Indholdsfortegnelse for December 5, 2018 i Kovels Antique Trader

It’s been quite some time since we’ve shared any of the Advisory Board feedback with the rest of the readers. While this is nowhere near all of it, it will give you some idea of what other readers are thinking about Antique Trader. If you have comments you would like to share, feel free to snail-mail or email them to us here at Antique Trader. Sept. 12 - Vernacular Photography On the content, my questions would be: [1] On the trade directory, will the listings be sub divided by region or state? [2] Will there be a break down for toys? I enjoyed the article on Blake Edwards, because I collect toys, but I think that along with myself, others would also enjoy more toy articles, because I know several…

While on a recent appraisal in a home occupied by the same family for about 80 years I entered a small dimly-lit bedroom that had been used as a storage room for almost as long as the family had been in residence. Tucked away amid a pile of 78 rpm records, clothing, bayonets, and broken Japanese swords was a pair of bookends in the form of a kneeling Native American man; they appeared to be bronze. The room was lit with only sunlight from a small window but close examination revealed them to be bronze-clad. The foundry mark revealed they were made by the Pompeian Bronze Company in New York. The Pompeian Bronze Company began at the turn-of- the-century (19th to 20th) after the Galvano Bronze Company was purchased by…

The dovetail drawer joint, from the earliest crudely cut, single pin joint of the 17th century to the highly refined, machine made dovetails of the 20th century, has been the joint of choice for most American cabinetmakers. But the dovetail joint is not the only way to make a drawer work. Drawer construction began with non-dovetailed joints, using the nailed rabbet joint, a 17th century technique which has survived through the centuries and is still in use today in low-load, inexpensive furniture because of its ease of construction and the resulting low cost. This single cut joint is an ideal application of machinery to furniture making and today makes use of high tech modern glues and low cost fasteners, turned out by the billions in brad and staple factories. In…

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Santa Fe’s Georgia O’Keeffe Museum sold two paintings for more than $19.5 million. The Albuquerque Journal reports “A Street,” from 1926, and 1928’s “Calla Lilies on Red” sold in Sotheby’s contemporary art auction Nov. 14 in New York. “A Street,” a painting from O’Keeffe’s small series of New York cityscapes, sold for $13,282,500. It went into the auction with an estimated value of between $12 million and $18 million. “Calla Lilies on Red,” one of several paintings the legendary artist made depicting the flower, sold below its $8 million-$12 million estimated value, at $6,282,700.…

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – The second of two men convicted of burglarizing a tribal heritage center on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation has been sentenced. The U.S. Attorney’s Offi ce says 30-year-old Henry Three Legs was recently sentenced to two months in federal prison, 10 months of home confinement, 2 years of supervised release and more than $23,000 in restitution. Authorities say Three Legs and Brian One Feather stole cultural and craft items from the Howard V. Johnson Cultural Heritage Center in Eagle Butte in June 2012. One Feather was sentenced in 2014 to 1 1/2 years in prison and two years of supervised released.…

SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) – A former volunteer at a small Missouri museum has been sentenced to five years of probation for stealing Civil War and World War I artifacts and then rearranging display cases to conceal the thefts. The Sedalia Democrat reports that 39-year-old Terry Cockrell was a 2010 Sedalia mayoral candidate who volunteered at the Pettis County Museum for years before moving to Coffeyville, Kansas. He pleaded guilty Oct. 4 to one count of felony stealing $750 or more. Prosecutors agreed to drop a second charge of stealing as part of a plea agreement. He is required to pay almost $3,000 in restitution and court costs. He confessed in April to stealing and selling six artifacts, mostly firearms. The whereabouts of three artifacts, including a Civil War era surgical…

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) – A traveling exhibit featuring Norman Rockwell’s iconic “Four Freedoms” paintings is on display in the Detroit area. “Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms “ runs through Jan. 13 at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation [www.thehenryford.org] in Dearborn. Rockwell’s 1943 illustrations, which are among the most famous in American history, were a response to President Franklin Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” speech from two years earlier. They’re called “Freedom of Speech,” “Freedom of Worship,” “Freedom from Fear” and “Freedom from Want.” The exhibit closes Jan. 13, 2019.…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The Conestoga wagon that brought early settlers from Virginia in the 1800s, the hat Andrew Jackson wore to his presidential inauguration in 1829 and an 1863 Civil War cannon are several familiar artifacts that will be integrated in the new Tennessee State Museum. The Tennessean reports the $160 million museum opened Oct. 4 in Nashville and admission is free. It will be more interactive, using video and touch screens to help visitors experience Tennessee’s history as if they were living then. The museum also covers more time than its predecessor, focusing from prehistoric days to today. Museum Director Ashley Howell says it will be visitor-focused where they can chose how they want to learn, whether that’s through reading, seeing a documentary, studying the exhibit text or…

