Owners, Jane And Nicolas Biddle, Acquired For Its Collections
Independence Seaport Museum Transferred Painting Following Long-Term
Loan
in Bensalem, Pa., since 2014 as a long-term loan from the Independence Seaport Museum (ISM) in Philadelphia, now joins its permanent collection in an act of collegial partnership. Adéle Sigoigne was a good friend of Jane Craig Biddle (1793-1856), who lived at Andalusia with her husband, Nicholas Biddle (17861844). The ISM has deaccessioned the painting and transferred its ownership to Andalusia.
“We are overjoyed to have Adéle’s portrait now part of our permanent collection,” said Andalusia’s Executive Director John Vick. “Every piece of art in the historic house has a unique story to tell about the property and the people who lived here or visited. Adéle was practically family to the Biddles, making this a fitting home for her portrait. We are grateful to our partners at Independence Seaport Museum for recognizing what the painting means to Andalusia and for making this momentous transfer possible.”
”Our staff and board were unanimous in wanting to transfer this painting permanently to Andalusia,” said Peter S. Seibert, ISM’s president and chief executive officer. “Its history and associations with the Biddle family are significant, and thus the painting
is imminently relevant to their mission. For us, the transfer is a visible reminder of how two museums can come together to ensure that the history and heritage of our community is preserved in public trust for future generations.”
Although it is unclear how or when Jane and Adéle met, their lasting friendship is certain. Close in age and of similar social standing, the two women came from very different backgrounds, however. Jane was a Philadelphian by birth, the only daughter of John and Margaret Craig, the couple who first established Andalusia as a country estate in 1795. Adéle, by contrast, was French-born and had lived in Haiti. After the Haitian Revolution began in 1791, she moved to Philadelphia with her mother, Aimée Sigoigne, who started a school for young women at 128 Pine Street. Adéle was one of a few guests who attended Jane’s wedding to Nicholas Biddle, held at Andalusia in 1811. The Biddles’ three daughters would later attend Madame Sigoigne’s school, including Adéle, who was named for her mother’s dear friend. (The name Adéle remained popular for several generations of Biddle descendants.)
Cartoonist Offers Collector Holiday Mugs And Shirts
John Stinger, a professional cartoonist specializ ing in the collectibles/antiques business for many years, recently opened an online store offering holiday mugs and fun wearables inspired by his cartoons published in leading business, trade and consumer publications. Stinger, currently living in Tennessee, is a frequent contributor to Antiques & Auction News. He has also written, illustrated and published two humorous books.
Stinger was creative director for two New York City ad agencies and retired as a VP in marketing services. His corporate cartoon panel “Big Business” was syndicated by the LA Times and featured on their financial pages.
To learn more, visit www.Stinger-Design-Studio. printify.me.
By Karl Pass
A major fire occurred at Tollbooth Antiques in Columbia, Pa., the night of July 18, and 15 fire companies responded. Investigators have not ruled on the cause. Among the possibilities are fireworks. Material being salvaged is being stored and offered for sale in the Tollbooth Lumber Warehouse. The owners were fast to have this close-by complex ready for business.
On Saturday, Aug. 31, Karl Boltz of Boltz Auction Co. will be holding a benefit sale to assist the roughly 50 vendors affected. “This is a call to action and will directly aid the venders affected,” said Boltz. The public is invited to donate material, including gift cards to area businesses, for the auction. “Part of my hope is to have people reevaluate insurance coverage,” furthered Boltz.
“Vendors of Tollbooth who consign to one of my sales over the next three months will get no commission charges, seller’s or buyer’s,” also stated Boltz.
Boltz Auction Company is located at 3601 Columbia Ave., Lancaster, Pa.
To learn more, call 717-392-4257 or visit www.Boltzauctions.com.
An oil-on-canvas by Philadelphia artist Bass Otis (1784-1861), “Portrait of Miss Adéle Sigoigne”
(1815), which has been on view at Andalusia Historic House, Gardens & Arboretum (Andalusia)
“Portrait of Miss Adèle Sigoine,” 1815, Bass Otis (1784-1861), is an oil-oncanvas in the collection of The Andalusia Foundation.
