Philadelphia Show 2022 is only a few weeks away!

We are delighted that the Philadelphia Show is only a few weeks away. Sponsored by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the show is being held at the Museum from April 29-May 1, 2022, with the Preview of the show being on April 28th. Celebrating the Philadelphia Show’s 60th anniversary, it promises to hold up to its past standards of offering very high quality art and antiques for sale. We urge you to help us celebrate!

We will be bringing some exciting fresh-to-the-market objects, including baskets, pottery, textiles, jewelry and beadwork. We have recently acquired these items from private collections.

We will try to post information and photos of some of this new inventory on our website in the next few weeks. Please be sure to keep watch for these postings and also, of course, don’t hesitate contacting us about items in your area(s) of interest.

It is very exciting to be a part of this re-awakening of this show!

Philadelphia Show

Hopi canteen attributed to Nampeyo

We have recently purchased this fabulous, fresh-to-the market canteen that has clear characteristics that we attribute to Nampeyo. We want to give you, our subscribers, first opportunity to purchase this canteen. Please click the link below the photo.

Hopi canteen attributed to Nampeyo

Don’t forget…The Delaware Antiques Show will open next week on Friday, November 5 and it will run through Sunday, November 7th, with the Preview Opening being on Thursday, November 4th.For more information about the show, click this link: https://www.winterthur.org/calendar/58th-annual-delaware-antiques-show/2021-11-05/

Lots of fresh entries to my website. A few pictured below and many more!

I have been very busy adding lots of fresh entries to my website. These include pots, baskets, textiles and jewelry. Be sure to check it out. There are a few examples below but many more on the website! To see the others, go to my website, click the category and then browse through.

Washoe degikup basket by Lena Dick

Superb black on black jar signed Maria Popovi 70

Navajo Late Classic serape

Antonio PIneda necklace with leaf design

MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE PHILADELPHIA SHOW

SHOW HOURS FOR THE PHILADELPHIA SHOW:

APRIL 22 AT 7 PM, PREVIEW PARTY VIA ZOOM (YOU HAVE TO GET A VIP PASSWORD FROM THE SITE)

APRIL 23 AT NOON, PUBLIC OPENING

APRIL 30 SHOW CLOSES AT MIDNIGHT

THE PHILADELPHIA SHOW

The Philadelphia Show (formerly the Philadelphia Art and Antiques Show) opens WITH A PREVIEW on Thursday, April 22nD at 7pm and TO THE PUBLIC ON APRIL 23RD. IT will run through Friday, April 30th.

The Show is virtual this year and it is easily accessed by clicking the following link:

https://thephiladelphiashow.viewingrooms.com/

You can go directly to our offerings by clicking this link:

https://thephiladelphiashow.viewingrooms.com/exhibitors/6-marcy-burns-american-indian-arts/?_holding_preview_uid=f458d17cdf5447a587fcc4a10b8daa74&clearcache=1

Please feel free to call or email if you want to make a purchase or if you have questions or want to discuss any item that we are offering. We look forward to hearing from you!

All the best,

Marcy

Very important figural Havasupai basket from the Green Collection

Sotheby’s, Parke-Bernet held two landmark sales of The Green Collection of American Indian art in 1971. The sale of the Green Collection is hailed as the landmark sale of American Indian Art in the 20th century. It drew attention to the high quality and aesthetics of the best of American Indian and it was the trigger for the onset of the strong commercial marketplace for American Indian Art that continues to this day. This basket was offered as lot 86 in the November 1971 sale. The very fine quality of weave along with the very realistic representation of cattle and horses makes it a very desirable basket to own.

The Havasupai live in the Havasu Canyon, which adjoins the Grand Canyon. They live near other Apache and weave with the same materials (willow and devil's claw). Their designs are remarkably similar to the Yavapai but they can be distinguished by some technical details. Havasupai baskets are fairly rare, perhaps because they had limited trade with others due to the difficulty they had in getting their baskets to the top of the canyon and thus to traders. In addition, they are a fairly small tribe.

