Posted by admin on December 23rd, 2011
Antique toy expert and Antiques Roadshow senior appraiser Noel Barrett hosted a Nov. 18-19 auction that featured clockwork toys and automata from the Frank Mohr collection.
The sale also included early advertising signs and toys from the personal collection of a Tennessee-based dealer known for his well-cultivated taste in antiques of many types, Bill Powell.
The auction realized $1,187,000 (all prices quoted inclusive of 15 percent buyer’s premium), with Saturday’s sales exceeding the session’s total high estimate by a whopping 40 percent. The Internet live bidding was provided by LiveAuctioneers.com.
“It was like an old-fashioned sale in terms of turnout. It drew about the same size crowd we had in the very same hall 23 years ago, at our first auction in New Hope. You don’t see that sort of turnout nowadays, with so many people opting for the convenience of phone and Internet bidding. It was one heck of a crowd,” said Noel Barrett.
“In fact, I was able to point to a poster in the auction and say, ‘I sold this 23 years ago, and now it’s come back to us,’” Barrett continued. “That’s what the Bill Powell collection represented – antique toys and signs that had been off the market for decades. It was very exciting to see such a full house. All of the major buyers turned out.”
Noel Barrett will conduct his next sale on Nov. 16-17, 2012, the weekend before Thanksgiving.
Posted by admin on December 22nd, 2011
All of Vollard etchings by Picasso are to be shown in London after being donated to the British Museum.
These prints were created as a visual diary of life of the artist with Marie-Thérèse Walter, his young mistress and muse. It was Marie who became the inspiration for some of his most famous work — and caused the downfall of his marriage.
The etchings that were created between 1930 and 1937 will go on show at the museum in central London next summer.
Posted by admin on December 17th, 2011
Aberfeldy Hall Antiques, Collectables and Curious Finds at 29 King St. East in Cobour is offering items that are unique, eclectic, thoughtful, and fun. The best part is that these unique antiques would be just the perfect thing for gift-giving for that special someone.
The shop features Canadiana, Victorian and mid-century finds, exotic garments and vintage erotica, art, books, china, crystal, handmade throws, ephemera, jewelry, handmade linens, furniture, and touchstones from your youth. The shop is closed on Mondays and can be contacted at 905-396-0277 or www.antiques-aberfeldyhall.com. The interesting one-of-a-kind articles, whether up-cycled, re-purposed or twice-touched, are available at accessible prices.
Posted by admin on December 16th, 2011
Billie Berta and Jerri Cuterer are about to open their own 5,000-square-foot antique store, called Primitive Touch Antique Warehouse, at 520 W. Third in downtown Grand Island.
The mother-daughter antiquing team is currently leasing about 1,300 square feet in the Railroad Towne Antique Mall.
“This is what we have been looking for five years,” Berta said. “These old buildings are so gorgeous,” Berta said. Berta purchased the building earlier this year and is performing a $258,000 renovation.
It would be the first facade grant awarded in the 500 block of West Third if the facade grant of $70,443 is approved by the Community Redevelopment Authority.
Posted by admin on December 14th, 2011
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Posted by admin on December 5th, 2011
Nine persons, including two women, have been arrested for allegedly selling fake gold jewelry, mostly to doctors.
The police have seized about 25kg of fake gold from the gang.
The gang, which posed as street vendors, preyed on many people many in different cities. Its members frequently changed their locations. They duped doctors into buying what they claimed were antique jewellery excavated from hidden treasures.
Dr Chaitra, a resident of JP Nagar and one of the victims, filed a complaint with the police stating that a gang visited her clinic seeking treatment. The gang members offered to sell jewellery to her as they were in dire need of money. Later, she came to know that the jewellery was fake.
The JP Nagar police, headed by inspector SK Umesh, arrested the gang members from Ramachandrapura near Chandapura, on the outskirts of the city. Gang members confessed to have visited Dr Chaitra’s clinic. They consulted Dr Chaitra for various ailments for a couple of months. Earlier, they told Dr Chaitra that their relatives had stumbled upon a treasure while carrying out excavation work in Golconda, near Hyderabad. They claimed that the jewellery belonged to the British era and was worth a fortune.
