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Editorial 3-A
by S. Clayton Pennington
The Meeting Place 4-A
Fragments 9-A
New York City Auction Houses Must Reveal
Irrevocable Bids in Post-Sale Reporting – Kentucky
by Design Wins Alice Award – Calendar of Rare
Canadian Antiques – Five Institutions Awarded
Frame Conservation Grants by Eli Wilner &
Company – Maryland Man Admits Stealing Works of
Art and Selling Them in New Jersey – Fenimore Art
Museum Attendance Up 42.8% – George Eastman
Museum Collections Now Accessible Online – Kenos
Fail to Honor Settlement with Kamelot – PAAM
Adds Hoppers to Permanent Collection – Trove of
Emily B. Waite Artwork Sold – Margot Johnson
Is Back – London Gallery Files Suit against Agnes
Martin Catalogue Raisonné – Suspended Worlds:
Historic Theater Scenery in Northern New
England Wins Historic New England Book Prize
– Sotheby’s Acquires Mei Moses Art Indices – Pair
Arrested for Selling Fake Gold Bars – Patricia Kane
to Receive ADA Award of Merit – Rago Expands into
New York and Connecticut – Maine Files Suit against
Brewer Auctioneer
Index to Display Advertisers 38-A
Index to Shows and Auctions 4-D
Classified Ads 38-D
AUCTIONS
Country Americana 27-A
Garth’s Auctions, Delaware, Ohio
by Don Johnson
Some Icons Return to Market 31-A
Pook & Pook,
Downingtown, Pennsylvania
by Lita Solis-Cohen
Bidding the Old-Fashioned Way
on a Major Art Collection 4-B
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries,
Thomaston, Maine
by Mark Sisco
Henry Clay Gold Medal Tops
Lincoln Auction 9-B
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
by Susan Emerson Nutter
Tiffany Beatitudes
Sell for $356,950 15-B
Fontaine’s Auction Gallery,
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
by Susan Emerson Nutter
Rare Willard Clock Tops
Hap Moore Auction 24-B
Hap Moore Antiques Auctions,
York, Maine
by Mark Sisco
Bierstadt’s Washington
Monument Leads
Potomack Sale 32-B
The Potomack Company,
Alexandria, Virginia
by Walter C. Newman
Shaker Bench Brings $33,600 9-C
Willis Henry Auctions,
Hancock, Massachusetts
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo
A Little Girl and Lots of Cats
at Foster’s Auction 27-C
Robert L. Foster Auction Co.,
Newcastle, Maine
by Mark Sisco
Chinese Teacups Soar at Quinn’s 31-C
Quinn’s Auction Galleries—Central
Virginia, Louisa, Virginia
by Walter C. Newman
Mid-Century Furniture, Books, and
Fine Art Highlight Quinn’s Sales 35-C
Waverly Rare Books and Quinn’s
Auction Galleries, Falls Church, Virginia
by Walter C. Newman
Rare Colors, Rare Forms, and a Food
Jar Headline Absentee Auction 13-D
Norman C. Heckler & Company,
Woodstock Valley, Connecticut
by Susan Emerson Nutter
Anemones in a Glass Jar
Tops Sale in Boston 22-D
Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo
Court Cupboard Sells for $18,400 28-D
William A. Smith, Inc.,
Plainfield, New Hampshire
by Jackie Sideli
Diamonds Are an Auctioneer’s
Best Friend 35-D
Cottone Auctions, Geneseo, New York
by Fran Kramer
The Collection of Nan Gurley 12-E
Gurley Auction Co., Parsonsfield, Maine
by Mark Sisco
The Selling of Kovels’ Collectibles:
Part One of Many 24-E
Rachel Davis Fine Arts,
Cleveland, Ohio
by Susan Emerson Nutter
SHOWS
The 2016 Main Line Antiques Show 28-B
Radnor, Pennsylvania
by Lita Solis-Cohen
A Bit of Everything 36-B
Springfield Extravaganza,
Springfield, Ohio
by Don Johnson
Objects of Art Santa Fe Show 3-C
Santa Fe, New Mexico
by Alice Kaufman
“Pure” Antique American Indian
Show Continues to Grow 6-C
Antique American Indian Art Show,
Santa Fe, New Mexico
