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Bing & Grøndahl was founded on April 15 1853 by Grøndahl, who was a figurine
maker for the
Royal Danish Porcelain Factory, and the Bing brothers, who were art and book
dealers. The factory was located on the corner
of
Vesterbrogade and Rahbek Allé in the Vesterbro area, at that time outside the
city of Copenhagen, Denmark. Grøndahl initially began
the company to produce bisque figurines modeled on the neoclassical sculptures
of Thorvaldsen.
The company extended production to include high style dinnerware and coffee
sets. Bing & Grøndahl's Seagull dinnerware,
designed by Fanny Garde in 1895 The company's signature design, Seagull, was
created in 1892 by designer Fanny Garde (1855-1925).
The modest, classic design features flying seagulls against pale blue
backgrounds, sea horse handles and shaded patterns of scales around the edges.
Due to its popularity from the 1950s to the 1980s, the Seagull design was
considered the "National Service of Denmark".
During that period one out of every ten Danish households owned some of the
dinnerware service.
In
1895, Bing & Grøndahl created the first in their series of Christmas plates.
Designed with a traditional winter scene in cobalt blue and white, the plates
have been released annually for more than 100 years.
Noted as desirable by collectors, this series became responsible for a large
portion of the company's production.
In
1987 the company merged with its primary competitor, the Royal Porcelain Factory
under the name Royal Copenhagen.
Winter 2010
I've been trying to find information on the German ivory painting that we
have of Phillipine Welser
here's a few things I found
about her.
Fall 2009
About Chinese artist Chen Bo.
See painting in current auction.
About
Redwing Pottery by the Redwing Pottery Collectors Society
Summer 2009
E dmund
Lewandowski: Recording the Beauty of Man-Made Objects and the Energy of
American Industry
About Karl Albert
Buehr, German painter 1866-1952
History of
Steuben Glass Works
Article:
"World War II Posters from the Government Documents Collection" from the
Cornette Library
Mobilizing
for War: Poster Art of WWII at the Truman Library with a great slideshow of
posters.
A nice collection of
informative articles about Depression glass from the National Depression
Glass Association.
Spring 2009
Numismatic
(Coin)
Aficionado Sites. (You know if you are one.)
See Friday's Auction
Catalog.
Stamp Collecting by
Wikipedia (philately). Really informative resource on all things stamps.
Catalog coming soon.
About Gustave
Stickley and the Americann Craftsman movement.
See Stickley in Saturday's Auction.
History of Royal
Doulton toby mugs at World Collectors.
The Wonderful World of
Toy Collecting. Great information here! Here you can also find a great
page with photos of
antique toy company logos.
Toys as an Investment
Antique Toys are a great investment. Their values are widely recognized. But
more than anything, the increased awareness in old toys has brought them to
the forefront of antique collecting.
Winter 2009
Nazi Dagger and Weapon Gallery
Shotgun and rifle
encyclopedia overview from Wikipedia
The Wonderful World of
Toy Collecting.
Jose Guerrero 1992 obituary in New York Times.
What is a Print?
-- Types of prints and processes. Very Interesting.
See Schoenhut Toy
1926 Advertisement in Ladies Home Journal.
Singer Featherweight Portable Sewing Machine Facts,
The American
Cut Glass Association, Inc. has much information on the subject
including history, patterns, makers, shapes, and care guidelines.
Fall 2008
The Eddystone Rifle Plant Story,
by Walter J. Kuleck,
Ph.D.
About French
artist Louis Icart (1888-1950)
About artist Charles
Partridge Adams.
Spring 2008
The Wonderful World of
Toy Collecting. Great information here! Here you can also find a great
page with photos of
antique toy company logos.
The
International Guild of Lamp Researchers Ltd. has a very informative site
with a searchable patent database and a
lamp term dictionary.
Nazi Dagger and Weapon Gallery
and
about Technical Emergency Emergency Corps (TENO).
About
Carder Steuben Glass, from Arts &
Antiques Around Florida, by Sandford I.
Gadient.
Mechanical Bank Collectors of America with Auction Prices Realized.
The Herend Guild Library
and About Herend Porcelain.
Winter 2007
About Gustav Wiegand
Past auction results for Cesare Felix dell' Acqua.
The Guilded Edge: The Art of the Frame,
.
Whites of
Utica, by David Roche,
Unraveling the Mystery of Mary Gregory Glassware.
Fall 2007
Simon Halbig bisque doll prices.
Antique toys as
an investment and more. A wonderful and comprehensive site about toy
collecting with glossary, so easy a cave-child could do it. By
Antiquetoys.com.
The
American Van Gogh--The
Unknown Night: The Genius and Madness of R.A. Blakelock, an American Painter.
"Gun
may have been Hitler's - Rare German firearm to go up for auction"
Stickley Era
Information: The Stickley-Brandt Famil
Summer 2007
Shotgun and rifle
encyclopedia overview from Wikipedia
Roseville
Pottery Shape Numbers in chronological order.