LancasterHistory Completes Large Digitization Project Of Historical Scrapbooks
Now Available Online To The Public, Scans Of
Lancaster County As Far Back As 1738
LancasterHistory completed a large digitization project of four historic scrapbooks and 850 individual historic documents, creating a total of 3,565 digital scans of the items that are now accessible to the public. The funding for the project came from a Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC) Historic Archives & Records Care (HARC) grant LancasterHistory received in 2021 for $5,000. The project focused on the digitization of four of the most significant and frequently requested scrapbooks in the LancasterHistory Archival Collections: the George Steinman Album &
Papers, the Marietta Scrapbook, and two scrapbooks kept by Francis X. Reuss of Columbia, Pa.
Scrapbooks provide a unique record of individuals, families, organizations, and associations that can evade formal archival collections, such as handwritten or typed personal letters or notes and other ephemera and memorabilia chronicling daily life. However, materials used to save items in scrapbooks are often detrimental to the long-term preservation of the objects, including poor-quality paper and harmful tapes and adhesives that can become brittle or yellow over time or degrade the objects saved in the scrapbooks. Because of the fragile conditions of each scrapbook
listed above, access to each has been restricted for more than a decade despite their popularity and importance to the public and researchers.
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The Steinman Album and Papers (1738-1955) contain documents that represent local, state, and national history. The Album, compiled by George Steinman (18471920), contains a treasure trove of photographs and ephemera of places, people, and events related to Lancaster County. They are as varied as Postlethwaite’s Tavern (Lancaster’s first seat of municipal government), hotels and taverns, firehouses, the Conestoga Massacre of 1763, churches, cemeteries, Ephrata Cloister, prominent citizens and their homes, the Stehli Silk Mill, and several schools. Later items in the Album include marginalia (handwritten notes in the margins) made by John Gibson, who donated the collection to LancasterHistory in 1968.
An accompanying collection of papers includes original correspondence, documents, photographs, and ephemera that largely relate to 18th and 19th-century Lancaster. The Revolutionary War is highlighted, with documents and images related to George Washington, Lancaster’s Atlee family, and General Edward Hand. There are images relating to the Christiana Resistance in 1851 and to buildings in early Lancaster, including the Old Jail,
the British Prison, and Postlethwaite’s Tavern. Also included in the collection are currency printed by Benjamin Franklin in 1764 and Confederate States currency and bonds.
The Marietta Scrapbook (1879-1919) contains historical information about the towns of Marietta and Columbia and the rest of Lancaster County.
The pages convey a wellrounded view of local history, including the topics of education, population, crime, taxes, elections, and occupations.
There are also articles on the Pennsylvania Germans, personal histories, crime, and genealogical information within the book.
The two Scrapbooks of Francis X. Reuss of Columbia (1841-1913) are excellent resources about many aspects of life in Columbia, Pennsylvania. Both books focus on residents of the borough and the history of Columbia and Chiques Park. In both scrapbooks, there are newspaper clippings, handwritten correspondence, programs, photographs, and handwritten notes in the margins. Born in Columbia in 1847, Francis X. Reuss was a founding member of the Society of Old Columbia Residents, an organization of former Columbia, Pa., residents living in Philadelphia. These scrapbooks are often requested by those researching the history of Columbia.
The digitization of the scrapbooks was done by
Backstage Library Works in Bethlehem, Pa. Backstage Library Works previously digitized historic materials for LancasterHistory, including the James Buchanan Online Presidential Library and the Thaddeus Stevens & Black History Collections, which were also funded through PHMC HARC grants in 2018 and 2020, respectively. After receiving the final, high-resolution, and archival images and PDFs, LancasterHistory staff and volunteers reviewed each object, created database records, and cataloged each item. In particular, LancasterHistory spent over 150 hours re-cataloging previous items related to each newly digitized scrapbook, updating legacy descriptions that were inaccurate or incomplete, and making items more accessible to researchers.
“We are excited that researchers around the world can now access these items online and that we are able to preserve the originals in the archives at LancasterHistory,” said Heather Tennies, director of Archives & Manuscript Collections. “Our goal is to provide access to documents and manuscripts that tell the many stories of Lancaster County’s history. The completion of this project brings us one step closer to that goal.”
All 3,565 digital scans are available for the public to view online for free at https:// collections.lancasterhistory. org.
