June 7, 2011 - Antiques And The Arts Weekly

  • The Fine Points Of Albert M Sack 1915-2011
    June 7, 2011

    Albert M. Sack, the prominent author, lecturer and antiques dealer, died on May 29. He was 96. In a career spanning much of the Twentieth Century, Sack, in partnership with his late brothers, Harold and Robert, defined the market for early American furniture, from its resurgence after World War II to its zenith at century⁳ end.

  • Greater York Antiques Show Runs Smoothly
    June 7, 2011

    ⁗hat did you think of the show this year?†A question posed to many of the exhibiting dealers at the Greater York Antiques Show, and the answers, close to 100 percent, were favorable: ⁌ooks better than it has in a long time,†and ⁌ots of interesting things and there was a good deal of buying. 

  • eggy Bacon Cats And CaricaturesOpens June 10 In Woodstock, NY
    June 7, 2011

    The Woodstock Artists Association & Museum presents ⁐eggy Bacon: Cats and Caricatures†from June 11 until October 10 in the Phoebe and Belmont Towbin Wing.

  • n Company With Angels Tiffany WindowsAt Taft Museum June 11
    June 7, 2011

    A piece of once-lost Cincinnati history comes home when ⁉n Company with Angels: Seven Tiffany Windows†opens on June 11 at the Taft Museum of Art. These beautiful stained glass windows, originally from a Clifton church demolished when I-71 was built, were created by Louis Comfort Tiffany.

  • Thieves Help Themselves To Antique Silver From Western Massachusetts Dealer
    June 7, 2011

    Stolen on June 4 was a large amount of silver, including a large service of Tiffany Japanese pattern sterling flatware, circa 1871‷5.

  • NYC Police Investigating A Stolen Signed Gorham Bronze
    June 7, 2011

    On May 28, a bronze signed Raphael Lagneau D⁡pres by Gorham was reported stolen from the Garage Antiques Market on West 25th Street.

  • Bamboo Brush Pot Soars At Skinner Asian Arts Auction
    June 7, 2011

    An Eighteenth Century carved bamboo brush pot brought a record $539,500 at Skinner Auction Galleries†June 2‴ Asian arts sale. The pot was carved elaborately with immortals in a mountain landscape, inscribed and bore a dated guichou year.

  • an Gogh To MunchFeatures Works From Important American Collections
    June 7, 2011

    On view until August 28 at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art is a selection of paintings that have been lent by two foundations. ⁖an Gogh to Munch: European Masterworks from the Armand Hammer Foundation and Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation†presents nearly 30 works.

  • No Chump Change At Morphy As Coins, Currency Sale Makes 241,000
    June 7, 2011

    Collectors rode the money train at Morphy⁳ on May 7, snapping up gold, silver and paper rarities at the central Pennsylvania auction company⁳ $241,000 numismatics sale.

  • Long Island History Abounds At Heritage Antiques Show
    June 7, 2011

    The Heritage Antiques Show, May 21 and 22, was curiously successful, according to several dealers in a late Sunday discussion. It was not a record-breaker, but sales were pretty good for most exhibitors.



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