About Micanopy, Florida
About Jerry Uelsmann
The Remarkable Porcelain of Prussia: About R.J. Prussia
History of
and all about Rockingham Pottery
United Kingdom Belleek
Collectors' Group.
American Belleek: Irish Porcelain in the New World.
About Royal Doulton
Toby Jugs
Spring 2007
British cabinetmaker, George Hepplewhite, whose elegant
designs, now greatly admired, were considered unfashionable in his
day...Read
More.
History of the Radio Flyer Wagon.
Winter 2007
Nothing Tacky About These Souvenirs,
Antique Week, Feb. 26th.
Florida Souvenirs 1890-1930, by Larry Roberts,
Antiques and Arts
Around Florida.
LEADING
AUTHORITY ON VINTAGE FLORIDA SOUVENIRS AND MEMORABILIA SET TO SELL PERSONAL
COLLECTION: Larry Roberts, author of “Florida’s Golden Age of Souvenirs
1890-1930” will offer most of his personal collection of Florida souvenirs at
Turkey Creek Auctions in Citra, FL on March 3.
For collectors
of vintage Florida souvenirs, memorabilia and collectibles, the pearly gates are
about to swing wide open. Larry Roberts, the acknowledged guru on the subject
and the author of “Florida’s Golden Age of Souvenirs 1890-1930” and a consultant
for the Florida History Museum in Tallahassee, has engaged Turkey Creek Auctions
to dispose of the bulk of his personal collection as well as the inventory of
his retail shop in Micanopy, FL. This once in a lifetime opportunity will start
Saturday March 3 at 4:30PM beginning with the postcard collection. It will be
held in the Turkey Creek Auctions barn in Citra, FL, 13 miles north of Ocala on
U.S. Highway 441.
The sale of
Roberts’ collection with no additions will consist of around 25,000 – 30,000
smalls that will be offered in selected groupings and between 50,000 and 60,000
vintage postcards, also to be offered in groups in addition to the larger single
items.
Virtually all
of the items pictured in Roberts’ book will be included in the inventory. Of
special interest is the large polychrome plaque by Florida artist Olive Commons.
The plaque, one of Commons’ largest works, is featured on the inside cover of
the book. It is conservatively estimated to sell in the $3,000/$5000 range.
Other works by Commons from the 1920s and 1930s will include Florida art,
jewelry and porcelain. Special creations by Stuart, FL metal smith and artist
Serge Nekrassoff, including some of his trademark large pins will cross the
block. Many of these items were acquired by Roberts directly from the Nekrassoff
family. Also being offered is a large collection of Florida pottery including
works from Merritt Island Pottery, founded in 1937, Floramics from the 1940s and
Silver Springs pottery from the 1930s as well as hand colored photos and prints
by early 20th century Florida photographers and artists William J. Harris and
Esmond G. Barnhill including many of their prints shown in the book. The auction
inventory additionally will include vintage Florida fishing tackle, Indian
artifacts, Seminole dolls, Florida ephemera and Florida themed shieldware.
Robert’s
collection was hand selected by him from all over the country through the years
as he traveled the country, buying and bartering to augment his inventory which
today includes several rare alligator steins that are expected to sell in the
$400-$800 range, selected alligator carvings ranging from the 1870s to the
1920s, some very rare Florida spoons in the $200-$400 range and souvenir Florida
china found in nooks and crannies all over the United States. Roberts’
authoritative book is currently available on Amazon.com with free shipping and
can be found at selected bookstores.
Turkey Creek
Auctions has been in Central Florida for over twenty years and conducts twelve
regular monthly auctions each year in addition to special events like the Larry
Roberts sale. Auction owner Charles David Glynn will be accepting absentee bids
for this sale. Preview for the sale will be Friday March 2 from 5:00PM to 8:00PM
at the Auction facility. Turkey Creek Auctions is located at 13939 N. Hwy 441 in
Citra, 13 miles north of Ocala. Visit the website at antiqueauctionsfl.com for
directions and more information or call David Glynn at (800) 648-7523 for
details.-- compliments Fred Taylor
Our Florida
Collectibles Auction was held Saturday, March 3rd. This auction featured many
items from the collection of Jeannie and Larry Roberts including many items from
his book, "Florida's Golden Age of Souvenirs: 1890-1930."
His book is
described as "The first exploration of Florida’s enormous legacy of
souvenirs—the material culture of tourism. Florida’s sense of place is defined
through the crafts and manufactured objects that present a template of tropical
paradise and natural wonder."--Robert S. Carr, The Nature Conservancy, Miami.
Roberts of
Gainesville is a consultant for the Museum of Florida History in Tallahassee and
the author of articles in such publications as Antiques and Art Around Florida
and has been a collector of antiques and memorabilia for more than twenty years.
After the Communist Revolution, Nekrassoff went to Germany and then Paris, France. It was apparently at this
time that Serge Nekrassoff began to develop a method of hammering copper that
worked without the usual annealing process.The Paris pieces date from 1920.
Comes to America, first to Philadelphia and then opens a shop in New York City
in 1925 His designs were apparently simplified from work done in Argentina.
