Urban Art and Antiques

Texas Railroad Memorabilia Up for Auction

UAA Team — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:46:59 +0000

There is no more enduring symbol of how the Old West became part of the New World than the American railroad, with its steam-powered “iron horses” that linked East to West. It is the lifelong fascination with early trains and the culture that surrounded them that inspired the late Roy Gay’s 65-year collection of railroadiana. [...]

PAFA to Mount Definitive Exhibition on Henry Ossawa Tanner

ewmiller — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:55:23 +0000

A major exhibition of artwork by African-American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner will premiere at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), on view from January 27 through April 15, 2012. Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit will contain over 100 works, including 12 paintings that have never been shown in a Tanner retrospective and the [...]

Americana and Its New York Home

ewmiller — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:30:32 +0000

The primitive roots of much of what we think of as Americana makes New York City seem an odd place for it. Yet each January thousands of visitors descend on the city to take in the best in the category. Things have changed somewhat this year, gone is The American Antiques Show (TAAS), the once [...]

Phyfe Sideboard at Auction

UAA Team — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:19:05 +0000

With all the brouhaha over the Duncan Phyfe show at the Met, you don’t expect you could find a attributed Phyfe sideboard for sale in the price range of a ten year old used car. If you’re visited the show, or even if you haven’t, you may want to watch this auction. Thomaston Place is offering a New [...]

Hammers Fall on the First Lots of Americana Week

ewmiller — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:24:53 +0000

A fancy painted card table, by Thomas Seymour, a blown flask, a winter painting by Walter Palmer and two sofas in a classical form provide additional highlights in a an auction featuring a broad spectrum of American art and decorative arts. Keno Auctions’ Important Americana, Paintings, Furniture and Decorative Arts kicked off Americana Week activities. The Boston [...]

Into Americana Week

ewmiller — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:24:08 +0000

Americana Week has begun. Yesterday perhaps the first event of the week was a gallery talk at Keno Auctions ”American Still Life Painting in the 19th Century,” with Dr. William H. Gerdts. There’s a good deal of excitement and enthusiasm around Americana Week this year. The American Wing Galleries are re-opening at the Met and [...]

A Gaggle of Interest, Americana Week Edition

UAA Team — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:13:39 +0000

In this series, the UAA team will list some of the interesting items that we have found in auctions, antique shops, shows or eBay. We neither own the items or have the capability of examining the items in person in some cases. It mainly serves as an inventory record of what interests us (not necessarily in [...]

Chinese Art in San Antonio Museum of Art

Sun — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:58:12 +0000

If, according to a director of a New York art institution, the first thing that curators should study is the neighborhood’s demography, then a collection in San Antonio will seem out of place. If an emphasis on Latino culture, with a vast selection from pre-Columbia, Spanish Colonial to contemporary, matches the city’s dominant Hispanic population, [...]

Ladies’ Cartier Watch Brings More Than $20K

UAA Team — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:15:31 +0000

A ladies’ Cartier Art Deco diamond wristwatch realized $21,000 in Cordier Auctions’ Two Day Antique & Fine Art Auction, the inaugural auction in their new Harrisburg, Pennsylvania salesroom on November 5 and 6. Watches especially saw several strong results including the top lot of the two day auction, a lady’s Cartier Art Deco platinum, 18K [...]

Renowned Art Deco Artist Hildreth Meière Celebrated in New Exhibition at the Museum of Biblical Art

UAA Team — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:21:08 +0000

Renowned and versatile Art Deco muralist Hildreth Meière (1892-1961) is the subject of the Museum of Biblical Art’s exciting new exhibition Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meière. On view from February 3 to May 20, 2012, Walls Speak showcases the liturgical designs this path-breaking artist created for many of the New York metropolitan [...]

Can Groupon Save the Antiques Business? | Urban Art and Antiques [Digg]

Digg — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:42:02 PST

The word around these parts this week has been Groupon, the online social shopping site. Jon Jenkins mentioned in Wednesday's podcast he would be using it for

A Conversation with Norman Schaut | Urban Art and Antiques [Digg]

Digg — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:18:38 PST

Advertising man and legendary antique show promoter Norman Schaut took some time out today to talk with Urabn Art & Antiques about his first show

The Stories We Tell at Thanksgiving | Urban Art and Antiques [Digg]

Digg — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 07:38:06 PST

I like a good story. Thanksgiving and antiques are a perfect pair for storytelling. Attending Bettianne Sweeney’s 29th Holiday Antiques Show in