Metropolitan Museum Of Art Launches‚ “Season Two Of “Immaterial”
Hosted By Poet Camille T. Dungy, Popular Podcast Returns With Unexpected Stories Of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently announced the premiere of the second season of its narrative nonfiction podcast, “Immaterial.” Each of the
eight new episodes, released biweekly, centers on an individual material found in art across cultures and reveals its meaning through intimate and emotional stories
told by makers, writers, and scholars. The materials in focus this season range from the traditional, like stone and wood, to
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Collector Chats With Peter S. Seibert
This Week: The New Collector
By Peter Seibert
The other day I was asked to help a new collector get started in building a collection of militaria. It was interesting for me since I grew up with dozens of collections. Thus, I had to really think about how one would “start collecting.” The new collector had developed a passion in the last few months to start buying historical military objects relating to his interests.
I started by sharing with him a number of different categories of things to collect, from helmets to postcards to medals. Eventually, he settled on one. As back story, he did not come from a family of collectors and really only came to this as a grown adult.
Before I could blink an eye, he was shopping on eBay. My sense for him, and this is true for many of us, is that eBay can be a fun recreational way of collecting whenever you choose. You can eBay anywhere and at any time you wish. There is no restriction on it, which is why it can be fun in the evening or out at a game. The flip side, as many of us know well, is that there are many problem pieces being sold on the internet.
Our intrepid new collector stumbled upon what he thought were some great buys, and he was ready (and
did in one case) to pull the trigger to buy. Of course, great rarities at cheap prices are a warning, and it took some long, but healthy, conversations to explain how to tell real from not. The challenge was that in coming to collecting in a modern retail world, the shiny and newness of things spoke louder than the wear one would expect from a century (plus) old object. We got him to think about collecting better, and he began to analyze things more carefully and thoughtfully.
Ironically, I turned him on to a leading dealer in militaria who is highly regarded and goes out of his way to describe things. Our new collector distrusted the dealer because he revealed too many flaws. It again took some time to explain that disclosing issues of condition was honest and also helped buyers to thoughtfully evaluate the merchandise. In time, he made two purchases from
OBITUARIES
Colin G. Campbell
Colin G. Campbell, who served as president of three internationally renowned educational and philanthropic organizations over a career that spanned more than six decades, died on June 21 at his home in Bluffton, S.C. He was 88. The cause was complications of Parkinson’s disease.
In 1970, at age 34, Campbell became the youngest president of Wesleyan University in Middl etown, Conn. At the time, Wesleyan’s campus and indeed the nation were in the throes of deep political unrest over the Vietnam War. Campbell’s calm, assertive leadership style and long-recognized talent and affinity for bringing people together were integral
to the process of healing at the institution.
He followed his 18-year tenure at Wesleyan with 12 years as president of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, leading its global philanthropic efforts. In 2000, he became the president and CEO of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, championing another Rockefeller passion: the restored colonial capital of Virginia.
Colin Goetze Campbell was born on Nov. 3, 1935, in New York, New York. His father, Joseph Campbell, was the fourth comptroller general of the United States and a former treasurer of Columbia University. His mother, Marjorie Campbell, was one of the most
prominent women in Connecticut politics during the 1950s and ‘60s. Colin Campbell, the youngest of five sons, was also close to his stepmother, Dorothy Bostwick Campbell, an artist and philanthropist. Campbell graduated from Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., in 1957 and earned his JD at Columbia University in 1961. He was working at the American Stock Exchange in 1967 when he chose to follow his mentor, Edwin Etherington, to Wesleyan, initially serving as a vice president. Etherington’s tenure was brief, and within three years Campbell had ascended to the university’s presidency. He was recognized for reestablishing financial stability at Wesleyan and oversaw the development of new courses,
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the dealer, and hopefully this leads to more.
The most interesting part of watching and advising the new collector was the emphasis I had to place on patience. He would see things that I had (and had acquired decades ago) and want to find the exact item. I had to explain that all good collections take time and that you cannot rush out and find everything in a day.
I will continue to update everyone about how this
process goes. My hope is that he becomes a major collector who can perhaps avoid the mistakes I made and truly build that great collection. On the other hand, maybe he will turn out just like me.
“Born to collect” should be the motto of Peter Seibert’s family. Raised in Central Pennsylvania, Seibert has been collecting and writing about antiques for more than three decades. By day, he is a museum director and has worked in Pennsylvania,
Wyoming, Virginia and New Mexico. In addition, he advises and consults with auction houses throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, particularly about American furniture and decorative arts. Seibert’s writings include books on photography, American fraternal societies and paintings. He and his family are restoring a 1905 arts and crafts house filled with years’ worth of antique treasures found in shops, co-ops and at auctions.