This would be the period when Nekrassoff was using the NEKRAS stamp on his
pieces. The majority of pieces made at this time were pewter.
In 1931, Nekrassoff shop moved to Darien, Connecticut. By
this time, pieces being produced were made in pewter, copper, and a combination
of pewter and copper pieces. At this time, his son, Boris, joined him to design
and make these decorative items. The shop appears to have employed up to 18
craftsmen in this period. Each piece was stamped in script, "Nekrassoff"
in the back and the later bird plates were hand-signed "Nekrassoff" on the
front.
Nekrassoff pieces were sold around the world, from the US,
Canada, South Africa, and London, England. This market ended at the time of WWII
and the focus became US shops.
After World War II, copper was the basic metal used,
perhaps due to the prohibitive cost of pewter. It appears there were 7 master
craftsmen employed after WWII in the shop. By the late 1940's, he is "painting"
with fine powdered glass on copper, (enameling process). He is apparently one
of a few artists working with enamels at that time.
Many enamel pieces at this time were copper/enamel plates
with hand-painted bird scenes. (See Image of Cardinal Plate below for a sample
piece). These bird designs included: Goldfinches, Cedar Waxwings, Cardinals,
Scarlet Tanagers, Chickadees, Quail, Pelicans, Bald Eagles, Gulls, Robins, and
others).
These Bird designs were produced through several decades
and were sold through department stores such as Abercrombie & Fitch Co. The shop
moved to Florida, and was then called "Serge S. Nekrassoff and Son." Serge
Nekrassoff retired in 1979 and Boris took over the shop. He closed the shop in
1982. Apparently, all American made pieces date from ca. 1925 - 1982. It was in
this later period, when pewter and copper pieces were stamped with 'Nekrassoff'
and a shield, or crest, design.
Buell Whitehead (Fort Myers, Florida,
1919 - 1993)
A fine American lithographer and painter, Buell Whitehead
belongs to that unfortunate list of artists who are mainly 'discovered' after
their death. He received little or no artistic training and graduated from a Ft.
Myers high school in 1937. In his early years it is interesting to note that
Whitehead worked in the Ft. Myers laboratory of the famous inventor, Thomas
Edison. As a boy he actually assisted Edison in his experiments on the
development of the nickel battery.
Buell Whitehead used his own inventing skills to create,
design and lithograph a board game from which he hoped to earn a good
livelihood. Parker Brother's, however, launched a law suit, claiming the game
bore some similarities to Monopoly, forcing him to abandon this pursuit. He then
turned his attention to artistic lithography and during the 1940's traveled to
the American west on several occasions, where he actually sold his art door to
door.
Sometime in the 1950's Buell Whitehead returned to Florida
where he established and owned a trailer park. He died there in 1993. Buell Whitehead created lithographs in both color and black
and white. The subjects range from stylized landscapes of Illinois, Colorado,
New Mexico, Florida and elsewhere to pure fantasy scenes with processions of
fantastic figures. Regardless of the work, there are always amazing, surreal
elements that challenge and expand our imagination within a Buell Whitehead
lithograph.
2006 Auction Themes
About St. Gaudin's Gold Coins
Considered by many to be
America's most inspired and beautiful coin, its creation stems directly with
President Theodore Roosevelt's contempt for the bland designs of his day. He was
inspired by ancient Greek coins he saw while visiting the Smithsonian in 1905
and became determined that the United States needed coins befitting its status
in the world. Augustus St. Gaudens, one of America's greatest sculptors, was
commissioned to create the new designs and he began with the highest
denomination, the Double Eagle or Twenty Dollar gold piece. The finished
product, while not entirely true to the artist's conception, is nonetheless a
tremendous work of art and today the $20 'Saint' is among the world's most
popular and sought-after coins. It was minted from 1907 through 1933, with the
latter date presently holding the world's record price for a single coin at
$7,590,000 in July of 2002.
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The
Highwaymen Phenomenon, by Gary
Monroe for Arts & Antiques Around Florida.
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Folk Art Weathervane Tops the $5.8 Million Record at
Sotheby's
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Furniture Timeline–Maltwood
Art Museum & Gallery, University of Victoria, British Columbia.
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Antique Automobile Club
of America is dedicated to perpetuating the memories of early
automobiles by encouraging their history, collection and use.
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Visit Ford Fair Lane Estate
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About Hammacher
Schlemmer (1848)
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History of Bohem Porcelain Figures
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The April 2006 Florida Collectibles and Vingage Memorabilia
Show Review
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About
Antique Clocks, from Antiques Digest
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Porcelain Bits & Pieces: General Rules for
Dating Porcelain and Pottery Marks
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Encyclopedia of
Silver Marks, Hallmarks, and Maker's Marks.
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Link to a great page with
lots of articles about antique glass. Also check out
Post War British Glass Hallmarks
Online,
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Online Encyclopedia of
Silver Marks, Hallmarks, and Maker's Marks.
