| Chappaqua residents get their clocks and watches appraised
As they say on "Antiques Road Show," "Really?" was the delighted response of Edie Glass of Chappaqua when she learned the value of the Eterna watch she brought in to the Chappaqua Public Library on a recent Tuesday for a free appraisal. It was the second of a series of three antiques and appraisal events offered by the library in conjunction with The New Castle Historical Society. More than 25 people assembled that morning for the opportunity to learn about the history of recording and telling time as well as to receive appraisals of their own clocks and watches. Mark Reichbach, of Mark's Time in Bedford, gave an informative talk. "Clocks were created from our need to delineate time," Reichbach said. "One of the earliest clocks consisted of ropes with knots.
Auction Growth Fueled by Real Estate, Charity, Art & Antiques
Auction industry revenue grew to $257.2 billion in 2006, an increase of 7.1 over the prior year, according to the National Auctioneers Association (NAA). The most significant growth was seen in residential real estate, which grew by 12.5 percent in 2006, generating $16 billion. The previous year, residential real estate auctions generated $14.2 billion. Residential real estate auctions are the fastest growing sector of the industry and are increasingly being accepted as mainstream with the general public, according to the NAA. Charity auctions also saw a significant growth for 2006 generating $15.6 billion, is a 6.6 percent increase over 2005. "These statistics show the auction industry has seen a progressive increase in the number of auctions and dollars generated in 2006 over previous years.
Winter Antiques Show Frames Donald and Rosie, $2.5 Million Kid
Jan. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Rosie O'Donnell and Donald Trump may still be feuding, but they are yoked as a couple at the 53rd Annual Winter Antiques Show at New York's Park Avenue Armory. Photos of Rosie and Donald sit side-by-side in a French 1890 double-oval picture frame priced at $2,650 at the Associated Artists booth. It is one of the cheapest items at the show, which is open from today to Jan. 28. With 75 international dealers, the show offers countless juxtapositions as curious as that of Rosie and the Donald, from cow weathervanes to African masks to Tiffany lamps. ``The Winter Antiques Show is one of those marvelous comings together, like a reunion of sorts,'' said Florida-based tribal-art and folk-art collector Jane Katcher. She'll be speaking at the show on Sunday about her folk-art collection.
TEPPER GALLERIES
Estate and other property removed from an E. 82nd Street Townhouse, 150 Central Park South (Hampshire House), 800 5th Avenue, 600 W. 57th Street, 155 E. 76th Street, 250 W. 50th Street,401 E. 88th Street, 2 5th Avenue, The Apthorpe, Old Greenwich and Darien, CT as well as Westbury and Sag Harbor, NY estates.
ART COLLECTIONOld and modern master paintings, drawings, graphics, photography and sculpture signed by orattributed to: C. E. Kuwasseg, T. Richards, H. Schuil, R. Beauchamp, L. Baskin, J. Albers, A. Pirkhert, E. Sanchez Perrier, N. Cikovsky, M. Canals, G. Fiske, C. Winkle, P. Dahl, H. P. Barnett, Linei, Senni; photograph of Martha Graham bu Sunami; signed photographs of Gina Lollobrigida, Randolph Scott, Alan Ladd, Gary Cooper, and Doris Day; decorative prints including botanicals and architectural subjects.
Shy, generous neighbor hid wealth with thrift
CHICAGO - Joanie Schwarzbeck had been Herb Linneweh's friend and next-door neighbor for 18 years, but it wasn't until he died that she ventured beyond the living room of his Mt. Prospect home. Linneweh, who passed away in March at 72, was a shy retired janitor with few acquaintances and even fewer visitors. He had asked Schwarzbeck to manage his affairs, and so after his funeral, she arrived to clean out his small, pin-neat ranch house. That's when she found the envelopes. Dozens of them were stashed in dresser drawers, on the shelves of a linen closet, inside a Fannie May candy box. Every one was stuffed with cash. "It was a little over $100,000," said Schwarzbeck. "I had no idea he had that kind of money in his house - none." The currency was just part of a $700,000 estate assembled by Linneweh, a man too frugal to rent a movie or throw out a tattered shirt.
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