Northeast Auctions Staff

Ronald Bourgeault

Ron Bourgeault has been involved with antiques since he was a youngster when he became fascinated with coins, glass and Currier & Ives prints. After-school hours were spent helping a local auctioneer sell end-of-the-day box lots and by age fourteen Ron was exhibiting at the prestigious New Hampshire Antique Dealers Association Show. At twenty-three he was the youngest dealer to exhibit at the preeminent East Side Winter Antiques Show at the Armory in New York and for thirty-seven years, Ron continued to do these and other major shows across the country. Ron's first major auction was conducted to benefit a New England museum. Its success led him to continue in the auction arena and in 1987, Ron began Northeast Auctions as a full-time business.

With over forty years in the business, Ron has a wide network of contacts among collectors, dealers and museum staff. He has been a guest lecturer and appraiser at numerous conferences and events and is a member of the Appraisers Association of America and the National Auctioneers Association. Ron also appears regularly on public television's Antiques Roadshow and was named by Art & Auction Magazine as one of the art world's "Power Fifty: Who Mattered Most in 2002."

Monica Reuss

Monica Reuss has been with Northeast Auctions for over seven years, specializing in Fine Art, Marine and China Trade decorative arts. Prior to joining Northeast Auctions, Ms. Reuss completed the Sotheby’s American Arts Course, a one year program where she received the class award for excellence. Previously, she spent more than fifteen years as Director of Research for an international management consulting firm headquartered in Boston and conducted research for several executive recruiting firms.

Rebecca J. Davis

Rebecca J. Davis has been a scholar, dealer, consultant and collector for twenty-five years. She attended The Ohio State University, earning an undergraduate degree in Medieval and Renaissance Studies and a Masters Degree in Art History. She has also completed the Sotheby’s Works of Art Course, a one year program devoted to the study of American furniture and decorative arts. She has worked for Leslie Hindman Auctioneers and Sotheby’s, Inc., and is an expert and appraiser in ceramics, glass and silver. She has cataloged several important single owner sales for Northeast Auctions, including the William Lewan Collection of Mochaware, and the Pamela and Donald Levine Collection of American Glass and Lighting, 1825-1875. She has participated in seminars and lectured on Early American glass. Rebecca is currently a candidate for the Appraisers Association of America.

John Newcomer, Consultant

A native of Harper’s Ferry,West Virginia, John grew up in the antique business. During his high school and college years, he ran his parent’s antique shop over summer vacations. Upon his college graduation, John took over the family’s eight room shop. John started doing antiques shows in 1969. Since then, he has done all of America’s best shows, including the East Side House Winter Show in New York City. Since the early 70’s, John has appraised many private collections, estates, public collections and museums, including the White House, the D.A.R. Museum, the Washington County Museum and the National Park Service. In addition, John has conducted many lectures and education courses for show committees, historical societies and museums. John has long been acknowledged as one of the foremost authorities on American furniture, folk art and accessories.

James Ffrench, Consultant

James A. Ffrench is a director of Beauvais Carpets in New York City. Prior to joining Beauvais Carpets, Mr. Ffrench ran a private advisory service for individuals, corporations and institutions on all matters regarding period carpets and tapestries. Mr. Ffrench was a vice president and department head of Christie's New York from 1993 until 1997. From 1987 until 1997, he was a senior specialist in the Carpet department at Sotheby's New York.

Jim Cullen, Consultant

Decoys and sporting art have been a life-time passion of Jim Cullen’s. As a hobby he collected decoys and studied the carving and painting techniques of the various decoy makers. Having recently retired from his professional career, Jim is able to devote more time to the art and marketplace of the decoy. In this newsletter you will see what prices the Elmer Crowell birds from the John duMont and Fritz Talbot collections realized. It has been reported that a decoy privately traded hands in the million dollar range. Jim has written articles for Decoy Magazine, cataloged the decoy collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and is a certified personal property appraiser. Having started as a modest collector Jim has an appreciation for decoys that bring modest as well as record breaking prices.

Linda Dyer, Independent Consultant

Ms. Dyer spent twelve years as a director at a major auction house, where she established and developed a department in the area of Native American Art ethnographica that achieved international recognition in sales and refinement of the Native American art market. Ms. Dyer’s professional activities have included publication and appraisal in a variety of material including Eskimo, American West and Spanish Colonial art, related photography, books and fine art as well as jurying competitive exhibitions of contemporary work by Native American artists. She has been a member of the cast of appraisers for the PBS production Antiques Roadshow since the show’s inception.

All questions and submissions should be made directly to Ms. Dyer at:
PO Box 1104, Franklin, TN, 37065
Tel: 615-791-9242
e-mail: Ledyer256@aol.com

Derin Bray

Prior to joining Northeast Auctions, Derin Bray worked as a researcher and consultant for the Winterthur Museum in Delaware and The Litchfield Historical Society in Connecticut. He is a contributing author to Harbor & Home: The Furniture of Southeastern Massachusetts, 1710-1850 (2009) and co-author of To Please All Tastes: The Furniture and Furniture Makers of Litchfield County, 1770-1830 (2009). A native of York, Pennsylvania, Bray earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from Yale, where he interned at the Mabel Brady Garvan Furniture Study. He also holds a Master's Degree from the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture at the University of Delaware. Mr. Bray actively writes and lectures on topics of early American furniture and decorative arts.
e-mail: dbray@northeastauctions.com

Jacquie Allison

Peter Coccoluto

M.L. Coolidge

As Director of Client Services, Mrs. Coolidge is charged with the responsibility of making the auction process both a pleasurable and comfortable one as possible for both consignor and buyer. This concern for clients extends into all aspects of our business at Northeast Auctions including appraisals and education.  At Northeast Auctions, we are very aware that clients have special needs that must be addressed. Her long experience as a not for profit board member, provides her with a special understanding of the workings of museums and other not for profits.

She has served on the boards of The Boston Center For Adult Education, The Museum Council at The Museum of Fine Arts Boston and the Ellis Antique Show. While raising her children, Mrs. Coolidge worked with many volunteer organizations. Prior to that, she managed Gill Fishman Associates, a design firm that worked in the area of museum exhibits and special publications for both corporations and not for profits.

Long a student of decorative arts, Mrs. Coolidge participates in many forum and symposiums throughout the year. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The College of Fine Arts at Boston University.

Scott Cousins

Andrew Davis

Andrew started at Northeast as a freelance photographer, before becoming a summer intern, and finally a full time employee. When not turning out catalogs, photographing antiques, working on the Northeast Auctions website, or designing advertisements, Andrew also runs a small freelance photography business.
e-mail: adavis@northeastauctions.com

Matthew Douglas

Jillian Ede Gendron

Jim Horan

Rob Porter

Roy Steeves

Brian Stuart

Rachel Swain