Exhibitions, June 2025
Maine Antique Digest
MAY 23, 2025
Manufactured by Thomas W. Jones, New York, peacock weathervane, 20" x 27", circa 1885, copper. Private collection.
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Maine Antique Digest
MAY 23, 2025
Manufactured by Thomas W. Jones, New York, peacock weathervane, 20" x 27", circa 1885, copper. Private collection.
Maine Antique Digest
MAY 12, 2025
The Model 1917 rifle (M1917), Americas Enfield, was not made by the Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF) at Enfield, United Kingdom, more commonly known as simply Enfield, but the rifle that the M1917 was originally based on was, indeed, designed, developed, and manufactured at Enfield.
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Maine Antique Digest
MAY 12, 2025
On March 13 Thomas Trotta, 49, of Dunmore, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Malachy E. Mannion to 96 months imprisonment, to be followed by a term of supervised release, for one count of theft of major artwork.
Maine Antique Digest
MAY 12, 2025
On August 24, 1814, following a victory at Bladensburg, Maryland, British forces captured the city of Washington, D.C., and set fire to the White House, the Capitol, the Treasury, and the Library of Congress.
Maine Antique Digest
MAY 8, 2025
A Book Review With few exceptions, such as Nina Fletcher Littles Little by Little: Six Decades of Collecting American Decorative Arts (1984) and Leslie Anne Millers Start with a House, Finish with a Collection (2014), most private collections are not published until they appear as hardcover auction catalogs for landmark sales
Maine Antique Digest
MAY 1, 2025
Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers, Boston, Massachusetts Photos courtesy Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers February 7 Boston Collects auction in Boston, Massachusetts, sold fine art and decorations with connections to the Boston area by origin, creator, and collection.
Maine Antique Digest
MAY 1, 2025
Its a little like admitting to being a heretic, but while working for 17 years as a reporter for M.A.D., my favorite items to write about werent pieces of furniture. They were pieces of paper. I loved to write about things like rare books and ephemera.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 30, 2025
Asheville, North Carolina Devotees of the annual National Arts & Crafts Conference and Shows in Asheville, North Carolina, didnt waste any time once the doors to the show of antiques and contemporary crafts opened on February 21.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 29, 2025
Copley Fine Art Auctions, LLC, Pembroke, Massachusetts Photos courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions, LLC Copley Fine Art Auctions two-day online-only auction February 21 and 22 brought in over $3 million, was over 95% sold by lot, and achieved new record prices.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 28, 2025
For 68 years, the annual show produced by the New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association (NHADA) has upheld the tradition of bringing fine quality antiques to New England. Two new exhibitors will join the show this year bringing the total to 59 exhibitors.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 28, 2025
Earning her chops as an antiques dealer took spunk, luck, and cocktail waitress experience. After 20-plus years, Heather Karlie Vieira, who with her two teenage daughters now calls Georgia home, has her foot in many doors.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 28, 2025
New York City The 33rd iteration of the Outsider Art Fair said farewell to a couple of icons in the field while welcoming a few new players. The original owner of the fair, Sanford L.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 24, 2025
Waukesha, Wisconsin Youve got to love a show that makes a big deal about honoring local traditions.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 22, 2025
Charleston, South Carolina Photos courtesy Donna Prunkl What began as the Charleston International Antiques Show in 2004 has morphed into simply the Charleston Show. M.A.D. was there for the inaugural international show (see the June 2004 edition of M.A.D., pp. 26-28-D).
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 22, 2025
Laughlin Auctions, Edinburg, Virginia Photos courtesy Laughlin Auctions Laughlin Auctions hosted its 39th annual spring antiques and sporting auction March 5-19. The two-week online-only sale provided ample time for potential buyers to sort through the nearly 1100 lots offered by the Edinburg, Virginia, firm. Laughlin uses the HiBid bidding platform.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 22, 2025
When asked by someone outside of the art and decorative arts world what museums to see in New York City, I always tell them about the American Folk Art Museum. Its fantastic, and its free, is my stock recommendation.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 21, 2025
Stanley Whitney (b. 1946), untitled, 2020, gouache on paper. The Medford and Loraine Johnston collection, promised gift to the High Museum of Art. Stanley Whitney. Photo courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery, New York.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 21, 2025
Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd., New Hamburg, Ontario Photos courtesy Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd. All prices in U.S.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 14, 2025
Nashville, Tennessee The Fairgrounds Nashville had an interesting way of promoting one of its marquee events. Taped to the doors of restroom stalls, where occupants became a captive audience, were fliers for the monthly Nashville Flea Market, described as The Best Flea Market in Tennessee.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 14, 2025
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina Photos courtesy Brunk Auctions The entire 211-lot catalog for the March 12 sale at Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina, was devoted to the collection of Marie-Teresa and John (1944-2024) Vander Sande of Newbury, Massachusetts. The couple researched and purchased 17th- and 18th-century Massachusetts furniture and decorative arts.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 14, 2025
Lebanon, Tennessee The Heart of Tennessee Antique Show was held in Lebanon, Tennessee, February 13-15. The event featured 33 dealers and began with a Thursday evening preview party.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 11, 2025
A Book Review Valley Culture: Constructing Identity Along the Great Wagon Road is the catalog for the special exhibition that celebrates the fifth anniversary of the Center for Pennsylvania German Studies at Historic Trappe in Trappe, Pennsylvania.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 11, 2025
Meander Auctions, Whipple, Ohio Photos courtesy Meander Auctions Paintings by Ohio artist Clyde Singer (1908-1999) brought the two highest prices during the winter antiques and art sale held by Meander Auctions in Whipple, Ohio, January 18.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 11, 2025
Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland Photos courtesy Crocker Farm It was the highest-grossing single-owner stoneware and redware auction of all time, wrote Brandt Zipp in a follow-up email after the sale of the Carole Carpenter Wahler collection. The total gross for the 302-lot sale was $1,338,810 (including buyers premiums).
