News: Antiques & Art

A Salem Cabinetmaker in Revolutionary Times The 18th-century cabinetmaker Nathaniel Gould left inkblots in his battered gray notebooks as he recorded the luxurious mahogany output of his workshop in Salem, Mass. His listings of clients and fees, found seven yea [ Read More ]

ADA To Honor Historian David McCullough In 2015 The biggest news is that the winner of the 2015 ADA Award of Merit is the two-time Pulitzer Prize winning historian David McCullough, who will be feted by the ADA in Philadelphia in April. [ Read More ]

Celebrating American Quilts in Shows and Books Quilt scholars are debunking a few myths this fall. “People think of quilts as nostalgia, and we have to get beyond that,” [ Read More ]

At Peabody Essex, 300 Years of Indian Chintzes AN EXOTIC FABRIC THROUGH THE AGES A little-known Dutch collection of Indian chintzes, newly acquired by the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., is revealing centuries of changing habits in fabric exporting, collecting and tailoring. [ Read More ]

Gov. Malloy announces launch of new Connecticut 'Antiques Trail' to showcase destinations around the state (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy and state Office of Tourism Director Randy Fiveash have announced the launch of the first-ever Connecticut Antiques Trail, a curated online guide to the finest antiquing experiences across the state. [ Read More ]

A Brooklyn Show Celebrates an Inventive Mind of the Midway Scholars, dealers and collectors are taking amusement park artifacts very seriously. [ Read More ]

Morrison H. Heckscher To Retire, Sylvia L. Yount To Take Helm NEW YORK CITY — Thomas P. Campbell, director and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, recently announced that preeminent American art scholar Morrison H. Heckscher will retire on June 30, following 13 years as Lawrence A. Fleischman Chairman of The American Wing and a distinguished curatorial career at the museum that spanned nearly five decades. He will become curator emeritus of the American Wing July 1. [ Read More ]

Created by Hand: Lock, Stock and Barrel The antiques dealer and collector Joseph Kindig Jr. never fired a shot with any of his hundreds of American rifles made around 1800. He was not a hunter; he was a vegetarian who did not like to kill anything. [ Read More ]

Look Up! All Signs Point to Art Can the likes of Jasper Johns, Edward Hopper and Cindy Sherman help jump-start the struggling billboard business? [ Read More ]

Brock W. Jobe ADA Award Of Merit Winner 2014 WINTERTHUR, DEL. — In late September 2012, about 200 graduates of Winterthur’s dual graduate degree programs in American material culture and conservation assembled at the former estate of Henry Francis du Pont to honor the founding of the most successful experiment of its kind. [ Read More ]

The Colorful Man Behind the Carved Eagles The 19th-century New England woodcarver John Haley Bellamy, best known for creating aggressive eagles out of pine blocks, has always been subject to conflicting tales. [ Read More ]

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News: ADA Members

ADA Online Show Re-Emerges Victorious Amid Pandemic When the antiques shows canceled on account of the Coronavirus pandemic, antique dealers looked online for the solution and found one... [ Read More ]

244-Year-Old Rifle Stolen Decades Ago Is Returned to Museum A rare Revolutionary War-era rifle stolen from a display case at Valley Forge State Park nearly 50 years ago has been returned to its rightful owners. [ Read More ]

Olde Hope Welcomes Folk Art Fans To Manhattan Longtime Winter Show exhibitors Olde Hope Antiques stepped away from the show scene for a moment to welcome lovers of American folk art to its new permanent establishment... [ Read More ]

Laura Beach Honored At ADA Award Of Merit Dinner The Antiques Dealers’ Association of America (ADA) presented its annual Award of Merit to writer and Antiques and The Arts Weekly editor-at-large Laura Beach on April 27 before a banquet of her peers. In a piece penned by W.A. Demers (Antiques and The Arts Weekly, issue April 26, 2019), Beach summed up her three-plus-decade career, saying, “I went everywhere, did everything and met all.” [ Read More ]

The 13-Star American Flag Had More Variations Than You’d Think Perfect for July 4th weekend, a new show at Philadelphia's Museum of the American Revolution displays an array of antique red, white and blue flags. [ Read More ]

Antiques In Manchester: The Collector’s Fair Makes Record Gate In Eighth Edition If there was an oft repeated buzz word among the dealer reviews for the eighth edition of Karen DiSaia’s Antiques in Manchester: The Collector’s Fair, it revolved around the “energy.” Sam Herrup: “I thought the show went very well; there was very good energy.” Jeff Tillou: “I thought it had a more upbeat vibe than in year’s past.” [ Read More ]

ADA Honors Award Of Merit Winner Peter M. Kenny The Antiques Dealers Association of America (ADA) honored Peter M. Kenny at its annual Award of Merit dinner on April 20. The event, held this year at the Philadelphia Antiques and Art Show at the Navy Yard, celebrates outstanding contributions to the American arts. [ Read More ]

ADA Dealers And Friends Honor Patricia E. Kane he Antiques Dealers Association of America (ADA) gathered in Philadelphia on Friday evening, April 21, to celebrate the accomplishments of Patricia E. Kane, winner of the 2017 ADA Award of Merit. Joining the Friends of American Arts Curator of American Decorative Arts at Yale University Art Gallery were dozens of Kane’s associates from the museum field and the art and antiques trade. [ Read More ]

ADA Award of Merit Dinner Keynote Speaker John Demos Offers Thoughtful Commentary on Honoree David McCullough's Success At the ADA Award of Merit Dinner on April 11th in Philadelphia, the Antiques Dealers' Association honored the internationally renowned author David McCullough for his ability to inspire people to appreciate the great stories of American history. [ Read More ]

ADA Dealers Featured at the Winter Antiques Show Sales of Americana were a prominent theme of the Winter Antiques Show in NYC this past January, with furniture, often referred to as "brown wood", playing a significant role in the demand. [ Read More ]

With Laughter And Love, ADA Honors Joan & Victor Johnson PHILADELPHIA, PENN. — Members of the Antiques Dealers Association of America (ADA) and others came together on Friday evening, April 15, to honor Joan and Victor Johnson, the Philadelphia collectors and philanthropists whose generosity to the Philadelphia Museum of Art and to the Philadelphia Antiques and Art Show is noteworthy, especially in the year marking the return of the antiques show after a one-year hiatus. [ Read More ]

The ADA Award Of Merit Dinner Honoring Brock Jobe On April 26th, 2014, the Antiques Dealers’ Association of America, Inc. will present the 2014 ADA Award of Merit to Brock Jobe, Professor of American Decorative Arts, Winterthur Program in American Material Culture. [ Read More ]

Shaped Aprons and Turned Legs: Regionalism in Early American Furniture Hamilton Hall’s inaugural Americana Lecture will be presented by well known furniture specialist Arthur Liverant, a founder of the Antiques Dealer’s Association of America and third generation owner of Nathan Liverant and Son in Colchester, [ Read More ]

Morris Finkel (1923-2011) Morris Finkel, a Philadelphia antiques dealer who rose to national prominence during six decades of business on the city’s Antiques Row, died Thursday, December 22, after a long illness. He was 88 years old. [ Read More ]

The Albert Sack Memorial Breakfast On Sunday, January 22nd, 2012, from 10am-11am, the Antiques Dealers' Association of America, Inc. will host a memorial reception and tribute for the late Albert Sack [ Read More ]

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