Welcome to August Americana at Skinner! Our three online sales offer all that you’ve come to expect this time of year, and more. We’ve showcased some highlights in the flyer, and explore the rest online.

The Kolar Collection online

AUGUST 3–12

Skinner is honored to be offering the Kolar Collection as the centerpiece of our annual August Auction. Carefully assembled over decades by collector, scholar, and author John Kolar, the collection is an impressive grouping of painted furniture, Windsor chairs, folk art, pottery, and weathervanes from 18th and 19th century America.… Read More

Thursday, June 12, 2014

The Andrews Shaker Collection – A Gallery Walk

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Reception:  5:30PM Gallery Walk: 6:00PM

Guided tour and discussion of selected highlights from The Andrews Shaker Collection hosted by Stephen L. Fletcher, Director and Christopher Barber, Deputy Director of American Furniture & Decorative Arts. The event will feature Christian Goodwillie, Director and Curator of Special Collections, Hamilton College and co-author of Gather Up The Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection.… Read More

May 31, 2014 at 4PM

The Shakers: Models for Modernism, an illustrated lecture by Jean M. Burks, Senior Curator, Shelburne Museum

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The lecture is free and open to the public.

Hancock Shaker Village 1843 West Housatonic Street Pittsfield, MA 01202 www.hancockshakervillage.org

Sponsored by: Skinner

In conjunction with the presentation of The Andrews Shaker Collection at auction, on June 15th in Marlborough, Massachusetts.

Contact: events@skinnerinc.com

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May 17, 2014 at 1PM

Two Hundred Forty Years of Shaker Life in America, an illustrated lecture by Christian Goodwillie, Director and Curator of Special Collections, Hamilton College

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The lecture is free with museum admission.

Fruitlands Museum 102 Prospect Hill Road Harvard, MA 01451 www.fruitlands.org

Sponsored by: Skinner

In conjunction with the presentation of The Andrews Shaker Collection at auction, on June 15th in Marlborough, Massachusetts.… Read More

May 4, 2014 at 1PM

The Shakers: Models for Modernism, an illustrated lecture by Jean M. Burks, Senior Curator, Shelburne Museum

REGISTER

The lecture is free with museum admission.

Fruitlands Museum 102 Prospect Hill Road Harvard, MA 01451 www.fruitlands.org

Sponsored by: Skinner

In conjunction with the presentation of The Andrews Shaker Collection at auction, on June 15th in Marlborough, Massachusetts.

 Contact: events@skinnerinc.com

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BOSTON, MA – March 21, 2014 – On June 15, Skinner, Inc. will host a unique and rare event, marking the last presentation of a substantial group of objects from The Andrews Shaker Collection at public auction. Enthusiasts of Shaker culture will have the rare opportunity to purchase furniture and objects from this legendary collection.

“Gather up the Fragments”

In 1923, Edward and Faith Andrews stopped at a Shaker community to buy a loaf of bread, a simple encounter which led to a lifelong involvement with the Shakers.… Read More