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – On the heels of Rock Island Auction Company’s (RIAC) successful September Premiere Auction will be an event that threatens to usurp it as the year’s largest firearms event. The firm’s next Premiere Firearms Auction, scheduled for Nov. 2-Dec. 2, is filled with 17 named collections, rare and beautiful arms in every conceivable genre, and many opportunities for collectors and investors alike. Colt collectors at every level will be overwhelmed with opportunities to improve their collection, illustrated perfectly by some of the auction’s top arms. In fact, six of the auction’s highest estimates currently belong to this revered manufacturer. Serving as the auction’s flagship is a set of four Colt revolvers held in two vivid cases, inscribed as a presentation from Samuel Colt to Brigadier General Andrew…

With the Fall auction season well under way, Christmas is just around the corner. Have you got antique toys on your shopping list? This winter, Pook & Pook is hosting yet another Antique Toy Auction with Noel Barrett. The two-day sale will begin on Friday, Dec. 7 and conclude on Saturday, Dec. 8. Hundreds of rare, extraordinary toys will cross the auction block at the Pook & Pook gallery, located at 463 E. Lancaster Avenue, Downingtown, Pennsylvania. December’s sale will be broken into two sessions. The first day will feature dolls, miniatures, room boxes, soft toys, advertising and related materials. The second day will focus on trains, clockwork toys, steam toys, toys for little boys, et cetera. Of great benefit to the sale are two exceptional collections, the first being…

Before traveling any distance we recommend that you verify event dates. To list your antiques-related event (show, auction, convention, etc.) for free in Antique Trader, send event information (date, location, contact information, times) at least six weeks in advance to: AT Calendars, C/O Antique Trader Editors, 5225 Joerns Dr., Suite 2, Stevens Point, WI 54481 or email to ATNews@fwmedia.com. Listings will be included on a space available basis. Antique Trader assumes no responsibility for any show not listed. ARIZONA Dec 13-16, 2018 Phoenix. Sweet Salvage Market, 4648 N 7th Ave, Phoenix, AZ; 602-279-2996; info@sweetsalvage.net; sweetsalvage.net. SH: Thurs 10am-9pm; Fri-Sun 10am-6pm Jan 17-20, 2019 Phoenix. Sweet Salvage Market, 4648 N 7th Ave, Phoenix, AZ; 602-279-2996; info@sweetsalvage.net; sweetsalvage.net. SH: Thurs 10am-9pm; Fri-Sun 10am-6pm Feb 21-24, Mar 21-24, 2019 Phoenix. Sweet Salvage Market,…

WASHINGTON (AP) – A photograph showing Adolf Hitler embracing a young girl who had a Jewish grandmother has sold at auction for more than $11,000. The Washington Post reports the black-and-white image taken by Heinrich Hoffmann and inscribed by Hitler in dark blue ink shows him smiling as he embraces Rosa Bernile Nienau in 1933 at his mountainside retreat. The paper reports the image was deployed as propaganda at a time when the Nazi leader was being presented to the world as a kindly figure. Alexander Historical Auctions of Chesapeake City, Maryland, sold the photo Nov. 13 for $11,520. The auction house said research showed Hitler became aware of the girl’s Jewish heritage but chose to ignore it. Nienau, who was nearly 6 when the photo was taken, died of…

All sales were made during Potter & Potter’s Nov. 12 auction. The auction, aptly titled “Freakatorium: The Collection of Johnny Fox,” who was the proprietor of New York City’s El Museo Loco, earned a total of $544,000.…

News, and features, and columns ... Oh, my! A lot has been going on in the antiques trade. We apologize for the scarcity of news appearing in Antique Trader’s pages of late. The special Favorite Finds issue kind of throws us off pace a bit; but we think the reader-provided stories are always worthwhile. Hopefully, you will find the lack of news remedied in this edition. Although often-tines the news is not happy, we believe it is important ... kind of like the weather forecast. Anyway, we want to get you all caught up. While it’s hard to believe, there is only one issue left in 2018. (The Dec. 19 edition will have a special holiday treat as its cover story.) Then we can start 2019 with a clean-ish slate.…

