Skinner Media Coverage
As a leading authority on antiques and fine art, Skinner often makes headlines! Skinner auctioneers and appraisers are regularly sought out by print and broadcast media for comment on everything from setting world-record prices at auction, to furniture refinishing tips, to the hottest trends in the antiques and fine arts marketplace. Check out some of our more recent news clips and published articles below.
Featured News
Early California Printmakers from an East Coast Perspective
by Robin Starr for Journal of the Print World: January 2012
Rare Rohlfs' Desk Anchors Skinner's December Auction
by Bruce Johnson for Arts & Crafts Collector: December 2011
Tiny Calder Stabile Is Giant at Art Sale
by Jeanne Schinto for Maine Antiques Digest: December 2011
Folk Art Portrait of Maladroit 18th Century Teenager Breaks Record at Skinner
Art Info: November 14, 2011
Folk art portrait’s $1.2M bid breaks auction record
by Eric Bradley for Antique Trader: November 10, 2011
Folk art auction price tag sets record in Boston
by Galen Moore for Boston Business Journal: November 10, 2011
Abigail Rose Portrait Takes $1.2 Mil At Skinner Auction
by Fran Mascolo for Antiques and the Arts Online: November 8, 2011
Skinner's Fall Jewelry Auction
Maine Antiques Digest: November, 2011
Clock Rarities and Holtzapffel Lathe Lead $1.2 Million Sale
Maine Antiques Digest: October, 2011
Trophy auction recalls famous swim
The Salem News: October 11, 2011
Affordable Antiques: Economy, other issues create a buyer's market
The MetroWest Daily News: October 3, 2011
Timeless Beauty
The Robb Report: October 1, 2011
American Impressionist Leads Skinner Sale
Auction News Network: August 23, 2011
Turning lathe at $55,000 in US sale
Antiques Trade Gazette: August 15, 2011
From venerable Vermont
The Boston Globe: August 7, 2011
Vermont-made antiques hit the auction block
Bennington Banner: August 4, 2011
Martinware does well at Skinner’s European Furniture & Decorative Arts sale
Philip Chasen Antiques Blog: July 11, 2011
Ceramics: Clarice Cliff blooms in summer sale at Skinner
by Karla Klein Albertson: July 5, 2011
Time stands still for Skinner Inc's brilliant antique clock sale
Paul Fraser Collectibles: July 3, 2011
Brush Pot Is Hot At $539,500 At Skinner’s Asian Arts Auction
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo for Antiques and the Arts Online: June 28, 2011
Antiques & Collectibles: Old spice boxes are valued
Connecticut Post: June 23, 2011
Skinner Asian Art Auction Realizes Over $6 Million
by Kathryn C. Robinson for ArtsEditor: June 21, 2011
Wayside Inn Antiques Show: Making Antiquing Fun Again
by Laura Beach for Antiques and the Arts Online: May 24, 2011
Treasures Great and Small: Portsmouth Furniture and a Dwarf Clock
by Jean Schinto for Maine Antique Digest: May 2011
Archive
Jay Jay French's Pinkburst Project unites rival guitar makers at May 1 Skinner Inc. charity auction
Antique Trader Blog: April 21, 2011
The Yankee Wine Cellar
the Wall Street Journal: March 23, 2011
Portsmouth Furniture Enthralls At Skinner’s Americana Auction
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo for Antiques and the Arts Online: March 15, 2011
Early Bradford painting of whaler to be auctioned
Bradford oil painting of whaling ship draws $248,000 at art auction
SouthCoastToday.com: March 4 & 7, 2011
Bradford whale ship painting hits auction block
by Associated Press: March 5, 2011
Skinner Auction – Autumn 2010
Orientations: The Magazine for Collectors and Connoisseurs of Asian Art: March 2011
The Pinkburst Project
Premier Guitar Magazine, February 2011
Icon of American Horology Sells for $539,500
by Jean Schinto, Maine Antique Digest, February 2011
Interview with Robin Starr
Antique Auction Forum: February 25, 2011
How to Navigate an Auction
The Providence Journal: February 25, 2011
Masterpiece yields quite a markup
The Boston Globe: January 28, 2011
Painting bought for $100 may be worth thousands
Fox News: January 27, 2011
Painting found at garage sale makes Impression
NH Union Leader: January 26, 2011
Find at NH yard sale could be worth $70,000
WHDH-TV: January 25, 2011
Auctions
WCVB TV Boston Chronicle: January 18, 2011
Jumping Bidders, Transfixed Audience at Skinner Auction
by Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo for Antiques and the Arts Online: January 18, 2011
The $80,000 Italian Boston Tea Party
Antiques Trade Gazette: January 17, 2011
World's Most Exclusive Auction Houses - Skinner of Massachusetts
by James Man: December, 2010
Pennsylvania Corner Cabinet Enchants Bidders At Skinner’s Americana Auction
Antiques and the Arts Online: November 30, 2010
Declaration of Independence copy printed in Exeter sells for $380K
Seacoast Online: November 19, 2010
Asian Art Auction
Asian Art Newspaper: November 2010
Rare 'Declaration' Copy Sold In Boston For $380K
WCVB TV Boston: November 14, 2010
Miriam Haskell, Old Kid on the Block
The New York Times: November 12, 2010
Wine 'Superlot' Sells For $320,000
Luxist: November 11, 2010
Exeter memory of 1776 for sale
Front Page in NH Union Leader: October 20, 2010
Skinner to roll out 50 room-size carpets at Oct. 23 Oriental rug sale
Auction Central News: October 18, 2010
Need it Now: Jewelry Auction
Vogue Daily: March 16, 2009
Amped about this ax
Los Angeles Times: August 21, 2007
As examples of science, art, tellurians are out of this world
Commercialappeal.com: June 2007
From the Attic to the Auction
Gibson.com: April 2007
The Bidding War
Boston Magazine: October 2004
NPR : Poets' Letters
"All Things Considered" with Skinner's Stuart Whitehurst, Saturday, November 10, 2001
Fire Sale to Honor Heroes; Auction of firefighting antiques is expected to bring in $250,000. A portion will go to charity
The Los Angeles Times; Los Angeles, Calif.; Oct 30, 2001
NPR Judaica
"Weekend Edition - Sunday", with Skinner's Kerry Shrives, Sunday, July 5, 1998
NPR : ART FORGERIES
NPR, Talk of the Nation with Skinner's Colleene Fesko, Monday, April 29, 1996
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