New feature exhibition opening at the Museum of East Tennessee History DATE: Open March 17—June 1, 2014 LOCATION: East Tennessee History Center 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902 More information on the event – Adobe Reader® file More Information on the ETHS Website —————————————————————— If you need Adobe Reader®, you can download it for free: Adobe® […]
Regional Considerations: A Southern Focus in the AAA Definitive Guide to Appraising
The Appraisers Association of America (AAA) has recently published Appraising Art: The Definitive Guide to Appraising the Fine and Decorative Arts. John Case, President of Case Antiques, Inc., was honored to contribute “Regionalism Considerations: A Southern Focus” to this comprehensive work. If you would like more information on this recent publication from the AAA and […]
Tennessee Furniture Exhibit at McMinn Co. Living Heritage Museum Through December 15th, 2013
UPDATE Dec 2, 2013 – The Fisher pieces described below are now in the Case Gallery in Knoxville in preparation for their sale at the January 25, 2014 auction. We highly recommend visiting the Living Heritage Museum to view their collection and invite you to attend our public art and antique auction on January 25. […]
May 18, 2013 Auction Highlights
About Margaret Wemyss Connor
Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals is honored to present the estate of Mrs. Margaret Wemyss Connor. Margaret “Peggy” Connor grew up at historic Fairvue Plantation in Gallatin, the home of her father, Genesco Inc. co-founder William Wemyss, and stepmother, Ellen Wemyss, a preservationist credited with helping save Cragfont, Rosemont, Tulip Grove and other important […]
MESDA 2012 Conference comes to Knoxville, TN October 25-27
Case Antiques is delighted to welcome The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts to East Tennessee! MESDA, based in Winston-Salem, NC, is bringing its 2012 Conference on Material Culture to Knoxville Oct. 25-27. The MESDA conference is the only major forum for scholarly presentation on American material culture and decorative arts with a specific emphasis […]
Case Antiques use of new technologies covered in the Knoxville News Sentinel
Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals uses cutting-edge, high-technology hardware and software to auction very old antiques and fine art. Roger Harris at the Knoxville News Sentinel interviewed Wray Williams, VP Marketing & Technology, about the use of cloud computing (particularly Google Docs) to increase efficiencies and grow the business. The article ran on the […]
Maine Antique Digest describes Case marketing strategy
Karla Klein Albertson, from the Maine Antique Digest, interviews John Case and reveals the direction of Case Antiques strategy. Albertson describes the approach as a regional/national/international balancing act. Also quoted in the article is Vice-president Sarah Campbell Drury, who handles the Nashville end of the Case operation. Americana, Southern Art, Folklore, Pottery Read more about Case Antiques […]
Metro Pulse Uncovers Story of Missing Painting
Knoxville’s Metro Pulse wrote an extremely interesting article about one of the featured items for our upcoming October 6th Southern Antiques Auction. Case recently uncovered a missing piece from Knoxville’s historic artist, Lloyd Branson, who worked out of his studio on Gay Street from 1854-1925. The article provides background and highlights this wonderful find. Be sure to […]
Case to sponsor TN Decorative Arts Symposium at Belmont Mansion April 20-21, 2012 Sarah Drury to speak
Case Antiques Inc. Auctions & Appraisals will be a sponsor of the 3rd Annual Tennessee Decorative Arts Symposium, to be held Saturday, April 21, at Belmont Mansion in Nashville. Sarah Campbell Drury, Case’s Vice President of Decorative Arts, is also among the speakers. Drury, along with Dr. Benjamin H. Caldwell Jr. and Marsha Mullin will […]