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Toy collectors grabbed ‘many brass rings’ at Bertoia’s $1.95M sale
VINELAND, N.J. – There were smiles on many bidders’ faces as they departed Bertoia Auctions’ Spring Toy Break Auction on May 9th and 10th. “It was a terrific sale, and there was a great camaraderie throughout,” said Bertoia Auctions associate Rich Bertoia. “As they headed out the door with their purchases, everybody was chattering about […]
Furniture Specific: Brass with class
In the last few months I have been fortunate enough to attend several high-end antique shows, cover some good auctions and visit a well-known museum with a wonderful collection of 18th- and 19th-century American furniture treasures. And while it is fun to sort of let yourself go and just be amazed at all the great […]
Encore! Colonial Williamsburg shows how Americans once made music
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Making Music in Early America, an exhibition opening on August 20 in the Mark M. and Rosemary W. Leckie Gallery at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, one of the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, will envelop visitors in the musical world of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Folk portraits, quilts and pottery enliven Jasper52’s Aug. 4 auction
NEW YORK – A Juan Quezada Celado Mata Ortiz jar with a snake motif, a circa-1850s quilt with a tree border, and an 1890 folk portrait of a man identified as “Cy” will likely earn top lot status at Jasper52’s next Americana, Folk Art, and Outsider Art auction, which will be held on Thursday, August 4 […]