The best of the Havasupai coiled baskets were woven between 1929 and 1940 (*see book references). There were improved routes to the top of the canyon by this period and the weavers could now weave innovative and desirable baskets to be sold. Trade in American Indian baskets has always rewarded those with figural design elements, human and animal.

ex: Marcy Burns Collection. Circa 1930s.

https://www.marcyburns.com/baskets-collection/havasupai-figural-coiled-basket

*Leslie Spier, Havasupai ethnography (American Museum of Natural History, Anthropological Papers v 29, pt 3).
*Barbara and Edwin McKee and Joyce Herold, Havasupai Baskets and their Makers: 1930-1940 (Northland Press, 1975), pp 6-7.

Starting the new year with exciting new inventory!

Chief Tin Tin Meet La by J K Dixon, Rodman Wanamaker Expedition, 1913

We want to wish all of you a very happy and healthy new year! We also want to thank you for your wonderful support of us during 2020. We look forward to continuing to offer exciting new inventory this year.

To start us off, we have posted several new additions to our offerings. These include:

A Group of 8 Photogravures, framed, taken by J K Dixon in the Rodman-Wanamaker Expedition of 1913. These are the photogravures included in the group, several of which are rarely found for sale:

"Tin-Tin Meet-La"

"Chief Plenty Coups Addressing the Council"

"Chief Runs the Enemy"

"Chief Two Moons"

"Curly-Custer Scout"

"Goes Ahead-Custer Scout"

"Hairy Moccasin-Custer Scout"

"The Council Pipe"

Rodman Wanamaker sponsored 3 expeditions to the West to record what was viewed at the time as a vanishing way of life of the American Indians. These photogravures were taken by J K Dixon, the photographer of the Expedition. Each one has been framed in identical frames. To see them, click this link: PHOTOGRAVURES

Havasupai figural basket from the landmark Green Collection with horses and steer

The Sale of the Green Collection at Sotheby’s, Parke Bernet in 1971 was the landmark sale of American Indian Art in the 2nd half of the 20th century. The Green Collection included some of the very finest and rarest of American Indian basketry and it triggered widespread recognition of the artistry of Native American works which continues until today. To learn more, please click this link: Pictorial Basket from the Green Collection

Navajo (Dine) Late Classic blanket from Bosque Redondo and very fine Washo degikup

We are very happy to start the new year by offering this very rare Navajo (Dine) Late Classic blanket that dates to Bosque Redondo, where the Navajo were held by the US Army from 1863-1868. This was a terrible time for the Navajo who were uprooted from their homes and forced to walk what is known as “The Long Walk” to a camp near Fort Sumner. Supplies were scarce and conditions were harsh, so the Navajo were dependent on wools supplied to them by the US Army.

Late Classic Serape

To learn more about this serape, be sure to click the link below the photo.

We are also excited to offer this exquisite Washo degikup basket attributed to Lena Dick. It comes from my own personal collection. Be sure to click the link below the image to see more information about this basket.

Washo polychrome degikup basket attributed to Lena Dick

Happy Holidays!

A great pot and wonderful contemporary jewelry

We feel very fortunate to post a great contemporary jar by Robert Tenorio. It is one of the most beautiful pots by a long-recognized Master Potter. Be sure to consider this jar for your collection. Click the link to learn more information about this jar: Polychrome jar by Robert Tenorio

In addition to the Tenorio jar, we are pleased to offer a group of contemporary Navajo and Hopi bracelets that have been tucked away since their purchase in the mid-1980s. Many are for small wrists. Many are by silversmiths who became famous in the intervening years. Each bracelet is pictured and details given on our website. Click this link to see them.

Be sure to contact us if you have any questions or need additional information. We will be adding works to our website in the next few weeks. Be sure to watch our site!