Q We inherited this handmade plow that the curator of our museum said he thought was around 200 years old. It appears to be hickory. We are in southwest Oklahoma and this wood is not native to this area. The plow has two small rudders that are inserted either vertical or horizontal for some reason. The bolt that holds it together is handmade and heavy. Any information from an expert would help us make the decision as to what to do with it. Value? Origin? — A.H., Hobart, Oklahoma A You have inherited a wonderful wooden folk art plow portraying farming life approximately 200 years ago. After research I date your plow even a little earlier to the very end of the 18th century to the very beginning of the…

LONDON – A marked surge in footfall at Stampex International exhibition, held in September and sponsored by Stanley Gibbons, has led to much excitement surrounding the hobby of stamp collecting. A record number of attendees reported dealers, alongside an increase in sales and consumer spending. With the hobby boasting famous enthusiasts including Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Stuart Weitzman and HM Queen Elizabeth II, there are many reasons stamp collecting is a talking point in key circles; particularly among gentlemen over 50 years old, who lead busy working lives and are looking to secure a hobby that will help them manage stress and anxiety. Recent research at Stampex International found that 81% of people who attended the show would return again in February. The findings also revealed 51% of the people visiting Stampex…

GERING, Neb. (AP) – Ledger books were most commonly used to keep track of accounting, but they also had another purpose. Many American Indians drew pictures and scenes from life inside their pages, creating a unique account of history. Some of that work can be seen in a temporary exhibit at the Legacy of the Plains Museum. One such ledger drawn by Lakota Sioux Red Hawk contains colorful drawings of life as a Sioux. Many of the drawings are of himself. “I think it’s great he drew himself and not just once. He did it several times,” Amanda Gibbs, director of the Legacy of the Plains Museum, told the Star-Herald. “It’s nice that it’s not just drawings of his buddies.” On loan from the Wyoming State Museum in Cheyenne, “The…

MOUNDVILLE, Ala. (AP) – The recent recovery of three Native American artifacts stolen nearly 40 years ago could be the thread that unravels the mystery of the greatest antiquities theft in this part of the world. Hundreds of pottery vessels, bottles, bowls, ornaments and jewelry items were stolen from the Erskine Ramsay Archaeological Repository at the University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park in 1980. It was a shot in the dark when archaeologists and others contributed to a reward fund for information, which was announced in May. The publicity worked, leading to the recovery of three vessels in August. “We were all thinking we’d go to our graves without anything turning up from this burglary,” Jim Knight, curator emeritus of American Archaeology for the Alabama Museum of Natural History at…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Georgia O’Keeffe’s artwork is some of the most recognizable of modern times. Even so, if you’ve never actually seen O’Keeffe’s paintings up-close and in-person, “The Beyond: Georgia O’Keeffe and Contemporary Art” is a revelation. The show, which opened Oct. 13 [and runs through Jan. 20, 2019], brings the three-dimensional aspects of O’Keeffe’s imagery to life. By pairing her work with pieces by a wide range of younger artists for the purposes of comparing and contrasting, “The Beyond” gives a sense of O’Keeffe’s significance and place in history. “Decades beyond her life, Georgia O’Keeffe is still having impact and influence on art,” said Linda Dougherty, chief curator at the NC Museum of Art. “Seeing her work side by side with contemporary artists makes you look at her…

Decorative compacts, small vanity cases containing powder, lipstick, mirrors, or more, were fashionable from the early 1900s through the 1960s. When they fell from use, most were relegated to grandmothers’ dresser drawers and attics. Simple or sumptuous, compacts reflect not only the evolution of design, but also women’s age-old fascination with beauty. The fair sex has long used paints and powders, stored in glass, wood, bone, or gold containers, to lighten their skin and brighten their cheeks. Though cosmetics were often dangerous or deemed vulgar and improper over time, British and American women, by the mid-1880s, often indulged discreetly. Scores created rouge, rice-based “pearl powder,” and lip balms from formulas gleaned from popular magazines and newspapers. Others fought the ravages of time with ready-made goods packaged in wooden or cardboard…

