ONLINE EVENT | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7 AT 5PM
Join specialists Stephen Fletcher, Chris Barber, and Christopher Fox from our American Furniture & Decorative Arts department for an informal virtual tour of highlights for the April auction, brimming with impressive examples of American craftsmanship. The Skinner team will highlight items from the current auction, with information on the objects and their collectors, and answer participant questions.… Read More
Wednesday, October 30 | 5:30–6:30PM
Silversmith Stephen Smithers will demonstrate and discuss American silversmithing tools, techniques, and practices of the late 17th through early 19th centuries with an emphasis on the techniques used by New York silversmith Simeon Soumaine, in the creation of the rare set of three casters offered in the November 2 & 3 American Furniture & Decorative Arts auction.… Read More
Please join us for a gallery talk held in conjunction with the preview for the November 3 American Furniture & Decorative Arts auction, as department specialists share stories of how objects in the auction were collected by their owners, and how they made their way to Skinner.
Friday November 2, 2018 | Skinner Boston Gallery
5:30PM Reception, 6:00PM Gallery Talk
Boston Gallery 63 Park Plaza Boston, MA 02116
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Skinner’s tradition of notable Americana sales continues with auctions on August 12 & 13 and an online auction August 6-14. The two-day and online sales comprise nearly 1500 lots of fine American folk art, furniture, ceramics, and maritime antiques. Day 1 kicks off the auction with two outstanding collections, the Collection of Gail and Don Piatt and the Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art, Part I. The Piatt collection features a delightful array of fine country antiques with an emphasis on early New Hampshire painted furniture, samplers, lighting, decorative arts, and painted miniature smalls. Highlights include:
The Kern collection is encyclopedic in its representation of New England folk art.… Read More
Saturday, August 11, 5PM
Skinner welcomes Suzanne and Michael Payne, long-time friends and self-described kindred souls of “Collector-researchers” Arthur and Sybil Kern. The Paynes will discuss highlights from the Kern collection segment of the upcoming August Americana auction, and the aesthetic force of American folk art.
Skinner Marlborough Gallery 274 Cedar Hill St. Marlborough MA, 01752
Reception: 5pm Lecture: 5:30pm
Contact Us: events@skinnerinc.com 508-970-3240… Read More
