Review by the Staff, Antiques and The Arts Weekly COLUMBUS, OHIO – The top lot of nearly 414 lots in Garth’s Auctioneers & Appraiser’s September 12 Country Americana sale was an American presentation yellow clay pitcher with Albany slip and an engraved design of flowers with the inscription, “Mrs. R. Pannabaker from Charles 1891.” Garth’s had previously sold the pitcher in 2004 and it had provenance to Robert Treichler and Susan and Mark Laracy. It had also been published in

Tackling the field of pottery collecting in a two-page article is akin to filling a pool with a teacup. As broad a category as any, pottery generally refers to any object shaped from clay and dried (or fired) to fix the form. Humans have been creating functional (and functionally beautiful) pottery objects for over 13,000 years, and while methods and materials have largely remained the same, design, style and form has changed dramatically across cultures and generations. A re

On Friday, June 5th, Garth's Auctioneers & Appraisers will host its Eclectic auction featuring over 800 items including: furniture, glass, cars, guns, rugs, pottery, clocks, American Indian artifacts, autographs, postcards, lamps, advertising, and sterling silver, among additional collectibles. This one day sale begins at 9:30am and will offer items from the estates of Jack & Susan Batdorff, Suzanne & the Late Jerry Bentley, Mary & Joe Flegle, Don Horvath, James Warren McLean

On Friday, May 15th Garth's Auctioneers & Appraisers hosted the Early American Auction of furniture & decorative accessories including the 9th Annual Ohio Valley session. On a beautiful Ohio spring day when it’s tough to be inside, Garth’s historic barn held a packed house and the phone lines and internet were all abuzz. Bidders were willing to give up the sunshine for a chance to bid on a fine selection of Americana. Richard “Jeff” Jeffers, CEO of Garth’s noted, “Friday’s au

On Friday, May 15th, Garth’s Auctioneers and Appraisers will host its spring Americana Auction featuring the 9th Annual Ohio Valley session highlighted by a collection of pottery from the late Jim Murphy (1941-2012). Richard “Jeff” Jeffers, Principal Auctioneer & CEO of Garth’s, noted, “It is our pleasure to handle the Ohio Pottery collection of the late Jim Murphy. His passion and knowledge of Ohio Valley material culture can be witnessed in his assemblage, including some ra

In the mid-1820s, northeast Ohio was welcoming terrain for New England craftsmen. The sheer survival of the pioneer era had given way to small villages and larger urban centers, and as the population expanded, so did the demand for utilitarian kitchen containers and utensils. Kiln-fired stoneware was the preferred choice for food storage, and skilled potters moved westward from New York, Vermont and Connecticut to search for clay deposits that would provide ample opportunity