REMINDER: DELAWARE ONLINE SHOW OPENS ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH

The annual Delaware Antiques Show is being held online this year. It opens this Saturday, November 7th and will run for an entire week through November 14th. You can attend it for free during those days. Enter the show through this link

The show offers an early shopping day for those who wish, much like the staggered early buying at the regular Opening Night events of the show. If you want to explore this option, click this link: early buying at DE Show

We hope you will attend this show. We have posted many fresh items to the market. Be sure to check them out. Each dealer is allowed to post 30 offerings. As we sell them, we are encouraged to replace them with new offerings so you should be sure to check back frequently to see if there is something new at the show.

Please call us with any questions or requests. We look forward to sharing our exciting fresh inventory with you!

Upcoming Delaware Online Antiques Show

For more information on the Delaware Online Show, click this link

Because of the covid-19 pandemic, Winterthur Museum has decided to hold the Delaware Antique Show Online this year. It will run from November 7th-November 14th, 2020. You can access the show and dealers for free throughout this period. In addition, the show organizers decided to offer a $100. early buying option for Friday, November 6th, in order to raise some money for educational programs at Winterthur. Please note that the museum refunded all show fees to the participating 47 dealers. The dealers will restock as they sell items so everyday there are likely to be fresh items available.

We have some amazing works that are fresh to the market that we will be offering in this show. I am posting three textiles today to my website to make these items available to those of you on my mailing list first. In addition, I have recently posted several baskets and pots to my website. Be sure to go to the website and explore. Continue exploring as I continue to add additional items to the website and to the Delaware Online Show.

Navajo Transitional moki blanket

Hopi twilled manta

Superfine JB Moore blanket

Update on fresh items recently added to our website

As mentioned in earlier blogs, I have had the good fortune of receiving some wonderful collections whose owners are now downsizing. Included in this blog are links to many fresh objects that I have just added to the website. Please click these links to learn more about these items.

I have more objects to post so be sure to keep watch for additional items in the next few weeks! Of course, feel free to contact me about any of these items (or others that you see on the website).

JB Moore Crystal

Navajo Germantown blanket

Fannie Nampeyo jar

San Ildefonso polychrome jar attributed to Dolorita Vigil

Tlingit lidded rattletop basket

Nez Perces cornhusk bag

Postings of 4 fresh items to our website

I am very pleased to announce the addition of four fresh items to our website. We have been contacted by several collectors who are in the midst of downsizing and we have received some very exciting material. As mentioned in our previous blog, we will continue to post fresh items to our website over the next few months.

We also want to thank all of you who responded so enthusiastically to our previous blog. Please don’t hesitate to call and ask about anything we have or anything you might be lookiing for.

Here are links to the fresh items posted today:

Acoma 4-color jar

Apache/Yavapai tray with celestial designs

Apache/Yavapai figural basketry tray

Pomo winnowing tray

New inventory and announcement of ADA Fall Show

It has been a while since I have sent out a blog. I have been busy acquiring fresh inventory, trying to get it photographed and posted on my website.

Today, I am posting links to three fresh items to my inventory and to this website. More postings will follow over the next few weeks. They are from a beautiful collection of 15 objects that were collected over many years. Many of the objects were originally purchased from me.

Click the link to learn more about each of these objects:

Navajo Germantown eyedazzler with checkerboard design

Crow/Umatilla cradleboard and doll

Mission snake basket

ADA ONLINE SHOW COMING IN OCTOBER:

Mark this day on your calendars: COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND, OCTOBER 9-12, 2020!

“Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic planning for future antiques shows is complicated. Therefore, on the heels of successful Spring Online Antiques Show, the ADA, in partnership with Historic Deerfield, plan to hold in place of our annual ADA / Historic Deerfield Antiques Show, an online version of this prestigious event”.

Starts: 10:00am EST, Friday, October 9, 2020

Ends: 10:00pm EST, Monday, October 12, 2020

more information will be posted as we get closer. You can also click this link: https://adadealers.com/html/online_show.php

The PHILADELPHIA ONLINE SHOW OPENS TODAY (May 14th) AT 12 NOON

Be sure to go to the PHILADELPHIA ONLINE SHOW to see what we are offering! We have posted items fresh to the market and we are also offering other items at enticing prices.

