Maine Antique Digest - February 2021

The Delaware Antiques Show

Was it the buoyant stock market, the promise of tax cuts, realistic prices on dealers’ tags in a tax-free state, or the hard work of dealers who reached out to clients ahead of time that that made shoppers ready to buy at the Delaware Antiques Show in Wilmington, Delaware, held November 10-12, 2017? It was all of the above.

Fine Art, Pottery, And Jewelry Headline Arts Of The American West

Provenance packs a punch, especially when discussing artwork being offered up by an institution. Not only do collectors know the items in question were probably handled and cared for properly, said artwork has a documented past.

Cloud Storage

We often have written about cloud storage of computer files. Recent changes in some cloud systems have greatly increased their usefulness. Cloud storage is a figurative reference to storing your computer files on some company’s large computer system reached over the Internet. The object is to protect the files from loss and to allow access by multiple devices or users. There are many available cloud storage systems.

Inaugural Auction Of The David And Janice Frent Collection Sees $911,538

One down, seven to go. “This was a very successful sale by any measure—number of views, number of new bidders, number of telephone bidders, you name it,” stated Tom Slater, director of Americana auctions for Heritage Auctions, in reference to the company’s Dallas, Texas, October 21, 2017, sale.

American Art at Sotheby's

Sotheby’s American art auction on May 23, 2017, was all about the Rockwells that sold, whereas the sale on November 13, 2017, was all about the Rockwells that were withdrawn by a court order.