191. Owls Head Transportation Museum

191. Owls Head Transportation Museum

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Curator, Rob Verbsky on the collection of planes, antique cars, motorcycles, memorabilia and more. What is considered transportation, interesting stories, the rarest of the collection, how it all began, the future and more.

Check out these related links: http://owlshead.org  http://owlshead.org/collections/category/aircraft http://owlshead.org/collections/category/automobiles http://owlshead.org/collections/category/motorcycles http://owlshead.org/collections/category/carriages http://owlshead.org/collections/category/bicycles

190. Auction Houses Coping with COVID-19

190. Auction Houses Coping with COVID-19

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Interviews with auction houses around the country on the new reality of “Online Only Auctions”, with Stephen Fletcher of Skinner Auctioneers in Boston; Wes Cowan of Cowan’s Auctions, Ohio; Rick Unruh of Clars Auction Gallery, Oakland, CA and Greg Willett, a global picker, Wisconsin.

www.skinnerinc.com

https://www.cowanauctions.com

https://clars.com 

https://www.gregwillettantiques.com

YouTube Interview with Martin Kemp on da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi

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Live Stream interview by Martin Willis with a leading world Leonardo da Vinci expert, Martin Kemp on Leonardo’s Salvator Mundi, the most expensive painting ever sold at auction ($450 million). This unknown work was purchased by a New York art collector Robert Simon for $10,000 through an auction house somewhere in Louisiana in 2005. The mystery buyer at auction was prince, Bader bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Farhan al-Saud.

189. Richard Wright & David Rago

189. Richard Wright & David Rago

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Interview with Richard Wright and David Rago about their Rago/Wright merger, how it is expanding business and their perspectives on material they handle, such as buying, selling and collecting in the current market. Check out the websites:

https://www.ragoarts.com/

https://www.wright20.com/

Show Notes and Transcript

A Simple Phrase from Abraham Lincoln’s Last Hours

A Simple Phrase from Abraham Lincoln’s Last Hours

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An auctioneer’s story, by Martin Willis

Back in early 2001, on a bright sunny day I met an auction goer and former consignor at a bank in Durham, New Hampshire. She said she had something important in her safety deposit box that she wanted me to sell at auction. The bank was a beautiful brick Georgian style building perched above the Oyster River. We went into a private room with frosted glass windows, she opened the box, took out a folded document, and handed it to me. I carefully unfolded it saw it was an official New Hampshire 1865 petition and read the following simple phrase on the side of the document: “April 14, 1865, To Edwin M. Stanton, Hon. Secretary of War, please see and hear Hon. Mr. Rollins, & oblige him if you consistently can.  A. LINCOLN” Read more →

188. Jim Craig on Carver, John H. Bellamy

188. Jim Craig on Carver, John H. Bellamy

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Author, Jim Craig joins us for a fascinating interview on the finest American eagle carver of all time, John Haley Bellamy.  Check out the  Facebook Page.