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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Wednesday, August 26, 2009
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 | Americana ascends: Schoolgirl sampler soars to $465,000 at Maine auction
Antiques & the Arts - August 26th, 2009 01:53
Thomaston, Maine - From a $40,000-$60,000 estimate, an early American craft swept bidders away to a final six-figure sum that silenced the audience at Thomaston Place Auctions' Aug. 22 sale. Old Lyme, Conn., textile specialist Stephen Huber was all over the 18th-century Boston schoolgirl sampler from the opening bid of $10,000 to his final bid of $465,750, including premium. Auctioneer Kaja Veiulleux says the gorgeous piece was brought to the auction house on a free appraisal day, in a ...Read more | |
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 | Frenzy for fresh-to-the-market: Rare and early Derby ceramics smash auction records
Derby Telegraph - August 25th, 2009 17:47
Lichfield, U.K. - A huge private collection of rare Derby ceramics estimated to fetch up to £80,000 at auction was hammered down for a record-breaking £250,000 on Aug. 20. Around 250 figurines, vases and tableware, some dating back to the 1750s, were sold by Richard Winterton Auctioneers, in Lichfield, U.K., with a 100% sell-through rate. Highlights included an early Chelsea mug decorated with an owl, which brought £6,000, and a charming seated figure of a hare (shown here) ...Read more | |
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 | Featuring the original 'American Idol': Washington-signed Society of Cincinnati document
Auction Central News - August 26th, 2009 03:39
Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. - A rare and important Society of Cincinnati diploma signed by George Washington in a strong hand with rich, brown ink comes to auction Aug. 30. Founded in 1783, the society sought to preserve the ideals and fellowship of the Revolutionary War's officers, and to influence the government to honor pledges it had made to officers who fought for American independence. The document offered by Early American of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., is dated Dec. 11, 1783, and also ...Read more | |
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 | The rescue of Gilbert Stuart's Washington: Decendants of a slave see the painting he saved
NPR - August 25th, 2009 18:08
Washington, D.C. - During the War of 1812, on Aug. 24, 1814, British troops set fire to the White House. Before they did, Paul Jennings, who was born into slavery at Montpelier, James Madison's Virginia mansion, helped save a now-famous portrait of George Washington, painted by Gilbert Stuart. Tradition has often stated that Dolly Madison sent the picture to safety. Recently, Jenning's decendants were invited to the White House to view the painting together.Read more | |
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