PBS Antiques Roadshow Appraiser, Director of Asian Arts, for James D. Julia Auctioneers, James Callahan talks about the Asian Art Market and much more.
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130. Paul Brown, Auction Kings
Repeat guest Paul Brown of Discovery Channel’s Auction Kings, and Gallery 63 of Atlanta comes back on to talk about recent happenings, Season IV and auctions in general.
129. Adrien von Ferscht, Chinese Export Silver
An informational conversation with Adrien von Ferscht, of Glasgow, Scotland on the subject of antique Chinese Export Silver. Adrien is a pure academic researcher and provides an astounding amount of resources on his blog: chinese-export-silver.com His catalog of marks, 1785-1940 is available here, with a new edition soon to be published.
Presidential Auction Results, Emotions & Prices Run High
A historic auction, media frenzy and a night owl’s delight
by Martin Willis
Check out our interview with Dan Meader prior to this auction here.
When you have so many objects of a great fallen president in one auction, anything can happen. The collection was from the estate of David F. Powers, special assistant to Kennedy and the first curator of the JFK Library. I made an appearance at the auction, braving four hours of dangerous travel in a typical New England snowstorm. I went as I said in the podcast, just to see the people and watch the event.
I want to start by saying, no one in the business could have done a better job, and that is not easy to say, considering that I am a competitor of my good friend John McInnis as well as a friend of Dan Meader who held the auction in Amesbury, Massachusetts. The one thing I certainly bet John wishes he had done differently is, make it a two-day auction. As fate would have it, the auction ended up being a two-day event after all (18 hours long), but not by choice.
128. Tony Dow, Actor/Director Turned Sculptor
You may remember him as “Wally” on the iconic show, Leave it to Beaver, child actor and more recently film director, Tony Dow talks about his second career as a sculptor, his journey and how he creates his art. Check out: tonydowsculpture.com
127. Dan Meader, JFK Collection at Auction
Martin visits John McInnis’ Auction Gallery in Amesbury, Massachusetts and talks Dan Meader about the important John F. Kennedy memorabilia that belonged to David F. Powers, JFK’s White House special assistant and longtime confidant. Auction follow-up here!