Pincushion dolls are not really dolls and
often were not even pincushions. Some collectors use the term half-doll. The top
half of each doll was made of porcelain. The edge of the half-doll was made with
several small holes for thread, and the doll was stitched to a fabric body with
a voluminous skirt. The finished figure was used to cover a hot pot of tea,
powder box, pincushion, whisk broom, or lamp. They were made in sizes from less
than an inch to over 9 inches high. Most date from the early 1900s to the 1950s.
Collectors often find just the porcelain doll without the fabric skirt.--Kovels
About William Fisher (1891-1985)
William Fisher was born in
Brooklyn, NY in 1891. He studied at the Brooklyn Institute of Art and Science
and at Pratt Institute. Following service as an ambulance driver in WWI, he
remained in Europe after the war and studied painting in Rome, Italy for one
year. Upon his return from Rome, to New Jersey, he pursued his painting and
began to teach small art classes.
In the 1920's Fisher became a successful illustrator. His work appeared in
Saturday Evening Post, Mc Calls, Harpers and other magazines.
Born in Hildesheim, Germany, Edmund Osthaus
studied at the Royal Academy in Dusseldorf. There he studied under such artists
as Andreas Muller, Peter Jansen, E.V. Gebhardt,
E. Deger and Christian Kroner.
In 1883, Osthaus came to the United States, where he became the principal of the
Toledo Academy of Fine Arts in Toledo, Ohio. After the school closed, Osthaus
devoted himself to painting.
Hunting and fishing were his passion, and became the subject of most of his
works. However, his specialty was hunting dogs, and he quickly became known for
his detailed and life-like portraits of them at work and play. Osthaus followed
dog shows and sporting events, and his dog portraits include field trial
champion pointers and setters.
In 1911, Osthaus established a studio in Los Angeles, California, and remained
based there for the remainder of his life. He also maintained homes in Ohio and
New Jersey, as well as a hunting lodge in Marianna, Florida, where he died at
the age of seventy.
His works are held by the Toledo Museum of Art and are collected by hunting and
fishing aficionados all over the world. Reference: November/December 2002
Wildlife Art, “Artists in California, 1786-1940” by Edan Hughes
Leon Herbo was a Belgian genre and portrait painter, born
in Templeuve on October 7, 1850. A pupil of Legendre and Stallaert at both the
Academies of Tournai and Brussels, Herbo mastered the art of fine detail. He
then continued his studies in France, Germany and Italy before returning to
settle in Brussels. His debut exhibition was in 1875, and he took part in
exhibits throughout Europe. He was a prolific artist and it is believed that he
produced over 1200 paintings during his lifetime.
In 1876, Herbo, Julien Dillens and Emile Namur founded
L’Essor, the Belgian realist school. The group’s members were concerned with
realism, each of them, however, finding their own style and emphasizing their
varied personalities. The Brussels based group organized annual exhibitions from
1876 – 1881, as well as later exhibitions for its members in Oestde, Antwerp and
London. In 1891, on the occasion of the group’s 15 year anniversary, the “Essorians” opened at the Brussels Museum with a historic
retrospective exhibition of the works of their founding members; among them were
a number of works by Herbo. In 1889 Herbo received an Honorable Mention at the
Universal Exposition in Paris and was made a Knight of the Order of Leopold. He
continued working in Brussels and began teaching at the Academy, where he would
soon take over as Director. Today, examples of his work can be found in both public and
private collections.
Frank H. Shapleigh was born in Boston and studied painting at the Lowell
Institute of Drawing. In 1867-1868, he sailed to Europe where he studied
in the studio of Emile Lambinet (1815-1877). Shapleigh painted throughout
New England, in St. Augustine, Florida, California, and in Europe. From
1877 to 1893 he was artist-in-residence at the Crawford House in the White
Mountains of New Hampshire.He wintered at the Ponce de Leon Hotel, St.
Augustine, in 1886-1887, and he became the artist-in-residence at the hotel from
1889 until 1892. After a trip to Europe in 1896, he built a summer home
and art studio in Jackson, New Hampshire, which he called "Maple Knoll." Today
Shapleigh is best known for his well-executed White Mountain landscapes which
include all of the major tourist attractions and personal, intimate landscapes
of New Hampshire. Shapleigh painted Mount Washington and the other
well-known mountains from dozens of different locations. Shapleigh often
inscribed the location of his painting on the back of his canvas, providing an
invaluable record of the subjects of his works.
A painter of romantic and decorative canvases, Frederick Williams
began his career by painting with rich, thick pigment, landscapes with women,
usually in gorgeous 18th-century gowns of brilliant color. These works reflected
his exposure to French rococo painting of Antoine Watteau. He was born in
Brooklyn, New York, and was educated in the public schools of Bloomfield and
Montclair, New Jersey, and took night art classes in New York City at Cooper
Union.
Toledo painter and
wife of Edmund H. Osthaus. Griffith painted flowers and landscapes, and was a
member of the Athena Society (Toledo).
Paul King's versatility, artistic maturity and mastery of
technique and medium are hallmarks of Paul King's art. His diverse works of
portraits, landscapes, rural scenes and illustrations establish his reputation
in the first quarter of the century. From 1906, when his oil painting "Hauling
in the Anchor Line" (date and location unknown) captured the Salmagundi Club's
top two prizes, King regularly received recognition.