GENEVA (AP) – A large, drop-shaped natural pearl pendant sold for a hammer price of $32 million at an auction of jewelry that once belonged to French Queen Marie Antoinette, which Sotheby’s is calling a record price for a pearl at auction. The “Queen Marie Antoinette’s Pearl,” a diamond-and-pearl pendant, was among the highlight offerings on the block at the Sotheby’s sale of jewelry from the Bourbon-Parma dynasty. Like many of the 10 former Marie Antoinette pieces up for sale on Nov. 14, the pendant obliterated the pre-auction – in its case, $1 million to $2 million. The total tally was expected to rise with the inclusion of the “buyer’s premium” and other fees. Sotheby’s billed the sale as a once-in-a-lifetime chance to scoop up heirlooms and jewels that have…

LISBON FALLS, Maine - A lifetime collection of almost 6,000 autographs, including but not limited to artists, astronauts, authors, entertainers and musicians, and sports figures will be available for private sale at Daniel Buck Auctions, Inc. in Lisbon Falls, Maine. The late owner and collector of the autographs was a teacher from Lewiston, Maine in the 1970s-1990s who collected the autographs as part of a long-term school project to show his students that they could reach out to famous people from around the world. Many of the autographs are personalized to the teacher or directly to his students. It appears that one of his favorite groups of people to write to, and receive autographs from, were movie stars, including early movie stars. He also had a fondness for the actors…

LARCHMONT, N.Y. — Clarke Auction Gallery, 2372 Boston Post Rd., Larchmont, N.Y., will offer a wide-ranging auction Dec. 2, at 10 a.m., running the gamut from Chinese carved furniture to art glass vases, but fine art will take center stage. Crossing the block early in the sale is an oil on canvas painting by Gustave Jean Jacquet (French, 1846-1909), circa 1869-70, “Normande Young Girl Holding Chalice,” 39 1/2” by 28”, ($8,000-$12,000). “We do not run themed auctions. Everything is fresh to market and each sale ranges from fine art and midcentury modern to jewelry and decorative arts,” said owner and auctioneer Ronan Clarke. Also available is a collection of about 50 bronzes, including examples by Isadore Jules Bonheur; an equal number of vases and decorative pieces of Daum Nancy and…

RENO, Nev. – Holabird Western Americana Collections has planned a sale “to die for” that spans five days – from Dec. 5-9 – featuring a massive offering of token dies (hence the name) from the Northwest Territorial Mint Liquidation, plus other items in a wide array of collecting categories, a staggering 3,500 lots in all, at 8 a.m. Pacific time all five days. The auction will be held online and in Holabird’s gallery located at 3555 Airway Drive (Suite 308) in Reno. For those unable to attend the sale in person, online bidding will be facilitated by iCollector.com and Invaluable.com. In addition to the token dies, the auction will also feature more of the Ken Prag American stock certificate collection, with categories such as railroads, mining and imprinted revenue stamps;…

JERUSALEM (AP) – A handwritten letter written by Albert Einstein warning of the dangers of growing nationalism and anti-Semitism years before the Nazis rose to power has been sold for nearly $40,000. The Kedem Auction House says the previously unknown letter, brought forward by an anonymous collector, fetched $39,360 in bidding in Jerusalem on Nov. 13. Einstein wrote the letter to his sister after going into hiding in 1922 following the assassination of Germany’s Jewish foreign minister by right-wing extremists. Police had warned the Jewish scientist that his life could be in danger too. “Here are brewing economically and politically dark times, so I’m happy to be able to get away from everything,” he wrote. Kedem says the letter was sold at roughly double its expected price.…

GENEVA (AP) – Christie’s sold the “Pink Legacy” diamond at auction Nov. 13 for more than $50 million including fees, saying it’s a new world record price per carat for a pink diamond. Christie’s said renowned jeweler Harry Winston was the buyer. The auction house had expected to fetch $30 million to $50 million for the nearly 19-carat, rectangular-cut stone, the largest fancy vivid pink diamond that it has ever put under the hammer.á It was the standout offering at Christie’s fall jewelry auction in Geneva. The standing-room only ballroom broke into applause after the auctioneer struck down a hammer price of $44.5 million. That excludes the standard “buyer’s premium” and other fees.á All told, the diamond went for $50.375 million, including the fees. The stone once belonged to the…

Suffrage postcard is appealing because of subject and sender This was sent to my great aunt from Edgar Payne, California artist at New Years in 1911. Thought it would be of interest, both by age and by sender. Thanks. — Don K. Via email I wish I had known sooner ... What was the first and best piece of advice I wish I’d known when I began collecting? This: Before you buy, make sure it’s the best and if it isn’t, wait till you can afford the best. I’d heard that advice more than once. Did I heed it? Not soon enough! Like other collectors, I cannot give away or sell some of my earliest “buys.” As I collected, I learned some important basic rules that I share with new…