ANTIQUE MALL,
294 E. Main St. Mon- Sat. 10-5, Sun 12-5. 2 floors. Antiques, collectibles, vintage, primitives, much more! www.auntmargaretsantiquemall.com
19711 Newark 302-733-7677
MAIN STREET ANTIQUES, 23 Possum
Park Mall. Summer Hrs.: Mon.-Sat. 108, Sun. 11:30-5:30. Over 45 Showcase/ Room Dealers selling qty. antqs. & collectibles. mainstreetantiques.com
19977 SMYRNA 302-399-9777
STONE SCULPTURES GALLERY 90 Smyrna Landings Road. 2000 Sculptures. Open by appointment only. 302-653-4810. To view inventory www.richardhbailey.com
21901 North East 410-287-8318
5 & 10 ANTIQUE MARKET, 115 S. Main St. Daily 10am-6pm. Cecil County’s largest! Approx. 65 dealers, variety & nostalgia. Buying/selling antiques & collectibles.
07052 West Orange 973-323-1711
VALLEY VINTAGE, 168 South Valley Rd.
Open Mon-Sat. 11-6, Sun. 12-5. 2100 sq. ft., 25+ dealers. Antiques, vintage, collectibles, furniture, decor, kitchenware, jewelry, books, LPs, ephemera.
Immaterial
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07901 Summit 908-273-9373
08525 Hopewell 609-466-9833
SUMMIT ANTIQUES CENTER, 511 Morris Ave. 2 floors, 50+ dealers. Antiques, collectibles. Smalls to furniture. Open 7 days 11-5. Free Parking. www.thesummitantiquescenter.com
08005 Barnegat 609-698-3020
BAY AVENUE ANTIQUES, 349 S. Main. Open Thurs.- Sun., 1-5 pm or by appt. Book seller, pottery, glass, furniture, holiday, decoys, antiques & uniquesplus chalkpaint & iron orchid design.
08016 Burlington 609-747-8333
HISTORIC BURLINGTON ANTIQUES & ART EMPORIUM, 424 High Street. Open 6 Days, Tues.-Sun.: T, W, F, Sat., Sun: 11A-5P; Th.&F.: 11A-7P; Closed on Monday. www.antiquesnj.com
08037 Hammonton 609-561-1110
BERNIE’S ANTIQUES & ARTIFACTS, 18 Central Ave. Tues.-Sat. 11-6 & Sun. 11-5. Trains, Pottery, Lenox, Breweriana, Fenton, Petroliana, Van Briggle, Albums + Neon Signs. Qty.Dlrs. Invited.
08062 Mullica Hill 856-478-9810
OLD MILL ANTIQUE MALL, 1 S. Main Street. Open Daily, 11-5; Sat. 10-5. Antiques, glassware, records, coins, stamps, military items, collectible toys, trains, linens, books & ephemera.
TOMATO FACTORY ANTIQUE & DESIGN CENTER, 2 Somerset St. We Have It All! Open Mon. thru Sat. 10-5, Sun. 11-5. We have 38 Dealers. www.tomatofactoryantiques.com
17062 Millerstown 717-589-7810
STITCH IN TIME ANTIQUE & GIFT MALL, 43 N. Market St. Antiques, Collectibles, Furniture, Quality Handmade Crafts & Gifts. Open 7 days 10-7, F til 8. Millerstown exit off RT 322.
17350 New Oxford 717-624-3800
ZELMA’S EMPORIUM 11 N. Water Street. Antiques, Primitives, Americana, European, Asian, Art, Home Decor. Hours: Tues.-Sat.10-5; Sun. 12-5 or by appt. Closed Mon. ZELMASANTIQUES.COM
18944 Perkasie 215-257-3564 TREASURE TROVE,
Silverdale 215-453-1414 THE FACTORY ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES, 130 West Main Street, Rt. 113, Bucks County. Featuring 45 Dealers. Open Wednesday thru Saturday 10-5, Sundays 11-4.
the more unexpected, like space and trash, and the new season also features a compelling lineup of guests, including architect Frida Escobedo, mountaineer and writer Robert Macfarlane, and artists from Gee’s Bend, Alabama, along with the returning host, celebrated poet and writer Camille T. Dungy (“Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden”).
morning energy smoothies, for example, also happens to be fueling a new way of thinking about fine art. And while I know that one person’s trash is another’s treasure, before working on this season’s episodes I hadn’t spent much time considering how important trash piles have long been to the history of art. I’m really excited to be thinking differently about materials this season, from time to space to trash to seed oil, the materials we explore this season have me looking at the world in new ways.”