2005 Auction Themes
About John Francis
Murphy
(b Oswego, NY, 11 Dec 1853; d New York, 10 June
1921). American painter. A self-taught artist, he depicted the coastal flatlands
of New York and New Jersey and similar countryside in New England. His early
work until c. 1885 was based on direct observation of nature and was
often small-scale, for example Summer Afternoon (1875; Salt Lake City, U.
UT, Mus. F.A.). In middle-period works, such as New England Landscapes (n.d.;
Springville, UT, Mus. A.), Murphy was influenced by A. H. Wyant, George Inness,
Homer Dodge Martin and the Barbizon school painters Corot, Rousseau and Daubigny.
He spent summers at Arkville in the Catskill Mountains from 1887, and Wyant’s
presence there between 1889 and 1892 had a pronounced influence on Murphy’s
developing Tonalist style. His work of this time consists of spare expressions
of barren wind-blown land painted with a limited palette. Murphy typically
prepared his canvases early to give time for the underpaint to dry and then
applied brown and gold, which he flattened with a palette-knife as a basis for
later stages of rubbing (with pumice), lacquering and glazing. After 1900 Murphy
painted some of his finest oils, including Sprout Lake (1915; Washington,
DC, N. Mus. Amer. A.), in which he achieved an almost pure tonal unity.--
From Artnet.com
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About the Highwaymen
&
The
Highwaymen Revisited, by Jim Fitch in Arts & Antiques Around Florida
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Check out
the A. E. "Bean" Backus Gallery and
Museum Online
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List of Florida Highwaymen inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame on
March 24, 2004.
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ArtCyclopedia: About Howard Chandler Christy, including Museum Holdings.
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Historical
Weaponry: Krieger's
The Collection of
Primitive Weapons and Armor of the Philippine Islands in the United States
National Museum, Smithsonian Institution; United States National
Museum (1926).
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Miniature Portraits
on Ivory--The portrait miniature developed
from the miniature illustrations of illuminated manuscripts.
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Player Piano
History and Evolution, An Essay on the History and
Principles of the Automated Piano, by Bill Edwards
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Ticket
to Ride: Collecting Carousel Art, by the New England Antiques
Journal
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National Imperial Glass
(Candlewick) Collector's Society Page
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The
International Guild of Lamp Researchers Ltd. has a very informative site
with a searchable patent database.
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Did you know that
the U.S. State Dept deemed Pickard as the official china service used in all
American world embassies and on Air Force One?
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About
Royal Dux porcelain from The World Collectors Net.
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Did you know that
there are more than 400 known Limoges factory
marks? To answer one of the most asked questions: Many of these factory marks
do not include the word “Limoges” or “France.” Read more
About
Limoges from the Journal of Antiques and Collectibles.
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Ever
wondered how BIG the largest handmade carpet in history is? Search no more...
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Here's a good individual
collector's page
with many important and antique whale tooth scrimshaw photos and general
information.
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More Highwaymen
in the May 21st Auction! About
the Highwaymen (Excerpt from Ocala Style Magazine)
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All About
Hummels--includes a visual reference to Hummel
marks.
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Furniture Timeline–By
the Maltwood Art Museum & Gallery, University of Victoria, British Columbia.
Features a timeline of styles from the 16th through 20th centuries. A
really cool reference tool!
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Top Prices from
MastroNet--In the Limelight - The Best
of Hollywood, TV and Rock 'n Roll--A large
amount of Elvis Presley hair sold for $19,861.00; Marilyn Monroe's annotated
shooting script from "Something's Got to Give" sold for $18,055.00;
a lock of Marilyn Monroe's hair went for $13,255.00;
a collection of 667 Hollywood autographs commanded $12,225.00; a Three Stooges
1940 "You Natzy Spy" one-sheet movie poster went for $11,112.00
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Antique & Estate Jewelry--Guide to Clasps
and Jewelry
Marks, Makers & Dates, and
Victorian
Jewelry 1837-1901, by Morning Glory Antiques. Great reference and
articles.
2004 Auction Themes
About Herman
Herzog (1832-1932)
Herman Herzog was born in Bremen, Germany, in 1832. He studied at the
Dusseldorf Academy, and built a solid reputation for himself in his homeland
before immigrating to Philadelphia in 1869. His patrons include Queen Victoria,
the Grand Duke Alexander of Russia, and other royalty. He exhibited in the Paris
Salon in 1863 and 1864, winning an Honorable Mention.
While in Paris, it is thought that Herzog came into contact with the popular
Barbizon School, whose adherents painted the grandeur and beauty of Nature in a
romantic and realistic style. The effect of the Barbizon painters can also be
seen in Herzog's poetic handling of mood and color. Although he was still in
Europe, Herzog sent several paintings for exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy
from 1863 to 1869. He had several friends in the United States and they were
developing a rather good demand for his work.
