By James D. Balestrieri FORT WORTH, TEXAS – I hope someone – lots of someones, actually – is capturing screen shots of Zoom, FaceTime, Messenger and Google meetings. You know the ones:...
The Word in the Wilderness: Popular Piety and the Manuscript Arts in Early Pennsylvania, is a recently published book by Alexander Ames that examines Pennsylvania German manuscripts from a fresh perspective....
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy of the Dealers ONLINE – Several dealers sold to the virtual walls. Granted the “walls” were only 20 items deep in most cases, but the overall consensus...
Review by Tom O’Hara, Photos by Don Scott ATLANTA, GA. – The reopening of Scott Antiques Market, August 6-9, was greeted by large crowds and most of the regular dealers for the first post-COVID...
ONLINE – The 26th Anniversary – and inaugural online edition – of the MidWeek Antiques Fair took place on the Ruby Lane platform from 8 am on Wednesday, August 5 to midnight on Friday,...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy Osona Auction NANTUCKET, MASS. – Rafael Osona remembers the days when he would stand at the podium in full dress sports coat and tie while calling an auction....
HATFIELD, PENN. – Alderfer Auction hosted its two-day online Collector’s Auction on August 12-13 with selections of museum exhibited fine art, jewelry and silver, automobiles, couture, furnishings...
EAST DENNIS, MASS. – Leading Eldred’s 441-lot August 13 Marine Sale at $118,750 was an 8-inch scrimshaw whale’s tooth by master scrimshander Edward Burdett (1805-1833), presumably executed...
SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE – Barridoff Galleries’ August 15 sale was chock full of Maine artists. “No surprise,” said the firm’s co-owner Bill Milliken. One of the leading pieces...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy The Popular Pioneer Auctions NORTH CLARENDON, VT. – Who starts a new auction venture in the midst of a pandemic? Mike Bishop is who. He launched...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Antiques In Manchester ONLINE – Perhaps next August when you visit the Sullivan Ice Arena for Antiques in Manchester: The Collectors Fair, leave your partner...