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 11, 2025
The Potomack Company, Alexandria, Virginia Photos courtesy The Potomack Company The Potomack Company held its first suite of 2025 sales the week of February 10 to 14. The online-only sales consisted of ten targeted groupings offering a total of 1395 lots. A separate catalog was published for each sale.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 11, 2025
Fontaines Auction Gallery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts Photos courtesy Fontaines Auction Gallery If loving Tiffany lamps is your jam, one stop that needs to be added to the itinerary is Fontaines Auction Gallery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where numerous online events offer outstanding examples of this genre.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 11, 2025
John McInnis Auctioneers, Amesbury, Massachusetts Photos courtesy John McInnis Auctioneers How often does a bullet hole turn up at auction? Ask John McInnis.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 10, 2025
The American Antiquarian Society (AAS), Worcester, Massachusetts, has received a gift of more than 18,000 pieces of 18th- and 19th-century ephemera. The collection, assembled over several decades by Stephen Davies Paine (1932-1997) and given to AAS in his memory, is one of the largest and most pristine of its kind.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 10, 2025
Asheville, North Carolina A collection of 50 mostly southern high chairs, often lent to museums for exhibitions on life in Appalachia. An elaborately carved 19th-century Buddha cabinet from Shanxi Province, China, for worship and honoring ancestors. A medieval suit of armor.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 10, 2025
Davies Auctions, Brookston, Indiana Photos courtesy Davies Auctions Two-piece stepback cupboard in cherry with original red paint, Indiana, circa 1850, 86" high x 53" wide, $32,200 (est. $4000/8000). The cupboard had sold at auction in 2002 for $40,000.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 9, 2025
Stair Galleries, Hudson, New York Photos courtesy Stair Galleries The January 30 sale of art and antiques from the estate of show promoter Sanford Sandy Smith (1939-2024) brought a total of $604,648.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 7, 2025
On February 19 Judge Kim Brown of the Franklin County, Ohio, Court of Common Pleas ruled in the case of two $25,000 auctioneer bondsone on behalf of Richard Jeff Jeffers and the other on behalf of Garths Auctions, Inc.issued by the Cincinnati Insurance Company.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 7, 2025
AHere are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyers premium when charged. Were always looking for news of prices realized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 7, 2025
Freemans | Hindman, New York City Photos courtesy Freemans | Hindman Freemans | Hindman sold 26 lots that included American furniture, needlework, a set of four Georgian silver candlesticks, and three Oriental rugs in 39 minutes on January 27 at the New York City gallery at 32 East 67th Street.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 4, 2025
Morphy Auctions, Denver, Pennsylvania Photos courtesy Morphy Auctions Casting a line, waiting in anticipation, seeing the line go taut, battling the beast, and hopefully landing the catch: the allure of fishing is undeniable. There are many avid fishing enthusiasts.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 4, 2025
In 1975, when Phyllis Sommer first opened her doors at Pumpkin Patch Antiques in Searsport, Maine, little did she know that 50 years later shed still be opening those doors at the same location. Her 50th season begins on April 12.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 4, 2025
New York City The second iteration of Nameless Art + Design Show opened the evening of January 31 and spilled into the first weekend of the month, February 1 and 2, enticing collectors and those curious to see what the event was about.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 3, 2025
Christies, New York City Photos courtesy Christies The 2025 edition of Christies Outsider art auction moved to Americana Week and was first up during the schedule of auctions held January 22-26 in New York City during bitter cold temperatures. Offering 145 lots, including property from the William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation and the Robert M.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 2, 2025
For 63 years, there has been an antiques show in Philadelphia providing a treasure hunt for the finest things money can buy.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 1, 2025
New Bern, North Carolina Twenty-three vendors including 15 returnees populated The Maola at Riverside in New Bern, North Carolina, January 23-26. As with the 37 previous annual shows, this shows proceeds benefited the New Bern Preservation Foundation. Two days before opening day, a storm left 4" of snow on the town.
Maine Antique Digest
APRIL 1, 2025
Bonhams, Los Angeles, California Photos courtesy Bonhams Megan Gallagher, the cataloger for Bonhams California and Western art department and a Los Angeles resident, told M.A.D. that although she lives in an evacuation warning zone for the recent fires, she is OK.
Maine Antique Digest
MARCH 31, 2025
New York City For the last five years, Patrick Bell and Edwin Hild of Olde Hope have hosted a cocktail party at their New York City gallery at 115 East 72nd Street on the Wednesday of Americana Week. This year it fell on January 22.
Maine Antique Digest
MARCH 31, 2025
PLD Auctions, Mechanic Falls, Maine PLD Auctions, Inc., was formed years ago from the demise of the Cyr Auction Company.
Maine Antique Digest
MARCH 31, 2025
In this fast-changing world, more collectors and executors of estates have been consigning works of high quality to the trade for sale rather than sending them to auction.
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