Once in the U.S., Herzog traveled
extensively, painting his was across the western state going in 1873 to
Yosemite, then to Wyoming, Oregon, and along the West Coast to the Coronado
Island, near the Mexican border. Herzog made several journeys west, finding each
trip more fruitful than the last. An inveterate traveler, Herman Herzog covered
a great deal of territory in the United States. From Maine to Florida, from the
east coast to the Rocky Mountains, Herzog recorded the many and varied views of
the nineteenth-century American landscape. He often biked, hiked and climbed to
his painting sites and that left a heritage of paintings recording the unspoiled
mountains, lakes, fjords, and coastal scenes of his time.
He became known for romantic-realist landscapes, mountains and depictions of
Yosemite, receiving great acclaim for a fine El Capitan, much in the style of
his fellow countrymen and painters Albert Bierstadt and Worthington Whittredge
(who also studied in Dusseldorf).
In 1876, Herzog participated in the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia,
showing a Norwegian scene and a Yosemite landscape, which earned him a Bronze
Medal. In 1882, he exhibited two paintings of Pennsylvania at the National
Academy Annual Exhibition. His last trip west was in 1905, at the age of 74. It
is difficult to date Herzog’s paintings with precision. He sometimes worked
directly from nature, but also recalled scenes years later to create landscape
paintings.
A wise investor, Herzog worked without the pressure to sell his paintings in
his lifetime. Between 1885 and 1910, Herzog made regular visits to see his son
Lewis Herzog in Gainesville, Florida. The lush vegetation between the Suwannee
and Homossassa Rivers appealed to the artist's taste for quiet drama, and Herzog
created more than 250 Florida views. With a loose brushstroke and a keen
interest in atmospheric effects is a reflection of the artist’s preoccupation
with the transient effects of light. His Florida paintings are a painted record
of unspoiled Florida. In 1931, he and his son participated in a joint New York
gallery exhibition.
Herzog died in Philadelphia in 1932, at the age of 100. At the time of his
death in 1932, his estate contained about 1000 works. Following his death in
1932, his family retained a large group of his paintings, most of which were
released to the art market in the 1970s.
Around 25 museums worldwide hold Herzog collections. Collections include
Metropolitan Museum of Art; National Museum of American Art; Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston; New York Public Library; Crocker Museum (CA); Cincinnati Art
Museum (OH); Reading Museum (PA); Hanover, Goth and Mulhouse Museums; Bancroft
Library, UC Berkeley; Memorial Hall, Philadelphia (PA); Harn Museum at the
University of Florida (Florida Marsh Scene).
Auction houses that have sold Herzog's works include Sotheby's, Christies,
Butterfields, Doyles, and others. His auction record is strong with a range
$57,500 for a 63" x 52" oil, to $1,650 for an 8" x 11" watercolor.
Known as the
"Bluebonnet Painter", Robert Julian Onderdonk was a Texan who spent his summer's
in New York City and the remainder of the year in San Antonio. He earned his
title from the many wildflower paintings he did of the flowering fields near his
hometown.
Julian
Onderdonk, was best known for his
impressionist landscapes and bluebonnet paintings and showed a remarkable talent
from his infancy. He received his early
training form his father, Robert Jenkins Onderdonk and at the age of seventeen
he moved to New York and studied at the Art Students League, where he studied
landscape painting under William Merritt Chase, Du Mond and Robert Henri,
winning recognition and always expressing individuality in his work. Onderdonk
married at an early age. Living in New York and sometimes working at his art day
and night to support his family.
He returned to San Antonio in 1909 and
painted only what he loved and wanted to paint. The bigness of Texas with it's
characteristic subjects; Hillsides covered with bluebonnets & dusty roads, which
captured the atmospheric conditions of misty mornings in the bluebonnets with
the full character of the twisting native oak trees & headwaters of different
streams, where he found the colors wonderful in varying lights. These are the
subjects Julian Onderdonk loved and longed to put on canvas.
Julain Onderdonk refused to follow his
fathers vocation as a teacher, but always gave his time and influence to art
interests and activities at the San Antonio Art League.
After returning from New York, He was responsible for the
art exhibits for the State Fair at Dallas, collecting and arranging the
canvases. Onderdonk's pictures were frequently exhibited at the National Academy
in New York, where his Texas scenes were highly praised. The Texas artist Frank
Reaugh praised him as one of the best foreground artists of the American School.
At the time Onderdonk died, there were five of his canvases at the Howard Young
Galleries in New York. His last picture "Dawn in the Hills" was forwarded to the
National Academy by his wife shortly after his death. The painting is now part
of the permanent collection of the Witte Museum. He was a member of the
Salmagundi Club, Allied Artists of America & the San Antonio Art League.
Museums that include Julian
Onderdonk's works.
About the Highwaymen
(Excerpt
from Ocala Style Magazine)
"Just how hot are the Highwaymen right now? Plenty hot.
In the forthcoming movie, "Catch Me If You Can" (directed
by Steven Speilberg for DreamWorks and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom
Hanks), selected paintings by Highwaymen artists James Gibson and Sam Newton
will set off the bank walls, according to a recent article published in the St.
