Comments on: Daniel Pabst Free-For-All

By: Modern Gothic or Eastlake/Aesthetic or Both? | Rare Victorian

Modern Gothic or Eastlake/Aesthetic or Both? | Rare Victorian — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:53:25 +0000

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By: james conrad

james conrad — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:30:17 +0000

OK, i went ahead and inquired about the “Townsend” chest and asked if there was any other basis except the drawers to attribute it to him and got a 1 word reply today, NO.

I would argue that the main reason young folks are turned off to collecting is, they simply do not have the time to invest in learning about them and figure they will just get ripped off. This is not a good development for the future antique business and the industry has no one to blame but themselves.

By: james conrad

james conrad — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:57:44 +0000

Gives MLB a thumbs up and a gold star too, GOOD JOB, WELL DONE.

By: RareVictorian

RareVictorian — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:17:02 +0000

mlb, nice job. Yes, M&R is correct. The kings of the big Reni Revival pieces.

By: james conrad

james conrad — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:13:02 +0000

LOL @ cause i said so. Dead funny. Obviously, auction houses have a vested interest in attaching a name to whatever object so it’s always a good policy to really question how they came up with attribution if one is bidding on it.

On a related note, Kaminski has a 5 drawer chest that they are attributing to Townsend for sale next week. Although i have not checked (i am not bidding on it), it seems they have based attribution on drawers being marked A1, A2, A3.

Is it Townsend? I dunno but if thats all they got, it’s not near enough.

http://www.kaminskiauctions.com/nov29p1.htm

Scroll down, and mouse over 5 drawer chest.

By: misslilybart

misslilybart — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:44:25 +0000

Mitchell and Rammelsberg