiji Islands neck rest)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2006 ... The odd-looking object pictured above fetched $102,000 at a Sotheby's sale in November. What is it? The catalog tells us it's a "rare and important Fiji Islands neck rest" that dates to the 19th century. In other words, it's a "pillow" carved of wood: a 12-inch-long "prop" that a Fiji ...
Another record breaks.(ON THE BLOCK)(movie posters)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2006 ... November was a big month for movie posters. On the 15th, a Reel Poster Gallery auction in London offered a real rarity, and bidders responded in a big way. An original poster from Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis, one of only four copies known to exist, sold for $690.000 to a U.S ....
Latin American art. Sizzling!(PAINTINGS)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2006 ... Latin American art remains hot, as two auctions in New York emphasized in November. Sotheby's reeled in $15.5 million on 145 lots of Latin American art, with two pieces surpassing the million-dollar mark. One of them was The Musicians, a colorful oil-on-canvas by Fernando Botero (b.1932) ...
How to dress up your desk: looking to add a touch of elegance to your workspace? Keep your eyes open for Tiffany bronze desk sets.(DECORATIVE ARTS)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Collecting anything by Louis Comfort Tiffany has always been considered a rich man's game. Buying just one top-quality piece today can cost tens of thousands of dollars. At least that's how most people perceive the Tiffany market. But the fact is, you don't have to be a ...
Glaze genius: Pewabic pottery was and is expensive and highly desirable for its quality and innovation.(POTTERY)(Mary Chase Perry Stratton)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Collectors of American art pottery produced from 1880 to 1920 favor the large, the innovative, and the artistic. The work of Pewabic Pottery and Mary Chase Perry Stratton (1867-1961), Detroit's only Arts & Crafts potter, easily meets all these standards. Other potteries also qualified, but ...
What's in a name? Duncan Phyfe is arguably the best-known, most admired, influential and widely copied American cabinetmaker. Here's the rest of the story.(FURNITURE)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Few artisans have given their name to a style that almost everybody knows, or thinks they know. Even fewer artisans have been almost continuously in favor with furniture lovers, starting in their own lifetimes. In the opinion of most experts, New York furniture maker Duncan Phyfe is at the ...
"In the style of--".(A CLOSER LOOK)(Ernest Hagen)
Jan 01, 2006; ... If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Duncan Phyfe is the most flattered furniture maker in American history. The elegant Federal designs so closely associated with his name are still the most popular "period" decorating style today. In fact, Phyfe has been copied for such a ...
Rags or riches? The vintage clothing market is growing exponentially. Here's how the experts decide what's hot and what's not.(COUTURE)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Go to the "vintage Clothing" category at eBay on any given day and you'll find some 65,000 items. You'll see everything from Edwardian gowns to flapper dresses to Jackie Kennedy-era suits to Twiggy minis to year-old Gap or Old Navy T-shirts. eBay's not the only source of such items, ...
Maria, pottery, and money: when you buy a work of art, remember that it should be preserved and admired regardless of its value, as one "Antiques Roadshow" appraiser writes.(BUYING AND SELLING)(Maria Martinez)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Two summers ago, when I arrived in St. Paul, Minn., to work an Antiques Roadshow event, I figured I'd see some pieces made by Maria Martinez, the American Indian potter from San Ildefonso pueblo near Santa Fe, N.M. At the Tribal Art table at practically every Antiques Roadshow location, we ...
Teamwork, "Antiques Roadshow"-style: oftentimes, "Antiques Roadshow's" experts put their heads together in coming up with the appraisals you see on the program.(THE LAST WORD)
Jan 01, 2006; ... Nearly 10 years ago, when I was doing my first Antiques Roadshow, I remember being awed and star-struck working beside some of the other appraisers. I had read their names in the trade journals--Leigh Keno, a top dealer in American furniture; Leigh's brother Leslie and Nancy Druckman from ...