Indholdsfortegnelse for August 28, 2019 i Kovels Antique Trader

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Residents of the remote chain of islands stretching out from southwest Alaska are planning to bring home indigenous remains removed from burial sites nearly a century ago. Officials on the Aleutian Islands are working on a three-year plan to recover and rebury the remains of more than 175 people from 11 islands that are being held by the Smithsonian Institution, the Anchorage Daily News reported. “We have a responsibility to see that they are respectfully returned to where they came from,” said Crystal Dushkin, cultural affairs director for the Atka tribe. “We are their representatives. There is no one else that can speak for them.” Anthropologist Ales Hrdlicka removed many of the remains in the 1930s. Some of the remains are up to 3,000 years old,…

DALLAS – Treasures from one of the most legendary mineral collectors in the last 50 years are coming to auction Aug. 26. Heritage Auctions will offer 322 specimens from the Rock H. Currier Collection. Currier was a fixture at mineral trading shows and traveled the globe collecting minerals for his business, Jewel Tunnel Imports (JTI), and simultaneously assembling a private collection of his own, a lifelong passion that makes the offered collection almost a debut appearance. “Rock Currier was a giant, larger-than-life man, known by everyone who seriously collects minerals,” said Craig Kissick, Heritage Auctions Nature & Science director. “He was a fixture in the hobby since the early stages of mineral dealing. Minerals weren’t a job – they were what he loved. He would go on trips to get…

ANAHEIM, Calif. — With such red-hot entertainment as “Stranger Things” taking the nation back to the 1980s, it’s no wonder that the entire country is feeling the burn for ’80s nostalgia – and the cure is right around the corner when the Anaheim Convention Center plays host to the first-ever NostalgiaCon ’80s pop culture convention, a two-day extravaganza celebrating the stars, music, fashion and fun that defined the unforgettable decade. Set for Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 26 and 27, NostalgiaCon is an all-80s-all-the-time destination for hit film and TV show cast reunions, box office mega stars, unforgettable live concerts, exclusive panel sessions, cosplay competitions, memorabilia, collectibles, and so much more. Back to the Future star Christopher Lloyd will join the show to discuss the 30th Anniversary of Back to the…

“Dogs never bite me. Just humans,” Marilyn Monroe once said. We’re guessing she meant our dog companions never hurt us as some humans in our life do. Dogs are our most loyal companions through thick and thin — only wanting a treat and belly rub in return. We love our dogs for their spirit, and for being there to cheer us up after a rough day by making us smile with their silly antics or by just sitting quietly next to us. We love them for their unconditional love. We can’t imagine a world without our best friends, and we don’t even want to try.…

DALLAS – Nearly three dozen collectors pushed one of the finest known copies of one of the most sought-after comics in the hobby way past its lofty pre-auction expectations during a bidding war. After the dust settled, Captain America Comics #1 (Timely, 1941) sold for $915,000, far exceeding the pre-sale estimate by $165,000. Heritage Auctions, which recently offered the comic during its recent Comics & Comic Art Auction, which raked in $9.3 million, said the book comes from the storied San Francisco pedigree collection, a trove many Golden Age collectors rank among the very best, arguably behind only the Edgar Church/Mile High collection. “We thought this Captain America #1 was one of the most desirable comics we ever had offered,” said Heritage Auctions Vice President Barry Sandova, “and the bidders…

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – After 11 years without a home for its art collection, the University of Iowa recently had a groundbreaking ceremony for a new art museum building. The $50 million project represents the final structure to be rebuilt since the university started reconstructing what was lost in the 2008 flood, according to a release. Construction of the museum is scheduled to start this fall and the university hopes to celebrate its opening in 2022. “It feels fantastic,” Stanley Museum of Art Director Lauren Lessing told the Iowa City Press-Citizen while sitting in the office of the Old Museum of Art, the university’s original museum building completed in 1969. She recalled watching a broadcast of the 2008 flood showing images of students picking up sandbags with a gloomy…