“Not your average antique shop” read the Nashua Telegraph headline. Indeed, I thought; I’ve heard it all before. Perhaps I’ve become jaded over the years, but it’s hard to impress me. Antique shops come and go; what makes Snap! It’s Vintage so special, I wanted to know? So, I read the article https://bit.ly/2DG7WTn, checked out their Google and Facebook [https://bit.ly/2qWlaTP] reviews, browsed their Etsy shop [https://www.etsy.com/shop/Snapitsvintage ], scanned their Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/Snapitsvintage/], and performed a Google search of the business. I was impressed. How is it that a nearly new (two-and-a-half years) shop could develop enough of a devoted following to win the Nashua Telegraph’s “Best of Greater Nashua” award in the competitive Collectibles Shop category? I wanted to know more, so I called the shop and spoke with Regina…

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) – A Romanian novelist who thought she had found a painting by Pablo Picasso stolen from a museum in the Netherlands six years ago seems to have been the victim of a prank. Mira Feticu said an anonymous tip led her to the picture – supposedly Picasso’s Tete d’Arlequin – under a tree in eastern Romania, and she handed it to the Dutch embassy. Frank Westerman, a Dutch journalist who accompanied Feticu to Romania, wrote on Facebook that the pair had been hoodwinked. “The supposed lost Picasso was put there by two Belgian theater makers.” Romania’s Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism said Nov. 18 it was examining the circumstances of the discovery. On Nov. 19, it declined to comment further.…

CODY, Wyo. (AP) – A Wyoming fine art sale with a Western theme once again saw more than $1 million worth of art sold during the event. The Cody Enterprise reports the gross revenue of the Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale, including ticket sales and sponsorships, is estimated at $1.3 million. At the end of the auctions, more than $1.28 million worth of art was sold. Last year, $1.05 million worth of art was auctioned off. The highest selling piece this year again went to Michael Ome Untiedt, whose piece sold for $31,000. More than 750 people attended the live auction and dinner Sept. 21 and the Quick Draw on Sept. 22. The show is produced by the Cody Country Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Buffalo Bill…

ARKANSAS CITY, Kans. (AP) – During a recent work week, Wichita State anthropology professor Donald Blakeslee took two calls from England. The first, an interview with a science writer. The second, a call for an English radio show. Al Jazeera television from the United Arab Emirates is talking about coming to pay Blakeslee a visit this fall. The Travel Channel has talked about coming in the spring. They all want to talk about one thing: The lost city of Etzanoa, an ancient massive city of Plains Indians near present-day Arkansas City. Blakeslee’s research over the past three years has confirmed the existence and location of the city, and changed what we’ve always thought about how the Plains Indians lived, the Wichita Eagle reported. “I don’t have time to get my…

TICONDEROGA, N.Y. (AP) – A display of Benedict Arnold’s hair at Fort Ticonderoga [www.fortticonderoga.org] this year proved so popular that curators dug into the museum’s vast collection to see what other 18th century curiosities they could find. Among the items they turned up: locks of George Washington’s hair and a rib bone from a woman killed by British-allied American Indians during the Revolutionary War’s 1777 Saratoga campaign. Those artifacts, Arnold’s hair and five other items make up “Pieces of Eight: Curiosities from the Collection,” a new exhibit that opened Oct. 5 and runs through April 2019 at the tourist attraction in the southeastern Adirondacks. Curators say the rib bone came from Jane McCrea, who was engaged to a loyalist officer when she was killed near Saratoga. It’s believed someone took…

NEW YORK (AP) – A small but elegant exhibit tucked amid the American period rooms on the second floor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art explores the little-known story behind Chippendale furniture, and how one young man’s bold idea to create a detailed manifesto about chairs and tables for the British elite transformed his name into an enduring style. “Chippendale’s Director: The Designs and Legacy of a Furniture Maker” reveals how Thomas Chippendale, an 18th century artisan of humble origins, came up with a new way of designing, marketing and producing furniture. The exhibit, featuring furniture, drawings and other objects, remains on view at the Met through Jan. 27. Chippendale’s pieces were created at the height of the Rococo period and were a British appropriation of a style imported from…

ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) – One poster in a recently discovered trove vilifies the Nazis with a sword through a Bible and the words “This Is the Enemy.” Some encouraged self-sacrifice by promoting recycling, planting gardens and buying potatoes. Still others warned that loose lips can literally sink ships and get American soldiers killed. This stash of 190 propaganda posters from World War I and World War II were found last year on top of two sawhorses in the basement of a Rochester, New Hampshire library. Fragile but mostly in good condition, the posters offer viewers a glimpse of what life was like during war time and the extent that the American government went to maintain support for the conflict by playing on fear, patriotism and civic duty. “Some of these…

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Gray’s Auctioneers will offer more than 400 lots of fine art, estate jewelry and decorative art at an auction planned for Wednesday, Dec. 5, online and in the firm’s Cleveland gallery at 10717 Detroit Avenue in Cleveland, starting at 11 a.m. Eastern time. The catalog is up now, at GraysAuctioneers.com . Bidding is also available on Liveauctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. Telephone and absentee bids will also be accepted. Lot 119 is a rare Famille Rose ‘Boy and Chicken’ cup from the Qianlong period with Imperial poem, the Qianlong six-character seal mark and blue underglaze all of the period. Cups of this type derive from Chenghua doucai prototypes, and the poem here inscribed acknowledges that the design is an adaptation of the earlier chicken cups. “This cup came to…

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – Fine Estate, Inc., a San Francisco Bay Area estate sales company in business since 1996, announces it has opened an auction house located just over the Golden Gate Bridge, at 121 Jordan St., San Rafael, California. Owners Martin and Valetta Codina will by this effort continue to give their clients the best service possible by offering professional, project-based estate sales solutions that puts their clients’ needs first. This auction enterprise is a continuation of their popular and successful 6,000 sq. ft. consignment showroom sales. Knowing that the selling price of an item is influenced by how and where the item is sold, the auction industry seemed the next logical step to further enhance their scope of services; as Martin says, “value determines venue, and venue determines…

LOS ANGELES – Julien’s Auctions held its blockbuster Hollywood auction event of the season, Icons & Idols: Hollywood, Nov. 16-17, 2018 at The Standard Oil Building in Beverly Hills in front of an excited crowd of collectors and fans bidding live on the floor, online and on the phone from around the world. One of Hollywood’s greatest screen goddesses of all time – Marilyn Monroe – dazzled once again with a selection of her never-before-offered, personal property hitting the auction block and made history with a new world record. Monroe’s Golden Globe award for World Film Favorite Female 1961 from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association sold for an astounding $250,000, making it the top selling Golden Globe award sold at auction. A few minutes later, another unprecedented sale took place…

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) – A small upstate New York museum known for its fine arts collection is displaying two copies of late 15th century German books and a rare page from the Gutenberg Bible. The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls says the page from Johann Gutenberg’s Bible printed in Germany in the mid-1450s was discovered by a museum curator during research for “Making History: The Nuremberg and Augsburg Chronicles,” an exhibition opening Sunday and running through Dec. 30. The Gutenberg Bible page was found among the extensive collection of rare books compiled by museum founder Louis Fiske Hyde. Museum officials say he acquired the document from the owner in England in 1933 through an antiquarian books dealer near Glens Falls.…

DALLAS – The Belgium-based Boon Foundation for Narrative Graphic Arts [www.fondationboon.com] cast the $600,000 winning bid to add the original art for the eight-page story Master Race (EC 1955) to its collection of artworks from comic strips and graphic novels. Heritage Auctions [www.ha.com] offered the original art for the first time since its publication in 1955 at a public auction of vintage comic books and comic art held Nov. 15, in Dallas, Texas. “These eight pages date from 1955 and were the first major representation of the Holocaust in the history of graphic narrative,” said Daniel Spindler, a representative of the Boon Foundation. “Master Race is one of the world masterworks of graphic narrative.” Created in Belgium in June 2018 by Philippe Boon, the Boon Foundation for Narrative Graphic Arts…

MILFORD, Conn. – Important American paintings from the 19th century through the contemporary era were available during Shannon’s semi-annual American and European Fine Art Auction, held Oct. 25, 2018 in Milford, Connecticut. Featuring 237 lots, the auction included quality examples of American Impressionism, American Coastal scenes and Modernism. The top lot in the sale was a sailing scene depicting a New York Yacht Club race by Edward Moran. The price climbed quickly as phone bidders relayed bids against the internet and the room. In the end the work sold to a phone bidder for $112,500. Shannon’s has historically achieved strong prices for scenes of New York City and this sale was no exception. Alfred Mira’s fresh-to-the-market view of Washington Square Park set a record, selling for $81,250 against a $25,000-$35,000…