As it did in its first season, “Immaterial” draws out the complexities of how histories are told through art and creativity. All episodes will be available free on The Met’s website and on demand across all major podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher, or wherever podcasts are available. “Immaterial” was created and produced by The Met in collaboration with Magnificent Noise.
“We’re excited to unveil a second season of the popular podcast ‚ÄòImmaterial,’ which will take us on a whole new journey through personal narratives and an array of intriguing subjects,” said Max Hollein, The Met’s Marina Kellen French Director and Chief Executive Officer.
“Forging connections across time and culture, these eight episodes will take listeners to unexpected areas of the museum, deep within the collection, and celebrate the intertwining of art, creativity, and the world around us.”
Season two begins with “Stone: Making and Breaking Legacies,” which explores what happens when a
seemingly enduring material like stone breaks. Along with writer and mountaineer Robert Macfarlane, Met curator of Ancient Near Eastern Art Sarah Graff, and scholar Erhan Tamur, this episode features museum conservator Carolyn Ricardelli, who, together with her team, spent 10 years putting together the broken pieces of one of The Met’s most famous Renaissance marble statues, Tullio Lombardo’s “Adam.” Another episode in the season is “Space: Behind the Scenes at The Met,” which takes listeners into the inner sanctum of the museum, to unknown spaces, with Met scientists, conservators, secu
rity guards, and architect Frida Escobedo. Throughout the series, “Immaterial”
confronts difficult subjects facing today’s museums, such as cultural property, colonial histories, and issues of equity.
“It has been fascinating to look more closely at materials most of us interact with every day,” said Dungy. “Chia, that little seed that plumps up my
The latest episodes in “Immaterial” will reveal surprising narratives and offer a whole new slate of materials with which to dive into art and creativity. Season one, which was recommended by the “Guardian” and “New York Magazine” is still available to stream on The Met’s website and wherever podcasts are available and features fascinating stories such as how museum conservators race against time to make objects like valentines, comic books, and baseball cards last.
“Immaterial” is made possible by Dasha Zhukova Niarchos. Additional support is provided by the Zodiac Fund.
Boutique. Antiques, Collectibles, Vintage Home & Garden Decor. Now we have miniatures & dollhouses!
Buckle Up! Collectible Buckles, Clasps, And Slides
Smack Dab In The Middle: Design Trends Of The Mid-20th Century
By Donald-Brian Johnson
Buckles. Maybe they show off your trim waist. They might add some dash to your hat, or some sparkle to your shoes. Buckles can make you a walking advertisement for a club you belong to, or a favorite hobby. For the cast of “Singin’ in the Rain,” buckles fastened up their yellow rain slickers and dangled from their oversize black galoshes. For Elvis, buckles were a focal point
All buckled up, and ready to make a splash: the stars of “Singin’ in the Rain” as seen in a 1952 promotional poster.
of his eye-popping Vegas jumpsuits. For pro wrestlers, massive buckles on already massive championship belts are worth their weight in. . .well, pro wrestlers. Whether it’s a “buckle,” “clasp,” or “slide,” the definition remains the same: it’s a device used for fastening two loose ends. On a “buckle,” the frame is the visible portion; the prong is the pin, affixed to a bar, which is placed in a belt hole, and keeps the belt from sliding out.
A “clasp” consists of two separate pieces, one with a loop, the other with a hook. One end of each clasp grips the material; the other end fastens to the other clasp. These reached their greatest popularity in the late 1800s and early 1900s, as neck fasteners for cloaks, coats, and capes.
Here is a cut steel buckle, late 1800s, early 1900s, est. $20-$25.
“Slides” are like buckles, but without the prongs. Whether part of the fabric belt on a lady’s dress, or as a scarf accent, slides have added a stylish, if less secure, fastening note from the 1940s onward. (Fortunately, a hidden hook, or a second slide allowing the fabric to double back, is usually included to keep the slide from. . .ah. . . sliding.)
Buckled belts have been chronicled as far back as 3000 B.C. Back then these were
The bow clasp is made of Bakelite, est. $20-$25.
