Recent Auction Results from Near & Far By Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium Paul Revere’s iconic, hand-colored engraving of the famous Boston Massacre of March 5, 1770, titled The Bloody Massacre (1770), sold for $429,000 (a…
A barometer of what’s hot and what’s not in the antiques trade is Asheford Institute’s annual Decorative Arts Trend survey. Conducted from January 2021 to December 2021 by the research staff at the Asheford Institute, the survey results consist of…
Negro League Baseball got its start thanks to the increasing popularity of two things after the Civil War: baseball and segregation. Even before the Civil War, African Americans were playing America’s great pastime – baseball. Records exist of an abbreviated…
By David E. Lazaro, Curator of Textiles, Historic Deerfield In late summer of 1741, Boston tailor Richard Billings (1699-1776) announced in a local paper a reward for the return of a runaway enslaved man known only as Exeter.1 Labeled…
by Jessica Kosinski For over 200 years, the area near Edgefield, South Carolina has been known for a unique style of pottery, appropriately named Edgefield pottery. Edgefield pottery has a deep and rich history, which is strongly tied to the…
By Donald-Brian Johnson • Photos by Leslie Piña “Art Deco was the last truly sumptuous style.” – Alastair Duncan, Art Deco, 1988 Art Deco. It isn’t all black and white. Or zigzags and chrome. Or uncluttered lines and…
by Paula Higgins Art Deco purses are highly sought after, currently among the most desired of all antique and vintage purses. Their designs can be described as chaotic, streamlined, graphic, and non-representational. Creating a strong visual impact with bold,…
Recent Auction Results from Near & Far By Ken Hall All prices include the buyer’s premium A vintage Apple-1 computer, known as the Chaffey College Apple-1 as it was originally purchased in 1977 by an electronics professor at the…
Recent Auction Results from Near & Far by Ken Hall: A Hopi Sikyatki revival pottery bowl, likely made by the celebrated potter Nampeyo, sold recently.
Leading the effort to publicly and historically recognize the achievements and contributions of African Americans was Carter G. Woodson (December 19, 1875 – April 3, 1950), known as the “father of black history.”
