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The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs by Joseph Cunningham (Yale University Press, 2008, 304 pp., hardbound, $65 from Yale University Press, [www.yalebooks.com] or [800] 405-1619).

A traveling exhibition of furniture by Charles Rohlfs (1853-1936) will begin in June 2009 at the Milwaukee Art Museum, travel to the Dallas Museum of Art in September, to the Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh) in January 2010, to the Huntington Library (San Marino, California) in May 2010, and to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) in October 2010 to mid-January 2011.]]> Maine Antique Digest (01/05/09) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1044 A Book Review

by Lita Solis-Cohen

Modern Americana: Studio Furniture from High Craft to High Glam

Edited by Todd Merrill and Julie V.]]> Maine Antique Digest (01/05/09) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1043 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

by Lita Solis-Cohen

Gerald Peters Gallery, New York City, asked $195,000 for Waiting to Enter by Martha Walter, a 1920 oil on canvas of a Black family, 40" x 48", signed lower right. Robert Henry Adams Fine Art, Chicago, Illinois, asked $750,000 for Hot Rhythm, a 40" x 50" oil on canvas by Archibald Motley, a well-known African-American artist who studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.]]> Maine Antique Digest (01/05/09) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1042 by Marilis Hornidge When this occasional column began back in July 1988, I never figured there would be enough mysteries with an antiques background after the retirement of that phenomenal divvie and world-class bounder, Lovejoy himself.]]> Maine Antique Digest (01/02/09) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1041 A Book Review by Lita Solis-Cohen Declaring Independence: The Origin and Influence of America's Founding Document Edited by Christian Y.]]> Maine Antique Digest (01/02/09) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1040 Blue Mountain Lake, New York by Betty Flood Ralph Kylloe of Lake George, New York, offered this throne chair made of mountain laurel roots, 1890-1910, from Skowhegan, Maine, for $4800. It was an absolute delight to enter the grounds of the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, New York, and see the quality of antiques that have been missing for the past five years, when the Adirondack Museum Antiques Show was held in Indian Lake. The show is now under the direction of Rod Lich Promotions, Inc.]]> Maine Antique Digest (01/02/09) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1039 The Cobbs Auctioneers, LLC, Peterborough, New Hampshire by Mark Sisco Emile Gruppe, oil on canvas of a Florida train station, $19,550. Quillwork decorated teepee bag with He Dog provenance, $1725. What does an auction house do when the week prior to an auction the stock market tanks and sends millions of investors into a swoon as they watch their assets shrivel?]]> Maine Antique Digest (01/02/09) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1038 The 28th annual Heart of Country Antiques Show, to be held March 12-14 at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, will introduce a new event, designed to reemphasize the need to learn and grow as a collector and dedicated to education.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/31/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1037 Jo Backer Laird has joined the law firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, bringing over 25 years of experience to the firm, including ten years as senior vice president and general counsel at Christie's Inc., where she was responsible for all legal issues relating to the company's business in North and South America. Laird joins the firm's art and museum law practice team, led by partners Hugh Freund and John Sare.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/31/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1036 by Ian McKay, e-mail <ianmckay1@btinternet.com> A Merry Christmas, One and All! Among the books in the Seeger sale, estimated at $30,000/45,000 is a 1926 first U.S.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/30/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1035 Indian Lake, New York by Betty Flood Cliff Alexander of Juniper Hill Antiques, Sudbury, Vermont, had this fascinating wooden creel from the Lake Champlain Valley in original blue paint with a center hole opening, priced at $350. The Adirondack Antiques Weekend was advertised as two antiques shows, complete with shuttle service between the town of Indian Lake, New York, and the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/30/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1034 by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond In the midst of the holiday season, we always try to stop, take a deep breath, and just spend a few moments being grateful.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/29/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1033 San Francisco, California by Alice Kaufman This 19th-century Italian Classical Revival inlaid mahogany and parcel-gilt bed cost $68,000 at Therien & Co., San Francisco and Los Angeles. The circa 1780 French Aubusson tapestry is a complete panel of a bouquet of flowers.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/29/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1032 Sollo:Rago Modern Auctions, Lambertville, New Jersey by Lita Solis-Cohen Charles Sumner Greene’s architectural cabinet of fumed Honduras planked mahogany, 1907-11, with handles inlaid with iridescent glass squares, invisible hinges, and a side cupboard for rolled-up blueprints, marked “Peter and John Hall, Pasadena, CA,” 72½" x 57½" x 23½".]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/29/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1031 Computer Column #241 On-Line Encyclopedias by John P.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/29/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1030 Figure 1A.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/26/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1029 by Steve Proffitt It's a new year.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/26/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1028 by Chris Huntington and Charlotte McGill As I remember it, I met Fred Bauer 40 years ago when he came into my Ezra Peters Antiquities in Mt.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/26/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1027 Martin J.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/26/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1026 Motley's Auction & Realty Group, Richmond, Virginia by Walter C.