Madelia Hickman Ring

PHILADELPHIA — Freeman’s | Hindman’s 263-lot April 29 American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts sale achieved $1,470,000; vice president and head of the department, Lynda Cain, confirmed that with post-auction sales, the sell-through rate had improved from an initial 81 percent. “People seem to know what they want and they buy what they want,” she summarized.

NEWTOWN, CONN. — With spring comes warmer weather, Easter and Passover… and the latest volume of the Chipstone Foundation’s ceramics journal: Ceramics in America. Like the 2023 volume (reviewed in the May 17 issue of Antiques and The Arts Weekly), this issue is co-edited by incoming editor Ronald W. Fuchs II, and outgoing longtime (and founding) editor, Robert Hunter.

PHILADELPHIA — The four corners of the globe, once only accessible by boat, have captivated people around the world for centuries, enchanting them with promises of adventure, exploration or profit. Such global intrigue was manifested in small-scale vessels, enjoyed by those living in land-locked areas as well as coastal regions. These diminutive vessels were made for different reasons. Half-hull models, used to build larger vessels, revealed design sources. Pond models were raced for sport.