A fine selection of American and Continental furniture, sterling silver, glass, porcelain, paintings and works on paper from the 19th and 20th centuries fill Cowan’s Auctions, Inc.’s Fall Fine and Decorative Art Auction. Read More +
Don Presley’s 500-lot Nov. 10 sale is brimming with choice selections from Southern California residences and estates, and everything will be available to bidders at his gallery or online through www.LiveAuctioneers.com. Read More +
What’s fast shaping up as one of the best, highest-grossing Asian sales ever for Elite Decorative Arts is planned for the weekend of Nov. 10-11, 2012, in Boynton Beach, Fla. Read More +
Cowan’s Auctions, Inc., in partnership with Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio, will host its semi-annual Modern and Contemporary Ceramics auction Oct. 31, 2012. Immediately following the ceramics sale is Cowan’s Inaugural 20th Century Art + Design Auction. Read More +
Although certain artists often exhibit characteristic techniques and motifs, no two pieces of Japanese cloisonné are exactly alike. Experts say prices range across the board from less than $200 for more commercial pieces up to the six-figure range for the most exceptional examples, however rare Japanese cloisonné remain underpriced in relation to the talent, training, effort and time required for their creation. Read More +
Bottle expert Michael Polak joins Antique Trader as a columnist on issues important to bottle collectors. Known as the author of “The Bottle Bible” Polak has a long history in the hobby and will share news from bottle clubs shows and sales, upcoming auctions and pricing results and ongoing bottle hobby events. He kicks off with a few antique bottles from Tonopah and Goldfield, Nev. Read More +
The little hamlet of Bouckville had its front yards, hay fields and pastures covered with tents filled with antiques for many thousands of shoppers Aug. 11-19. Ranging in size from one exhibiting dealer in front of a single house in the center of the village to the biggest field known as the Madison Bouckville Antiques Festival with about 500 exhibitors, there were antiques of all varieties for the shoppers to peruse and purchase. Read More +
A featured exhibit at the show Oct. 5-6, 2012 Wisconsin Antiques Dealers Show is hosted by Madison’s Wisconsin Pottery Association. Read More +
Cookie jars evolved from the elegant British biscuit jars found on Victorian-era tables. As the biscuit jar was adapted for use in America, it migrated from the dining table to the kitchen and, by the late 1920s, it was common to find a green-glass jar (or pink or clear), often with an applied label and a screw-top lid, on kitchen counters in the typical American home. Read More +
The Ceramic Arts Studio Collectors convention will celebrate the popularity of CAS across America in cities large and small, as well as the all-American themes of many Studio releases. Read More +