Collectors Guide
Learning About “The Decorative Impulse” & An Arts & Crafts Auction
September 22, 2020by Kate Nixon The virtual classroom and an virtual Arts and Auction auction will be open this Saturday for interested Arts and Crafts collectors and enthusiasts. The latter comes from Alameda, California’s AC Stickley as they bring unique Arts and Crafts works online to bidders all over the country. …
Read More...Results from an Auction Heavy Weekend
September 15, 2020by Kate Nixon Works from Gustav Stickley, George Ohr, Marblehead Pottery, Taxile Doat for University City, and Tiffany & Co lighting were high sellers this weekend during four different auctions, starting with back-to-back auction on September 11th at Rago Arts and Auction Center, where an impressive selection of the …
Read More...Ceramics, Early 20th Century Design & Decorative Arts Auctions Close Out Summer Season
September 9, 2020by Kate Nixon If you’ve missed your chances at online auction glory this summer, take note: this weekend will be filled with plenty of opportunities to bid and claim works for collectors of all levels. Three auctionhouses will hold their auctions this weekend, providing collectors with a flurry of …
Read More...Early 20th Century Preview at Rago’s
September 2, 2020by Kate Nixon On September 11th, Rago Arts and Auction Center will hold two live auctions bringing impressive accomplishments in early 20th century design as well as American ceramics to the online collecting community. While interested bidders can read the preview of the American and European Ceramics Auction here, …
Read More...Morris Chair With Original Leather Sells For an Impressive Price
August 25, 2020by Kate Nixon A reverse tapered bow-arm Morris Chair with its original black leather seat pad sold earlier this month at auction for a price of $48,800 – past the $10,000-$15,000 range. (The final price included a buyer’s premium fee.) The chair was sold as part of Rafael Osona …
Read More...A Shock at Sotheby’s: A Grueby Vase Sets A Record
August 19, 2020by Kate Nixon It was a small vase in a trio of Grueby Pottery, one website called it “unassuming.” Granted, it was a work highlighted in an Important Design auction put on by auction powerhouse Sotheby’s with a pre-sale estimate of $7,000 – $9,000 and according to the description, …
Read More...Metal and Enamel: A Magic Combination – The Works of the Elusive Gertrude Twichell
August 11, 2020by Kate Nixon This weekend, the latest Zoom course offered from the Stickley Museum will explore the contributions made from “Tough as Nails” female metalworkers of the Arts and Crafts Movement such as Jessie Preston and Elizabeth Copeland, the latter being one of New England’s most prominent enamelists of …
Read More...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, …
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