Innehållsförteckning för July 15, 2021 från Kovels Antique Trader

the 1950s and 1960s at the Walt Disney Studios marked unprecedented stylistic directions brought on by the Mid-century Modern and graphic sensibilities of a new wave of artists. In his book, They Drew As They Pleased Vol 4: The Hidden Art of Disney’s MidCentury Era: The 1950s and 1960s, Disney historian Didier Ghez notes the artists leading this wave were Lee Blair, Tom Oreb, John Dunn, Walt Peregoy and Mary Blair. These “heroes” helped shape the future of animation. “Mary had an exceptional sense of color and design,” Ghez says. “At first, Walt [Disney] was a little stunned by her art, which was unlike anything he had seen before, but then he fell in love with it. He realized how contemporary her designs were and how talented she was as…

The Promise Collection of Golden Age comic books, not seen since they were purchased off newsstands in the 1940s, have made history at Heritage Auctions. Heritage began bringing to market The Promise Collection’s high-grade comic books on June 18, and nearly 200 from the collection debuted to obliterate expectations. Top lots were Detective Comics No. 140 and Phantom Lady No. 17, with each fetching $456,000 after spirited bidding by collectors. The Promise Collection is “the highest-quality pedigree collection, book for book, to debut in our hobby in the last 25 years,” says Heritage Auctions' Senior Vice President Ed Jaster. When it made its eagerly anticipated debut during the third session of Heritage’s three-day Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction, the stunning assemblage kept its word: Over the span of four…

Finn Juhl (1912-1989): Danish designer who set the standard for sleek, thoughtful, organic Modern design in the 1950s. Hans Wegner (1914-2007): Decidedly the most innovative and prolific designer of the influential and important Copenhagen School of Arts & Crafts. Le Corbusier (1887-1965): One of the undisputed founders of Modernism. He played a crucial role in the development of key Modern design ideas in the first half of the 20th century. He produced the first chrome-plated tubular steel chairs with Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret. Vladimir Kagan (1927-1916): The German-born American designer Kagan was a fixture on the Modern design scene for more than 60 years. Kagan is a designer famous not so much for a single piece as much as he is for his philosophy of design. Arne Jacobsen (1902-1971):…

Consider the Etch A Sketch, a thoroughly modern toy launched at the height of mid-century design in 1960. The Etch A Sketch, with its ability to create something mysteriously with the turning of a couple of knobs and then completely wipe it out within seconds with a shake or two, was the perfect postwar toy and a glorious metaphor for the Let’s-Start-Over times. Even more perfect, the Etch A Sketch was French, not American. French concept. French design. French name: “L’Ecran Magique” – the Magic Screen. Pretty cool, n’est-ce pas? Back then, everything French was cool. Plop a beret on your head and suddenly you were international. Kids even took French as a second language in high school. American kids. Kids whose total understanding of the French culture was limited…

NEW YORK – LiveAuctioneers, one of North America’s favorite destinations for fine and decorative arts, antiques and luxury goods, is joining Auction Technology Group’s family of curated online marketplaces and auction-technology solutions. LiveAuctioneers’ new partner has a long history of empowering arts and antiques auctioneers with a suite of online tools, content, and services available to maximize the value of assets auctioneers sell for their consignors. The acquisition by Auction Technology Group will more easily enable North American auction houses to access global bidders, accelerating LiveAuctioneers’ continued growth as well as driving the appeal of secondhand items and the circular economy. The auction industry is going through a structural shift from offline to online and in so doing faces competition from large ecommerce companies selling secondary goods. A key part…

george Nakashima believed that each tree had its own soul, and his mission was to find its “living spirit” and give it a second life. During his illustrious career as America’s most important contemporary woodworker, he accomplished that and then some. Working out of his compound in rural New Hope, Pennsylvania, Nakashima produced some of the most original and influential furniture designs of the postwar era. In striving to realize a tree’s true potential, Nakashima chose solid wood over veneers and designed his furniture to highlight the inherent beauty of the wood, such as the form and grain: his tables often feature natural fissures, knot holes and freeform edges. His internationally renowned work always sells well at auction — and usually for thousands above the high estimates — and has…

Ceramic beauties with impeccable style, lady head vases are a charming and popular mid-century collectible. These figural vases in the form of a head or bust of a woman got their start in Europe in the 1800s. The earliest examples of the lady head vases Americans are most familiar with were introduced in the 1930s and thousands of different kinds were made until the 1970s, when the craze waned and decreasing demand caused most companies to stop producing the pieces. These ladies exude glamour, with their perfectly coiffed hairdos, big lush eyelashes and ruby lips, elegant fashions and are sometimes adorned with pearls or other jewelry, a stylish hat or gloves - or sometimes all three accessories. Read on to find out ten things you should know about these distinctive…

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. EDITOR’S NOTE: The cancelations or postponements we have received are marked with asterisks. Be sure to check if events you are interested in are still on before you go. We will be updating this calendar and the one online as we receive official notification of any cancelations/postponements. ARIZONA July 23-24, 2021, Prescott Valley. Prescott Antique Show & Vintage Market, Findlay Toyota Center, 3201…

A Recipe for Fun Dear Editor, What a fun article by Kris Manty going down memory lane with the article about the history of Jell-O Molds! (“Jell-O-Mold Madness,” Antique Trader, May 1, 2021). In the late ’70s, I started a local catering company. Entertaining at home with cocktail parties was booming. Along with the usual beef tenderloin platters, veg trays and Brie Cheese En Croute was also a molded salad of some sort. Tomato Aspic with Mayonnaise was also on every buffet table. My signature “molded’ item though was this gem: “Principio Crab Mold” as a hearty appetizer served with crackers from a local Cincinnati cookbook. It fits into a 4-cup fish mold perfectly. I have passed this on to my daughter because we still make it and want to…

NEW YORK – The 84th Rare Posters Auction from Poster Auctions International Tuesday, July 20, features masterpieces and rarities from a century of poster design, including Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modern, and Contemporary works suited to a variety of interests and styles. All 500 lots are on view until July 19. The auction will be held live in PAI’s gallery at 26 West 17th St. in New York City, as well as online at posterauctions.com, beginning promptly at 11 a.m. Eastern time. “This auction features some of our strongest collections by the masters of the poster: Broders, Cappiello, Cassandre, Loupot, Mucha, Schnackenberg, and Toulouse-Lautrec,” Jack Rennert, president of Poster Auctions International, Inc., said. “These include beloved posters as well as extremely rare prints and original works.” Leonetto Cappiello is widely…