GLENDALE, Ariz. – An oil painting attributed to famed landscape artist Thomas Moran and a vintage Motion Picture Camera believed to have been used by the U.S. Navy are among some 40 rare and high-end collectibles at EJ’s Auction & Appraisal. The framed oil painting, “King’s Canyon,” attributed to Thomas Moran (1837-1926), measures 43-1/2” high by 31-1/2” wide. A family heirloom for 60 years, the painting was first purchased by Hugh Meinhardt in 1959 from the Paul Metcalf Art Gallery in Los Angeles and shipped to Quincy, Illinois. His daughter, Carlene Meinhardt Geisler, inherited the painting in 1966 and kept it in her personal collection until she passed in 2004. The painting was then bequeathed to Carlene’s daughter, Sharon Geisler Cushman, and her cousin, Nell Sue, and shipped to Cushman’s…

CHICAGO – Many Chicago artists saw their works surpassing pre-sale estimates by thousands of dollars, including one who received an auction-record price for any work he’s ever sold. At Hindman’s recent Post War and Contemporary Art auction, 119 lots of paintings, drawings and sculptures, ranging from mid-century Abstract Expressionist to contemporary exhibiting artists and tastemakers, brought in more than $2.1 million. Among the top-selling highlights from the sale, Sam Francis’ Untitled (SF77-161), 1977, far surpassed its presale estimate of $60,000-80,000, selling for $157,500. Additional lots from the sale that surpassed presale estimates include: Ray Yoshida’s Amputated Species, 1974, (estimated at $20,000-40,000), which realized $57,960, an auction record price for any work ever sold by the artist; Gertrude Abercrombie’s Coming Home, 1947, which sold for $93,750 against a presale estimate of…

“There is nothing truer in this world than the love of a good dog.” — Author Mira Grant Anyone who has ever had a dog knows there are no truer words. We love our dogs, and the world is a much better place with them in it. Every dog has its day and on Aug 26, they all will, in celebration of National Dog Day. This special day, observed worldwide, celebrates all breeds, pure and mixed, and serves to help galvanize the public to recognize the number of dogs that need to be rescued each year from shelters and other places. National Dog Day honors family dogs and dogs that work selflessly to save lives, keep us safe and bring comfort. Some dogs put their lives on the line every…

The Bru doll, made by Bru & Cie, was the Cadillac of antique dolls. The dolls reached their heyday during the 1880s, the Gilded Age of the Victorian Era. Brus were featured in paintings by Renoir and in novels by Edith Wharton, including The Age of Innocence. Casmir Bru, who founded the firm, was of Portuguese descent. Early on, like Jumeau and other French companies, he may have imported heads from Germany, but soon his famous marks, including the “circle dot,” were found on dolls made of French kaolin clay. They were expressive, and among the first dolls to have a varied, almost astonished, expression on their faces. Some of the bébés had molded breasts, those of a young adolescent. Their gusseted leather body had individual toes and their long…

DENVER, Pa. — An imposing lithographed-tin visitor from both the future and times past, a Masudaya Machine Man robot, claimed the top lot at a recent Morphy Auctions’ toy auction — selling for $86,100. The 1,588-lot auction, which grossed $1.9 million, also featured 77 exceptional cast-iron mechanical banks, a lineup that brought strong prices across the board. “We were not surprised that the Machine Man exceeded its high estimate,” said Morphy’s President Dan Morphy. “It’s in near-mint to mint condition, which is rare in itself for a 60-year-old robot, but on top of that, it has only had one owner.” The robot had a pre-sales estimate of $50,000-$80,000. Big, boxy and 15 inches tall, the late 1950s/early 1960s Japanese production is one of few known examples of its type from…

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@aimmedia.com. Listings will be included on a space available basis. Antique Trader assumes no responsibility for any show not listed. Before traveling any distance we recommend that you verify event dates. ARIZONA Sep 3, 2019 Phoenix. Historical Americana and Pop Culture Collectibles Show/Sale, Mountain View Lutheran Church, 11002 S 48th St, Phoenix; 480-577-9575; https://go.evvnt.com/383227-1?pid=6369 Sep 13-15, 2019 Scottsdale. Junk in the Trunk Vintage Market, Vintage Décor, WestWorld of Scottsdale, 16601 N. Prima Road, Scottsdale; 480-696-4018; https://junkinthetrunkvintagemarket.com/markets/scottsdale-market/ Sep 18-22, 2019 Phoenix. Sweet Salvage Market,…

Life is better with a dog. It’s a scientific fact. And if it’s not, it should be. Here are the 10 four-legged celebrity dogs who make us cry, laugh and – more than anything – wish they were all our very own.…