From the monthly archives:

November 2008

Daniel Pabst Free-For-All

November 21, 2008

There are seven – count ‘em – seven “Pabst” pieces on Ebay right now and I wonder about how loosely the name is being bandied about for anything that resembles the style that he worked in.
British architect Bruce Talbert’s influential “Gothic Forms“, published in 1867, influenced many a maker at the time, including some to [...]

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Global and U.S. Antique Popularity Trends

November 17, 2008

As a website owner, I use a lot of tools to assess traffic patterns on my sites, and while doing so recently, I decided that I could use one of them to roughly judge global and U.S. trends for the antiques industry. I wanted to know how the public’s interest in antiques currently stood against [...]

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For The Record: Israel Fellows

November 14, 2008

I’d like to start a new feature on Rare Victorian, which I hope will last beyond this one post, called “For The Record”.  The aim is to profile some less prolific, less visible, or “lost” cabinetmakers from the Victorian era.  I’ll especially try to target makers whose pieces seem to be anonymously floating (or wrongly [...]

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Pottier & Stymus Inlaid Ebonized Parlor Table

November 12, 2008

This parlor table is very similar to a table in the “Styles of American Furniture” book on page 67.  There appears to be differences in the inlay wood choices resulting in a rosier (Rosewood) color to this table.  The incising patterns on the lower section vary between them, as does the number of undulations on [...]

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Herter Brothers Ebonized Fall-Front Desk

November 10, 2008

Sloans & Kenyon out of Chevy Chase, MD will be putting the ebonized Herter Brothers desk to the right up for sale on November 16th.  The back is stamped with the “Herter Bro’s” moniker, so you can be assured that this is the real deal.
The front of the desk is inlaid with “grapevines, stylized chrysanthemums [...]

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Lingerie Chest Signed Alexander Roux

November 8, 2008

I just noticed this signed Alexander Roux piece in today’s Bob Courtney sale.  It is always exciting to have a Roux piece bearing the original stencil of it’s maker.  The expected sale range reflects this importance ($15,000 to $20,000) and it will be interesting to watch what price this item closes at since it is [...]

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10-Piece Belter Parlor Set at Bob Courtney November 8th

November 5, 2008

Bob Courtney Auctions has a sale coming up on on Saturday, November the 8th that will include the six brethren to the above four John Henry Belter side chairs.  The complete set is being categorized as following Belter’s “Henry Clay” pattern.
The issue that I have with this set (not even having looked at condition yet) [...]

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