Petersburg Times.
And Universal Studios went with a Johnny Daniels painting
for an upcoming movie, says Jean Tyson, owner of Tyson Trading Company in
Micanopy.
National Public Radio recently broadcast a Highwaymen
piece, and the New York Times -- the ultimate barometer of when a trend has
"made it" -- recently ran a feature article in their arts section.
In 2001, the University Press of Florida published the well
received The Highwaymen: Florida’s African-American Landscape Painters, and on a
smaller scale, These Diamonds, a CD of Florida folk songs released by the Will
McLean Foundation, features a painting of a St. Lucie inlet by Al Black on its
cover. Margaret Longhill, president of the group said Black donated the painting
to the foundation.
And now the Highwaymen are at the Appleton Museum of Art,
gracing the same walls that not too long ago hosted Monet, Picasso, and Degas.
Yes, the Highwaymen have finally arrived."
"The Highwaymen introduces a
group of young black artists who painted their way out of despair awaiting them
in citrus groves and packing houses of 1950s Florida. As their story recaptures
the imagination of Floridians and their paintings fetch ever-escalating prices,
the legacy of their freshly conceived landscapes exerts a new and powerful
influence on the popular conception of the Sunshine State.
While the value of Highwaymen paintings has soared in recent years, until now no
authoritative account of the lives and work of these black Florida artists has
existed. Emerging in the late 1950s, the Highwaymen created idyllic, quickly
realized images of the Florida dream and peddled some 100,000 of them from the
trunks of their cars."
James
Gibson, still a "Highwayman" painter, presenting Governor Bush with a
painting of a Royal Poinciana. Also known as the Flame Tree, the Royal Poinciana
is one of Floridians' favorite trees; it has become a trademark painting for the
Highwaymen.
Highwaymen Paintings by Gibson Exhibit is scheduled for February 2003 through
May 2003 for the Governor's Gallery exhibition.
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Curtis Arnett
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Hezekiah Baker
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Al Black
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George Buckner
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Ellis Buckner
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Robert Butler
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Mary Alice Carrol
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J. "Hook" Daniels
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Fox (first name unknown)
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James Gibson
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Alfred Hair, aka "A. Hare" and "A. Hir"
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Israel Knight
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Lewis McDaniel
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R. A. McClendon
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Harold Newton
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L. Newton
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Sam Newton
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Livingston Roberts, aka "Castro"
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Charles Walker
Partial List courtesy of Jim Fitch, Kissimmee Gallery,
13300 U.S. 98, Sebring, FL 33870
The following is a list
of "Highwaymen"
artists that were inducted into the
Florida Artists Hall of Fame on March
24, 2004--from Floridahighwaymen.com
C. Arnett
H. Baker
A. Black
E. Buckner*
G. Buckner *
R. Butler
M. A. Carroll
J. Daniels
W. Daniels
R. Demps
J. Gibson
A. Hair *
I. Knight
R. L. Lewis
J. Maynor
R. A. McLendon
A. Moran *
H. Newton *
L. Newton
S. Newton
L. Roberts *
W. Reagan
C. Smith
C. Walker
S.M. Wells
C. Wheeler
*
= deceased
Short Article:
Antique toys as an
investment. Check out this antique toy glossary to brush up on your
toy lingo.
Here's
help in identifying toy molds with a list of companies that manufactured and/or
sold metal molds in the US.
If you have the boxes your
antique toy trucks came in, you can use bar code and ZIP Codes. Here is how: 5
digit ZIP codes were first implemented by the US Post Office in 1963. In 1983
the Post Office implemented ZIP + 4. So if your antique toy trucks have a ZIP
code of 5 digits, it dates between 1963 and 1983. If it has a 5 digit code
followed by a 4 digit code, it dates from 1983 or later.
New
abbreviations for states became prominent around 1963. Between 1943 and 1963,
the largest U.S. cities used "postal zones." These postal zones can date major
centers, such as Houston, as being in that twenty year period (1943 to 1963). If
your antique toy trucks have a postal zone number following the state in the
address, it dates between 1943 and 1963.
If your antique
toy trucks have boxes, the bar code method of pricing began use in mass
commercial applications around 1975. So if your antique toy trucks boxes have
bar codes on them, figure a date after 1974 and most likely after 1981.
If your antique
toy trucks were made in Japan or China here is some more information: Antique
Toy Trucks marked "Made in Occupied Japan" date from the U.S. Army's years of
occupation after World War II, being 1945 - 1952. More rare are antique toy
trucks marked "made in Nippon". These was made in Japan between 1891 and 1921.
If marked "made in Japan" it's after 1921.
Toys marked
"Made in China" or "Made in the Peoples Republic of China" most commonly date
after the U.S. and China Trade Agreement of 1979. From:
Antique-Antiques.Com.
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All About
Cloisonné --"The
making of Cloisonné
involves quite elaborate
and complicated processes: base-hammering, soldering, enamel-filling, enamel
firing, polishing and gilding..."
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Did you know that
a Mennonite quilt with double nine-patch design from the late 1930s recently
sold for $5,290?