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/26/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1025 Rhinebeck, New York by Fran Kramer The miniature golf bridges, 1930’s-40’s, were $2200 from Gary Promey of Atwater, Ohio. Great form on this hooked rug, $425 from Steven Rowe of Hanover, New Hampshire. Jane Wargo of Wallingford, Connecticut, sold her worktable, but the hooked rug above it ($1150) was still available. The leaves were falling, the stock markets were falling, and the Rhinebeck Antiques Fair's 32nd year was coming to an end at the autumn show held October 11 and 12, 2008.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/26/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1024 Unframed William Aiken Walker oil on academy board, $12,075. Stephen Bennett Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire by Mark Sisco Stephen Bennett put together a compact 350-plus-lot sale on Thursday, October 30, 2008, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/23/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1023 Cottone Auctions, Geneseo, New York by Fran Kramer Photos courtesy Cottone Auctions In the midst of the financial market meltdown the last week of September 2008, auctioneer Sam Cottone was holding his September 27 consignment sale in Geneseo, New York.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/23/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1022 Seven Fitzwilliam and Richmond, New Hampshire, antiques shops are restocking with fresh merchandise in preparation for the 18th annual Holiday Open Houses on Saturday and Sunday, December 27 and 28, from 10 a.m.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/23/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1021 Sanford Smith released the following statement on December 19: "With the recent announcement of the cancelation of the Asian Art Fair, we want to reassure our exhibitors and our clientele that all of our shows this spring--the Outsider Art Fair (Jan 9 – 11, 2009), Works on Paper (Feb 27 – March 2, 2009) and the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair (April 3 – 5, 2009)--are going ahead as planned.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/19/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1020 Skinner, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts by David Hewett Photos courtesy Skinner Dealer Elle Shushan bought this watercolor miniature portrait on ivory for $303,000.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/19/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1019 Wilmington, Massachusetts by Jeanne Schinto Christopher Scala of Salem, New Hampshire, asked $8500 for the largest painting pictured here, a scene of Maine’s Monhegan Island in oil on canvas by Stanley Woodward (1890-1970).]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/19/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1018 by Frank Donegan Frank Gaglio with some items from his collection: a New England maple highboy; a rare whirligig figure of a Scotsman from Cape Cod, Massachusetts; a bride’s box with village scenes, probably from Germany; an eagle weathervane; and a carved snake. You think you need sharp elbows to be an antiques dealer?]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/19/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1017 J.J.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/18/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1016 Minneapolis, Minnesota by David Hewett Lisa McAllister of Clear Spring, Maryland, has good reason to smile.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/18/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1015 Oil on canvas by William Frederick de Haas, $41,400. Gould related that he had some difficulty convincing people that these chairs were right, but in the end, he said, everybody that counted came through.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/18/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1014 Pook & Pook Inc., Downingtown, Pennsylvania by Lita Solis-Cohen Photos courtesy Pook & Pook John Rasmussen (1828-1895), View of the Berks County Almshouse, a large bird's-eye view of the almshouse with figures engaged in various activities, surrounded by five small vignettes, signed lower right "J.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/18/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1013 The International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) presented the 2008 IFPDA Book Award to Dr.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/17/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1012 by Lita Solis-Cohen Record prices always bring out treasures.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/17/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1011 by Lita Solis-Cohen For a complete day-by-day schedule: Click Here for Web Document Click Here for printable PDF Click Here for printable Word Document Americana Week in New York City is a week later this year because of the inauguration of Barack Obama.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/16/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1008 Christie's Education in New York City is accepting enrollments for a new short course of study in American folk art, slated for January 20-22.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/16/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1007 Giuseppe Concepcion, the owner of an art and antiques dealership doing business as Proarte Gallery in Miami, Florida, and New York City, was arrested on November 21, 2008, in Miami on charges of transportation of stolen property and wire fraud.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/16/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1006 Papers filed in Sotheby's ongoing lawsuit with collector Halsey Minor are shedding some light on the firm's decision not to place a triangle symbol in the catalog entry for Edward Hicks's Peaceable Kingdom with the Leopard of Serenity. A brief recap: Halsey Minor, an Internet entrepreneur and American art collector, was sued by Sotheby's in September 2008, after he didn't pay his bill for three paintings he purchased at a May auction.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/12/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1005 by David Hewett Pay now, bid later.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/12/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1004 Auctions Houses Not Immune to Job Losses On December 5, 2008, the U.S.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/12/08) http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/index.html?id=1003 Doyle New York, New York City by Lita Solis-Cohen Photos courtesy Doyle New York Set of six Federal mahogany dining chairs, including two armchairs, with a draped urn-form splat surmounted by Prince of Wales feathers, on reeded tapering legs, sold for $25,000 (est.]]> Maine Antique Digest (12/12/08)