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No Worries for Mad Cover Art, Tea Caddies I.D.’d as Chinese Treasures, and More Fresh News
News and updates from around the arts and auction community: The acknowledged master of Mad magazine cover art is Norman Mingo (1896-1980), but most collectors would never have a chance to acquire one of Mingo’s fantastic originals. Recently one of his best works, the Sept. 1968 Mad cover art showing the Beatles and their […]
Miscellaneana: Tea caddies and other boxes
LONDON – Just as milkmen delivering the daily pints to our doorsteps are becoming a thing of the past, so it seems are Christmas boxes. Time was when the window cleaner and even the dustman (sorry, refuse collector) expected a little something for his trouble at this time of year. Truth be told, I have […]
Booming Nantucket home sales feed Osona’s Oct. 10 auction
NANTUCKET Mass. – Nantucket real estate is booming. On an island that’s among the most expensive zip codes in the U.S., locals would call it a feeding frenzy. When a summer family trades up for a more spacious compound or historic Nantucket summer retreat, the art, trophy vehicles and custom-designed furnishings are largely left behind. […]
Urquhart & Hart catered to England’s upper classes
NEW YORK – What an unlikely pair, Duncan Urquhart, a Scottish Christian, and Naphtali Hart, a British Jew. Yet these late 18th century silversmiths fashioned stylish sterling silver dinner ware, tea ware, spoons and flatware in partnership.