The nine arrested were agents who had procured jewelry from a disposal gang in Gujarat.
From Dnaindia.com:
Posted by admin on November 28th, 2011
The Delta Museum and Archives Society is once again hosting a pair of antique identification and appraisal clinics backed by popular demand.
Well-known antiques appraiser Al Bowen will be on hand for identifying and dating objects from any historical period, providing a detailed history, description and verbal appraisal of objects.
From Delta-optimist.com:
More than just providing a market value for your object, Bowen shares his amazing wealth of knowledge through entertaining anecdotes from more than 30 years in the antique appraisal business.
After your objects have been appraised, you can stay for refreshments while hearing about other people’s treasures.
The clinics will be held in the museum’s annex, 4918 Delta St.
There are two sessions: 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m.
The cost is $12 per person, which includes a verbal identification and appraisal of two objects. Additional objects are $5 each to a maximum of two additional objects.
Observers are welcome at $5 per person.
Posted by admin on November 27th, 2011
A burglar who made a night-time raid on the home of a Kidderminster antique dealer has been jailed for twenty-seven months at Worcester Crown Court.
Martin Gwynne was eventually arrested after being seen on the roof of a school.
From Kidderminstershuttle.co.uk:
Gwynne, 39, of Oak Road, Catshill, Bromsgrove, who pleaded guilty, was said to have problems with heroin.
His first victim was William Arris on July 16 in Chester Road North, Kidderminster, said Stephen Davies, prosecuting. Items including jewellery, binoculars and ornaments were stolen.
Police were alerted next day by a report that Gwynne was trying to sell the stolen items at an antiques centre in Kidderminster and had also gone to Cash Converters. All the stolen objects had been recovered.
Gwynne’s previous convictions included drug use and shoplifting.
Posted by admin on November 26th, 2011
At the weekend, a number of items were stolen from an antiques shop in Chipping Campden.
On Sunday, the Stuart House Antiques on the High Street was broken into at about 3.15am and numerous pieces of antique crockery were damaged.
From Cotswoldjournal.co.uk:
Thieves made off with items worth up to £3,000, including silver-plated cutlery, toast racks, fish slices and cruet sets.
Police believe offenders reversed a vehicle into the doors of the premises, forcing them open before leaving the scene in a vehicle towards Stratford.
Anyone with any information is requested to contact the police.
Posted by admin on November 23rd, 2011
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates has announced its 21st annual fall cataloged auction of Americana and fine antiques spotlighting Virginia and the South.
The auction will take place on Saturday, Nov. 12, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Eastern at the firm’s gallery at 2177 Green Valley Lane in Mount Crawford.
From Acn.liveauctioneers.com:
The sale will include a large selection of Virginia and other Southern decorative arts; 18th- and 19th-century American furniture; fraktur and folk art; samplers and other textiles, folk pottery, a large collection of ironware, antique firearms, a collection of Southern silver, a large selection of 18th- and 19th-century English and Asian ceramics and fine jewelry. Ninety-nine percent of the lots will sell without reserve.
Virginia furniture is highlighted by a fine Chippendale walnut corner or smoking chair (lot 536) from the second half of the 18th century. This rare survivor is attributed to Isle of Wright County and was published by John Bivins in his 1988 volume The Furniture of Coastal North Carolina, 1700-1820 (p. 173). Another closely related example resides in the Colonial Williamsburg collection and is illustrated on page 108 of Southern Furniture 1680-1830 by Ronald L. Hurst and Jonathan Prown. The Colonial Williamsburg example is attributed to Southampton or Greensville County, Va., just west of Isle of Wright Co. The chair offered in this auction is from the private collection of Dr. Charles and Elizabeth Umstott of Newport, News, Va., and was acquired from the late John Bivins Jr. It carries an estimate of $6,000-9,000.
On Friday, Nov. 11 at 6 p.m. the Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates Fall Lecture Series will be held at the firm’s Mount Crawford.
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