From the monthly archives:

July 2008

Another George Henkels Conundrum

July 21, 2008

I was watching this chair during the Neal Auction sale and was very interested in the notation that was added to the catalog and the lot detail on the Neal website that didn’t make it into the Ebay text. I have provided the notation below:
An Important American Rococo Walnut Armchair, c. 1855, Philadelphia, bearing [...]

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Joslin Hall Rare Books – Furniture & Cabinetmakers

July 18, 2008

For those of you who collect books on antique furniture and cabinetmaking, you may want to call Joslin Hall Rare Books and have them send you this catalog, number 313.
It just arrived in the mail yesterday and it has 41 pages of 288 books dating back from the 1800s to present. I spotted about [...]

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Tidwell Antique Auction – Kilian Brothers Table

July 17, 2008

Jerry Burrell gave me a heads up on an upcoming auction at Tidwell’s in the “extreme Southeast corner of Oklahoma” and it appears they have an affinity for selling items from our favorite era.  I have not previously heard of this auction before so we’ll need to keep an eye on them as they appear [...]

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Meeks Pieces At Jackson Auction Today

July 16, 2008

I’m on the road again so Rare Victorian access is somewhat limited but I caught a window of time to mention that there are a few Meeks-attributed items going up for sale during a Jackson’s Auction sale happening today. The above table is being sold as a “Stanton Hall” pattern Meeks table with it’s [...]

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Video – Final Episode: Refinishing A Merklen Brothers “Shabby” Table

July 14, 2008

Well, the table is finished and it looks fantastic.  In this final episode, John Hutchinson of Rose Valley Restorations in West Chester, PA explains the process that he, Kyle, and Bill followed to bring the table to this final condition. There is a luminescence to the color due to the shellac that John mixes himself [...]

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I Feel A Bit Queasy

July 12, 2008

Somebody make me feel better about missing this cabinet for $1,500.  I was asleep at the wheel on that one.  As I stated in the earlier post, I would be watching the price on this as a temperature guage for the health of the Victorian antique furniture market and never did I think it would [...]

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Neal Auction to Sell Another 1857 House of Representatives Chair

July 10, 2008

If you followed the drama of Kathie’s chair identification here on Rare Victorian (Part I, II, III, and related posts IV, and V), you might be interested to know that Neal Auction is selling another of these original 1857 House of Representatives chairs.  Half of the chairs were manufactured by Hammitt Desk Co. of Philadelphia [...]

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