Collectors Guide
Metal and Enamel Works A Highlight of Summer Auction at Treadway
August 3, 2020by Kate Nixon While rare works from Tiffany Studios and Gustav Stickley continue to sell for tens of thousands, smaller hand-hammered metalworks from the Boston and Massachusetts area were in the auction spotlight during a decorative arts auction this past June, resulting in a bidding war. Works originating from …
Read More...The V-Back Chair Designs of Craftsman Workshops
July 28, 2020by Bruce Johnson In 1909, Gustav Stickley wrote of his V-back armchair, “No better example of the Craftsman style can be found than are shown in this chair….” As early as 1981, author and noted authority David Cathers wrote of Stickley’s V-back armchair, “The V-back chair, so …
Read More...A Tale of Two Workshops: Onondaga Metal Shops and Benedict Art Studios
July 21, 2020by Kate Nixon Those familiar with Syracuse, New York are aware of its legacy in the Arts and Crafts Movement as the city became an important manufacturing center during the heyday of the movement in the early 1900s. In addition to Syracuse being home for the iconic Gustav Stickley, …
Read More...Head, Heart and Hand at Byrdcliffe: An Early Arts and Crafts Utopia
July 13, 2020by Kate Nixon While there are plenty of historical sites in modern day that were influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement, the idea of a true Arts and Crafts communal society was rare in the United States. The ideas of communal living and the dependency of proceeds raised …
Read More...The Mystique of Marblehead
July 7, 2020by Kate Nixon To any random person, June 20th was simply the starting date of a more socially-distant summer season. For Arts and Crafts enthusiasts and collectors active in the online collecting community, it was a weekend of opportunities for interactive learning over Zoom, remote museum tours, and for …
Read More...Marblehead Vase Sells In the Hundred of Thousands PLUS Stickley Furniture and Antique Lighting Sell Big
June 30, 2020by Kate Nixon June has seen some incredibly busy weekends in the world of auctions with two auctions happening last weekend and double auction action on Saturday the 20th. Furniture and antique lighting did exceptionally well this past weekend, however the power of American Art Pottery was on full …
Read More...Art and Design Auctions This Weekend
June 23, 2020by Kate Nixon After you spend your Saturday on Zoom with those special online classes, the activity doesn’t stop this weekend; two auctions in Art and Design on Sunday and Monday are offering up plenty of important Arts and Crafts style works. With both Toomey & Co Auctioneers and …
Read More...Rare and Exceptional Art Pottery Works Up For Bid This Weekend
June 17, 2020by Kate Nixon A few important auctions are happening this weekend and if you’re an art pottery collector, take note. A number of live auctions are happening this month, kicking off the summer auction season. Rago Arts will hold their American Art Pottery auction, filled with works from private …
Read More...Silver Across the Pond: The British Influence
June 9, 2020Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat, Bowl with two panthers, ca. 1894-95. Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the upcoming class for the popular online course Icons of 20th Century Design offered through the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms, Saturday’s online course “‘Art considered in its Application to Life’: European Design in 1900” takes …
Read More...Profiles in Collecting: Michael Lehr
June 3, 2020by Kate Nixon Varied works from Michael Lehr’s collection, including two Stickley mantle clocks. Photo courtesy of Michael Lehr. Since the late 1980’s, Michael Lehr has made a career out of searching the country for Arts and Crafts-era works. His love of antique works runs deep and while …
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