CALENDARS
DELAWARE
08/28/2024, Selbyville - Wed Ending starts at 5PM, Online only Primitives, antiques, tools, household & more! A & M Auctioneers & Appraisers
08/21/2024, ParsonsburgWed Ending starts at 5PM, Online only, Large quantity of musical instruments. A & M Auctioneers & Appraisers
items from local estates selling at no reserve. Kleinfelter’s Auction Company
Here is a beaded floral clasp, est. $15-$20.
long cords known as “girdles,” since they “girded” (encircled) the waist. Early buckles served a variety of down-toearth purposes. They could be used for fastening harnesses on horses and oxen or joining together pieces of body armor for knights. Ordinary folk wore buckled belts with pouches, which carried everything from knives and money to wares being offered for sale.
By the 18th century, pompadoured ladies and bewigged gentlemen adorned their shoes and hats with bejeweled buckles. For the men, ornate knee buckles held the hems of breeches tight and drew all eyes to a well-turned calf. For the ladies, the ornate central clasp of a shoulder cape drew all eyes elsewhere. Even the no-nonsense Pilgrims wore buckles. Check out an illustration of the gang landing on Plymouth Rock. What’s on the hats? On the shoes and coats? Buckles. Of course, the purposes were purely functional: fitting hats to size, keeping shoes on, and coats closed. They may not have been ornamental, but they were definitely buckles.
Victorian ladies squeezed themselves into boned corsets, thanks (?) to buckles. Buckles on military and other uniforms often featured engraved emblems
identifying the wearer’s rank or occupation. And, by the mid-20th century, buckles were firmly established in pop culture. Were you a fisherman? A hunter? There was a buckle out there for you. If you were a cowboy, you were really in luck. Huge Westernthemed buckles were in ready supply, if a little cumbersome for daily life at home on the range. Buckles can be made from just about everything. There are the old standbys: brass, copper, silver, cut steel, plus whatever other material strikes a designer’s fancy. That’s why there are buckles of cloth, leather, glass, plastic, wood, pearl, ceramic, Lucite, Bakelite, celluloid, and even antler and coconut shell. Embellishing those creations: real jewels, paste jewels, beads, and whatever else is handy. Buckle subjects range from animals, plants, and birds to Art Deco, Gothic, and Egyptian Revival themes.
Buckle prices reflect buckle variety, though most remain well under $50. Expect to pay a bit more for older
buckles and a lot more for those boasting real jewels or those made of precious metal. But, by buckling down, it’s possible to latch on to an impressive buckle collection!
Although there’s no known collector’s group specifically for those interested in buckles and clasps, there is a classification for this category within the National Button Society. The society’s 2024 annual show and sale will be held Aug. 8, 9, and 10 in Appleton, Wis. Full information can be found on the group’s website by visiting www.national buttonsociety.org.
Buckle and clasp photos and reference materials courtesy of Mitzi Lovell, Shareen Martin, Lisa Schulz, and Sam Fleming.
Photo Associate: Hank Kuhlmann.
Donald-Brian Johnson is the co-author of numerous Schiffer books on design and collectibles, including “Postwar Pop,” a collection of his columns. Please address inquiries to: donaldbrian@msn.com.
GEORGIA
08/23-08/24/2024, Hartwell - Fri & Sat, Karlocks Kars & Pop Culture Museum Auction. Over 1000 collectibles. Rockabilly Auction Company ILLINOIS
08/17-08/18/2024, Union, Live & Online, Summer classic coin-op, cars & more! Donley Auctions
MARYLAND
08/10/2024, Historic Frederick, Sat 9 AM, Depression glass, model home furniture, African & Chinese Art & decor. Howard Parzow
09/11/2024, Belle Haven - Sun Ending starts at 5PM, Online only, Estate vehicle, tractor implements, primitives, furniture & more! A & M Auctioneers & Appraisers 11/06/2024, ParsonsburgWed Ending starts at 5PM, Civil War memorabilia auction. A & M Auctioneers & Appraisers
PENNSYLVANIA
08/08-25/2024, LancasterThu 7 PM, Online only, Ephemera, antique & vintage paper goods. Boltz Auctions
08/10/2024, Myerstown - Sat 1 PM, Online only, Summer Antique Extravaganza. All
SHO W & FLEA MARKET
GEORGIA
08/08-11/2024, Atlanta, Thurs.-Sun. ANTIQUE MARKET 3650 Jonesboro Rd. SE, Atlanta Expo Center
09/12-15/2024, Atlanta, Thurs.-Sun. ANTIQUE MARKET
- 3650 Jonesboro Rd SE, Atlanta Expo Center
10/10-13/2024, Atlanta, Thurs.-Sun. ANTIQUE MARKET - 3650 Jonesboro Rd. SE, Atlanta Expo Center
MASSACHUSETTS
09/28/2024, Brookfield, Sat.
