July 14, 2009 - Antiques And The Arts Weekly

  • Jade Ring Stolen From Conn Antiques Shop
    July 14, 2009

    The Canton, Conn., Police Department is investigating a reported larceny from the multidealer shop, Antiques on the Farmington, involving a jade ring.

  • Three Surprising Lots Tie For Top At Sloans & Kenyon 3-Day Auction
    July 14, 2009

    A trio of lots tied for top honors at Sloans & Kenyon⁳ three-day estate catalog auction, somewhat to the surprise of Stephanie Kenyon, co-owner.

  • Sargent Portrait Of Cornelius Vanderbilt II Acquired, Returned To The Breakers
    July 14, 2009

    A John Singer Sargent portrait of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, painted in 1890, has returned to The Breakers, the former Vanderbilt summer cottage in Newport, R.I.

  • merican Originals The Artistic Furniture Of Charles RohlfsIn Milwaukee
    July 14, 2009

    ⁔he Rohlfs style is something new and it belongs in a class by itself. Try your best and you cannot place it in association with anything else,†exuded magazine author Will Clemens in 1900 in regards to the unique furnishings designed and executed by Charles Rohlfs during the late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries. Unmistakable in style and form, they are truly as individual as the man who created them. Rohlfs regarded himself an American original and, in fact, he was, thereby making it hard to place him into any one descriptive category, something akin to fitting the proverbial square peg into the round hole. ⁁merican Originals: The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs,†the first major museum exhibition dedicated to the furniture maker, recently began its five-venue national tour at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wis., and is currently on view there through August 23. It brings together more than 45 examples from Rohlfs†rich body of works.

  • Lillian Dolores Horn Boyd, 79, Meetinghouse Antiques
    July 14, 2009

    Lillian Dolores Horn Boyd, a respected antiques dealer, who with her husband Irvin curated her love of the antiques they collected over the years into a business known as Meetinghouse Antiques, died on July 4 after a long illness.

  • National Academy Museum Show Presents econfiguring The Body In American Art
    July 14, 2009

    ⁒econfiguring the Body in American Art, 1820′009†at the National Academy examines the critical role the human figure has played in America⁳ art for the past 189 years.

  • A Stormy Start, But Happy Ending At The Litchfield County Antiques Show
    July 14, 2009

    Just under 40 dealers were on hand for the 12th annual Litchfield County Antiques Show, June 27 and 28. A pleasing event, merchandise was diversified with items spanning several centuries ranging from Seventeenth Century Oriental porcelains to a more recent watercolor by recently deceased Andrew Wyeth.

  • New World Record & Bidders Galore At Jackson Auction
    July 14, 2009

    ⁗ow†is one word James L. Jackson, president and chief executive officer of Jackson⁳ International, used to describe the bidding action at his June 23 and 24 auction that saw a new record price paid at auction established and produced sales of $1.2 million.

  • Third Time The Charm For Festival Of Antiques
    July 14, 2009

    The third edition of the annual June Festival of Antiques proved to be the best show to date, according to promoter Steve Lipman.

  • Coyle Family Marches Forward With 25th Anniversary Sale
    July 14, 2009

    Desirable American furniture from a Connecticut estate brought leading dealers to the quiet, little town of Medway for the 25th anniversary sale at Coyle⁳ Auction Gallery that featured old family ties and fine fresh Americana from the New Haven estate of longtime collectors.



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