December 2, 2003 - Antiques And The Arts Weekly

  • Rare Cabinet Found in Condo Fetches $92,812 for Carlsen Gallery
    December 2, 2003

    Owned by a woman in her 90s who was moving to a smaller dwelling, the townhouse yielded many incredible things that were collected by the family in the late 1880s.

  • Leger Brings $49,933 in L.A.
    December 2, 2003

    Clients successfully bid from Paris, Berlin, Florence, Madrid, Barcelona, London, Tokyo, Mexico, Jakarta and India, as well as from New York, throughout California, Washington, D.C., New Orleans and Dallas.

  • Niche for Nested Baskets at Thomaston
    December 2, 2003

    The pristine group of seven Nantucket baskets, each one marked with the maker’s name of Ferdinand Sylvaro, sold for a very solid $59,400.

  • Atlantique City
    December 2, 2003

    This edition of the show proved, once again, to be a “fall classic.”

  • Jimi Barton, Rhinebeck’s Popular Show Manager
    December 2, 2003

    “I have never seen a promoter do so much for the dealers. He cared about us and would do anything for us.”

  • Wendell Garrett To Receive ADA Award Of Merit
    December 2, 2003

    The Antiques Dealers’ Association of America has announced that this noted scholar and author has been selected for distinguished contributions to the antiques industry.

  • ‘The Art of Romare Bearden’
    December 2, 2003

    Bearden’s ability to manipulate photographs, colored paper and paint into vivid artistic compositions portraying the black experience in America is on full display at the National Gallery of Art.

  • Diversity within Tradition: Amish Quilts at the Met
    December 2, 2003

    Nine boldly patterned quilts, ranging in date from 1892 to 1940 – all made by women from Amish communities in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa – are being shown at the museum through February 1.

  • VMFA’s Purchase of Rare, Early Silver from India Bolsters Its Collection
    December 2, 2003

    In India, almost every piece of pre-Nineteenth Century silver was later melted down to make something else. “Almost” is a key word.

  • Rookwood
    December 2, 2003

    “Elegant Innovations: American Rookwood Pottery, 1880-1960,” a new exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, presents 140 works from an extraordinary collection formed by Gerald and Virginia Gordon.



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