by Alice Kaufman
Endless Treasures 12-C
Whitehawk Antique Indian &
Ethnographic Art Show,
Santa Fe, New Mexico
by Alice Kaufman
Antiques in 2 Barns 16-C
Hilliard, Ohio
by Don Johnson
Vermont Antiques Week:
The Ludlow Antiques Show 2-D
Ludlow, Vermont
by Fran Kramer
Vermont Antiques Week:
Antiques in Vermont 16-D
Manchester Center, Vermont
by Fran Kramer
Vermont Antiques Week:
Weston Antiques Show 25-D
Weston, Vermont
by Fran Kramer
Vermont Antiques Week:
The Okemo Antiques Show 31-D
Ludlow, Vermont
by Fran Kramer
The Adirondack Antiques
Show and Sale 30-E
Blue Mountain Lake, New York
by Betty Flood
Vermont Antiques Week:
Antiques at Stratton Mountain 38-E
Bondville, Vermont
by Fran Kramer
FEATURES
Sean Scherer of Kabinett &
Kammer, Andes, New York 23-A
In the Trade
by Frank Donegan
An Ohio Childhood:
200 Years of Growing Up 12-B
by Don Johnson
Producing an E-Book 18-B
Computer Column #336
by John P. Reid
For Your Reconsideration 23-B
The Young Collector
by Hollie Davis and Andrew
Richmond
Wes Cowan of Cowan’s Auctions,
Cincinnati, Ohio 14-C
Head of the House
by Karla Klein Albertson
Exhibitions 22-C
Art and Industry:
The Furniture Trades in 18th-
and 19th-Century Rhode Island 23-C
by Lita Solis-Cohen
Skinner Features the Nancy and
Gilbert Levine Antique Jewelry
Collection from the Toledo
Museum of Art 34-CS
Antique Jewelry & Gemology
by Mary Ann Brown
Letter from London 6-D
by Ian McKay
Auction Prices Realized 10-D
BOOK REVIEWS
Books Received 39-C
by M.A.D. Staff
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COVER PHOTOS:
Vermont Antiques Week, pg. 25-D
Shaker Sale, pg. 9-C
Little Girl, Big Surprise, pg. 27-C
Golden Clay, pg. 9-B
Icons Return To Market, pg. 31-A
It’s getting more expensive to buy at auction
in New York City.
OnNovember 13 Sotheby’s raised its buyer’s
premium. Buyers will now pay 25% on the
hammer price up to and including $250,000;
20% on the hammer price from $250,001 to
$3,000,000; and 12.5% on the portion of the
hammer price above $3,000,000.
The previous rate was 25% on the first
$200,000; 20% from $200,001 to $3,000,000;
and 12% above $3,000,000.
Sotheby’s last raised its buyer’s premium
in February 2015. The auction house says the
change will affect 5% to 10% of all lots sold.
(On November 7 Sotheby’s reported a 2016
third quarter loss of $54.5 million. In 2015 it
lost $17.9 million in the third quarter.)
Christie’s changed its premium less than
two months ago. The rate, established on
September 19, is now 25% up to $150,000;
20% from $150,001 to $3,000,000; and 12%
above $3,000,000. The previous rate was
25% up to $100,000; 20% from $100,001 to
$2,000,000; and 12% above $2,000,000.
Bonhams also raised its rates in September.
They are now 25% on the first $150,000 of
the hammer price; 20% from $150,001 to
$3,000,000; and 12% on the excess over
$3,000,000.
Phillips raised its rates in May. The buyer’s
premium stands at 25% of the hammer price
up to and including $200,000; 20% of the
portion from $200,001 up to and including
$3,000,000; and 12% of the portion of the
hammer price above $3,000,000.
Doyle New York raised its premium in
September. The rate now is 25% on the first
$200,000; 20% on the portion from $200,001
through $3,000,000; and 12% thereafter.
The battle for consigned goods is fierce,
and sweetheart deals and incentives mean a
loss of revenue for the auction houses on the
consignment end. They have to make it up on
the other end, and they are charging buyers
more.
We wonder: how high can they go,
especially in a challenging market?
S.C.P.