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Great Old Cars--Classical
information, photos, great tips and guidelines.
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Antique Automobile Club
of America is dedicated to perpetuating the memories of early
automobiles by encouraging their history, collection and use.
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Classic Car.Com--Where Car Lovers
Meet--Keep up on the latest
information on and what's new around the web with Classic Cars.
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How
Bronze Sculpture is Made: A Step-by-Step Look on What it Takes to Cast a
Piece of Bronze Sculpture.
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Check out Savage
& Polite's
Antique Clocks--Identification and Price Guide. This is one of the
best sites for resources on history, hallmarks, patent numbers, clockmakers,
an illustrated/searchable clock photo glossary, and more.
2003 Auction Themes
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List of National
Depression Glass Clubs by State
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The Antiquarian Book Sellers Association of America--Site
has lots of good information on rare and antique books and collection lingo.
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Neophyte
Doll Collectors' Glossary--Are you new
to antique and vintage (pre-1960's) doll collecting? Here are some of the buzz
words and definitions to help you get started.
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"Rustic
Accessories the New Buzz in Home Decor." Decorating with rustic antiques,
collectables or primitives? Why not hybernate for the winter in style.
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Antiques and the Internet
by Ian Langmann, Vancouver Sun --"The
art and antiques trade has traditionally been, and probably always will be, a
hands-on and personal business."
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Internet Auctions: Bargain Hunters Beware! by the Suffolk County
District Attorney's Office.--"There are
bargains to be had on Internet auctions sites but deal hunters should also
beware of scam artists and fraud when surfing what has been described as some
as a world-wide garage sale."
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How to Clean Toy Trains by Terry
Gibbs. An avid collector gives tips on cleaning and caring for your new
and antique trains.
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Some people collect
the oddest things! And there are odd names for the art of collecting things. See
if you can guess what these are. Click on the name to find out more. (Click on
"Back" to return here)
Scripophily,
Numismatics, Philately,
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Brief History of Flow Blue China
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A Brief History of Moorcroft English
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Pottery from Antiquecollector, UK
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Rene Lalique
produced produced beautiful glass from the 1890's to the 1940's in an Art
Nouveau and later in Art Deco style. Lalique's creations are "highly
collected" by all levels of collectors and Rene Lalique glass has been
exhibited in numerous museums all over the world.
Brief bio of Rene Lalique.
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Wanna hear an
early Edison recording? You'll need a
free media player to cut a rug. Click on WAV icon below. From
1897, the Liberty Bell March by the Edison Concert Band
 (89k)
For more sounds of the Early 20th century
go here.
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Furniture Timeline–Presented
by the Maltwood Art Museum & Gallery at the University of Victoria in British
Columbia, this timeline of styles from the 16th through 20th centuries.
2002 Auction Themes
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See "A
Brief History of English Flow Blue China" with interesting photos.
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See "About
Heisey Glass" compliments of the National Heisey Glass Museum in Newark,
Ohio, and "Hopelessly
Devoted to Heisey."
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Good Article:
"Antique Wear and Tear,"
by Michael Donahue, Scripps Howard News Service, Home & Garden
TV.
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The Care
and Cleaning of Cut Glass from the Hobstar Magazine.
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Article on
"American Brilliant
Period Cut Glass, 1876 – 1917" from the
American Cut
Glass Association, Inc.'s website which has a complimentary matching
service for members.
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Short Article:
Antique toys as an
investment. Check out this
Antique Toy Glossary to
brush up on your toy lingo.
Here's help in identifying toy molds with a list of companies that
manufactured and/or sold metal molds in the US
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The History of the Edison Cylinder Phonograph--The phonograph was
developed as a result of Thomas Edison's work on two other inventions - the
telegraph and the telephone. (from,
HowStuffWorks.Com)
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Gustav Stickley
(1858-1942)
achieved success as the leader of the Arts & Crafts Movement in
America... Read more about
Stickley.
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Cleaning and Restoring Buttons--Examples of types of button materials and
how to clean and store.
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Seth Thomas is well known for their “Adamantine” black mantel
clocks, which were made starting in 1882.
Here's some
history.
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Tips on Cleaning Oil Paintings
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Are you new to
antique and vintage (pre-1960s) doll collecting? Don't be lost--here
are all the buzz-words and definitions you'll need to talk like a pro!
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Fast Fact:
The original Winchester Model "94" lever action, introduced in "1894,"
was called "The Gun that Won the West." Its design and effectiveness is
so superior that it remains one of the most popular rifles in world
history.
Did
You Know?
Did you know that
King James II took the drastic measure of banning golf in 1457? He feared
regular golfing would interfere with archery skills, the main form of warfare at
the time. Obviously, THAT didn't work.
Here's a brief
article about collecting golf antiques and memorabilia.
One of the
entertaining aspects of antiquing and collecting is reading
real life
stories of treasure hunting in dusty attics, the deals and steals, the rare
finds, and the little and BIG "boo-boos" often learned the hard way! --
Antiques Road Show Website
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