10 AM-3 PM ANTIQUES & PRIMITIVE GOODS SHOW - 19 Martin Road, Walker’s Homestead
NEW JERSEY
09/07/2024, Ocean Grove, Sat.
9 AM - 4 PM FALL FLEA MARKET
- From the Great Auditorium to. the Ocean (Ocean Grove Area Chamber of Commerce)
08/04-09/15/2024, Barnegat, Sunday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. ANTIQUE & COLLECTIBLE SHOW - 19th & Bayview Ave, Historic Viking Village (The Seawife)
09/22/2024, Hammonton, Sunday 9 AM - 3 PM FALL ANTIQUE & BOTTLE SHOW - Historic Batsto Village (Batsto Citizens Committee)
NEW YORK
08/12-18/2024, Bouckville, Monday-Sunday 8-5 ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES SHOW 6890 State Route 20 08/31-09/01/2024, Stormville, Saturday & Sunday 8AM - 4PM STORMVILLE AIRPORT ANTIQUE SHOW & FLEA MARKET - 428 Rt 216, Stormville Airport Flea Market 10/12-10/13/2024, Stormville, Saturday & Sunday 8AM - 4PM STORMVILLE AIRPORT ANTIQUE SHOW & FLEA MARKET 428 Rt 216, Stormville Airport Flea Market
11/02/2024, Stormville, Saturday 8 AM - 4 PM STORMVILLE AIRPORT ANTIQUE
SHOW & FLEA
MARKET - 428 Rt 216, Stormville Airport Flea Market
PENNSYLVANIA
08/10/2024, Somerset, Sat 9 AM - 5 PM 53RD SOMERSET ANTIQUES, ARTISANS & ALES
- On the streets of Somerset (Somerset Chamber of Commerce & Somerset Trust Company)
08/17/2024, Dillsburg - SAT 9 AM, Tool, gun, Indian Americana Hardy’s Auction Service
08/20/2024, Glen Rock - Tues 9 AM, Coins & antiques. Wehrly’s Auction Service, Inc.
09/07/2024, Lancaster - Sat 10 AM, Rock & Roll Auction featuring Taylor & Martin Acoustics, Fender Electrics & more! Boltz Auction Company
09/06-07/2024, EphrataFri 2 PM & Sat 9 AM, Cataloged antique auction. Horst Auctioneers
07/11/2024 - 12/31/2024, Lehighton - Wed through Sun 10 AM - 6 PM, Antiques & Collectibles. 30 Dealers. Anthracite Village Mercantile & Auctions
08/10-08/11/2024, Reinholds, Sat & Sun 7AM - 4PM
NATIVE AMERICAN FOSSILS, ROCKS, GEMS & MINERALS607 Willow St, Shupp’s Grove Antique Market
08/17/2024, Lancaster, Sat 9 a.m-5 p.m. 30TH ANNUAL POSTCARD EXPO - 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster Farm & Home Center
08/17-08/18/2024, Collegeville, Sat 10 AM - 5 PM, Sun 11 AM - 3 PM BEDMINSTER TRADITIONAL ARTISAN SHOW - Perkiomen Valley Middle School (Historic Trappe)
08/17-08/18/2024, Reinholds, Sat & Sun 7AM - 4PM THRIFTERS & MAKERS EVENT 607 Willow Street, Shupp’s Grove Antique Market
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This one-piece buckle, decorated with acorns and lilies of the valley, dates to the early 1900s, est. $20-$25.
This is a Bakelite buckle, ca. 1920s, est. $15-$20.
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Colin G. Campbell
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departments, and resource centers such as Earth and Environmental Sciences, Women’s Studies, African American Studies, the East Asian Studies Center, and the Cinema Archives. His empathy and engagement with students in particular made him an accessible and beloved figure on campus.
Over the course of his Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) presidency, Campbell oversaw more than a decade of grantmaking to encourage a rebirth of civil society in Central and Eastern Europe, strengthen education systems in South Africa, and promote the sustainable use of forest and marine resources. He facilitated a merger with the Charles A. Culpeper Foundation,
significantly expanding the fund’s endowment and establishing the basis for an enduring commitment to the arts in New York City. Campbell worked with the Rockefeller family and the National Trust for Historic Preservation to establish The Pocantico Center on the family’s former estate in Westchester County as a venue for meetings and conferences on critical global issues.