The sponsors of this year’s Philadelphia [Antiques and Art} Show reconfigured the show to be online after the cancellation of this year’s show because of the Covid-19 outbreak. Incollect is hosting the show in a show dedicated to the Philadelphia Online Show.

The show will be open from May 14 through May 28. As we sell items and sometimes just to refresh the offerings, the dealers will be adding material. Therefore, come back frequently to check out the offerings!

Many of the items that we have listed are not yet posted on our website. This is your opportunity to see them first.

Click this link, beginning at 12 noon today (May 14) and continuing through May 28: https://www.incollect.com/thephiladelphiashow

We look forward to “seeing” you soon!

Philadelphia Online Show

Exciting news! The Philadelphia Show, sponsored by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and in response to the COVID-19 public health crisis and its cancellation, has been reconceptualized as the Philadelphia Online Show. It is scheduled to open May 14th and continue virtually on InCollect through May 28th. We have posted 30 objects in this show, some of which have never before been offered and several whose prices have been lowered to make those items very enticing.

These items are not yet posted on our website or anywhere else. Please be sure to go to the show to see what we are offering. Of course, you can contact me directly about any questions you might have or whether or not I have other items in your interest areas. All sales arrangements will be made directly with the dealer and there are no extra fees for buying an item through the Online Show.

It is important to remember that the show is being mounted in a separate show section in Incollect. When the show is over, the items will be removed from Incollect unless a dealer requests that the item(s) be moved over to a regular Incollect listing. The link to the show: Philadelphia Online Show

This show is sponsored by the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Remember, this show will be open for only 2 weeks (starting this Friday, June 14th and running through May 28th)! Be sure to attend…many dealers have saved special material for the Philadelphia Show and they will now be posted in the Philadelphia Online Show.

Remember, the ADA Online Show opens today!

The ADA (Antique Dealers’ Association of America) Online Show is opening today, Friday, April 24th and will run through April 27th. The ADA is made up of the leading dealers in American antiques, many of whom do the Philadelphia Show and the Delaware Antiques Show. Because so many of our shows have been canceled, we decided to reinstate the ADA Online Show.

More than 50 ADA dealers are participating in this show and there are more than 1600 objects listed for sale. You will be able to browse through them all or you can look up items in a particular area of interest as well as search for what a particular dealer has listed. Purchases will be easy and all sales will be with the dealer directly.

We urge you to set aside time to attend this online show this weekend. No lines, no entry fees, total privacy. No one has seen the show (including participating dealers) until the show opens.

We have posted 40 objects and look forward to discussing them with you. Most of them are not on our website and the listings include items that are fresh to us.

Go to ADA ONLINE SHOW and then click in the yellow box where it says “Online show - Enter here”. The link to the show won’t open until the show opens on the morning of April 24th. The list of participating dealers is visible now.

ADA ONLINE SHOW RETURNS!

THE BEST ONLINE ANTIQUES SHOW EVER
is just a click away.  Visit: ADAdealers.com

Starting April 24 at 10: AM Eastern Standard Time

Ending April 27 at 10: PM Eastern Standard Time

With so many antiques and art shows cancelled, the Antique Dealers’ Association of America (ADA) will bring the show to you! Since many of the prestigious American antiques shows are largely made up of ADA dealers, and social distancing is essential to combating covid-19, this professional group of antiques dealers is launching an online show featuring THE FINEST ANTIQUES IN AMERICA and, as always with ADA dealers, every object is GUARANTEED AS REPRESENTED.

With just a click, you can find treasures that were otherwise destined for canceled Antiques shows such as the Chester County, Pa Show, Hartford Antiques Show, The Philadelphia Antiques Show, Chicago Antiques + Art + Design Show, Round Top TX Show, and many more. The items offered will become visible at the day and time listed above.

As you look at your favorite items and have questions, or simply feel like chatting with us, just text, email or call the numbers that will be prominently visible along with the descriptions and prices. So please join us --- the only thing you’ll be missing is a hug! You can even attend in your pajamas!

We will be offering many fresh items. Be sure to check them out.