Another interesting offering from the selection of artwork was a lot of 60 sketch pads and working notebooks by John LaFarge. It sold in the room for $62,700.

As anticipated, attendance was strong, with both dealers and collectors vying for more than 15,000 pieces of early American pattern glass and more than 500 lamps and lamp parts.

The cane had been consigned by an American collector and after the intense bidding had subsided, it went to another American collector.

Taking advantage of the newly constructed York Expo Center, Frank Gaglio rounded up 130 antiques dealers and jumped onto the coat tails of longtime fairgrounds resident Jim Burk.

“I can tell you one thing for sure, I will not be the last one to open my show in the spring or in the future,” Jim Burk said after reflecting on the events at the York Fairgrounds.

Barry Cohen found an excellent way to celebrate the tenth anniversary of his fall York Tailgate Antiques Show. He left his motel room venue and moved into Memorial Hall on the York Fairgrounds, the very site of the Jim Burk show he was tailgating in the first place.

The Museum of the City of New York presents the first exhibition ever to explore a remarkable chapter in the history of American’s premier glassmaker and the Modernist movement itself.

A display containing outstanding vintage prints from all phases of Edward Weston’s five-decade career will be on view at the Amon Carter Museum through January 11.

Drawn from the Pennsylvania Academy’s permanent collection is an exhibition that celebrates African American art and artists.

Concluding a triumphal national tour at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, a major retrospective of the work of the inimitable Grandma Moses has confirmed her enduring popularity and drawn attention to the quality of her art as well as the fascinating saga of her life.