“Colin was a visionary leader who knew that philanthropy’s greatest asset is its independence and ability to take risks in supporting innovation and experimentation,” said Stephen Heintz, RBF’s current president and CEO.
In 2000, Campbell left the RBF to become president and
chief executive of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, where he had been a board member and board chair. He devoted considerable effort to developing Colonial Williamsburg as a center for history, citizenship and democracy, with the stated mission, “That the future may learn from the past.” He also completed significant additions to the historic area of Colonial Williamsburg, expanding on the original restoration led by John D. Rockefeller Jr.
In 2014, Campbell became chairman emeritus of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. He also served as chairman of Rockefeller Financial Services/ Rockefeller & Co., a trustee of the New- York Historical Society and the New York City Ballet, and chairman of the Public Broadcasting Service board of
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directors. Over the course of his lifetime he received honorary degrees from 11 colleges and universities, Wesleyan University’s Baldwin Medal, the New-York Historical Society’s DeWitt-Clinton Medal, the James Kent Medal from Columbia University School of Law, and the Churchill Bell from Colonial Williamsburg, among others.
A c onstant throughout Campbell’s life was his devotion to and celebration of family. He was married for 65 years to Nancy Nash Campbell, a preservationist and former board chair of the National Trust for
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Historic Preservation, whom he met in the summer of 1958 while both were studying at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
W hen the school’s summer program concluded, Campbell made no secret of his affections for the then Nancy Nash, and upon learning of her plans to travel to Venice with a friend, he sent her a telegram asking her to meet him at Harry’s Bar at midnight on a specific date.
While that meeting never transpired, the couple did find each other days later in London. They were engaged two months later, and married
the following summer.
In addition to Nancy Campbell, Colin Campbell’s survivors include four children: Betsy Campbell, Jennifer Celata, Colin M. Campbell, and Blair Campbell, as well as son- and daughter-in-laws Robert Celata and Liz Campbell, and eight grandchildren.
A service was held at Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, Va. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., and Hospice of the Lowcountry in Bluffton, S.C.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2024 AT 9:00 A.M.
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Although the portrait is unsigned, its attribution is firm; it is nearly certain that the Biddles commissioned Bass Otis to paint Adéle’s portrait as he also painted Jane’s portrait around 1815. (This painting is in the collection of the Second Bank of the United States Portrait Gallery in Philadelphia.) Both women are shown in fashionable, Empire-style dresses with luxurious fabrics draped over their shoulders; Jane’s is white and sheer while Adéle’s s is a vibrant red. Their hair is also similarly styled in an updo with ringlets framing their faces. Nicholas Biddle conveyed his appreciation of Adéle’s portrait to Otis in a letter, which remains with and will be transferred with the painting from ISM.
Since “Portrait of Miss Adéle Sigoigne” has been on loan at Andalusia, it has been on view in the historic house’s library, which was part of the 1830s addition designed by architect Thomas Walter. Now in Andalusia’s permanent collection, it will be moved to what is known as the Painted Floor Bedroom. This room is part of the original 1797 construction and could have been where Adéle stayed when she visited Jane around the time that the portrait was made.
The Biddles’ patronage of Bass Otis continued for many years. In 1827, Nicholas Biddle commissioned the artist to paint a copy of Jacques-Louis David’s
famous scene “Napolean Crossing the Alps” (1801). The oil-on-canvas copy, which is also on view at Andalusia, was owned by Napoleon’s brother Joseph Bonaparte, who knew the Biddles, lived near them in Philadelphia and owned a country estate (Point Breeze) near Andalusia. By the 1820s, however, the Biddles began to favor another Philadelphia artist, Thomas Sully, who painted the couple’s portraits in 1826, both of which are on view at Andalusia. In 1829, the Biddles commissioned him to paint another portrait of Adéle Sigoigne, which is in the collection of The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, Calif. Visitors to Andalusia can see these paintings on a tour of the Historic House. Guided tours are available Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays, as well as during select Saturdays from April to November. Tours are $30 per person (free for members and children 12 and under), which includes access to Andalusia’s gardens and arboretum, and can be reserved at www. andalusiapa.org.
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