The crowd was prepared as a variety of jukeboxes and slot machines crossed the block at Preston Evan’s Opportunities Auction recent two-day event.

Whether portrayed demure and chaste or bold and independent, women were arguably the most common subject for American artists in the latter half of the Nineteenth Century.

In a serious bid to make Naples a Mecca for antique buyers, the Naples Woman’s Club has sponsored a new antiques show featuring well-known quality dealers.

Collectors of American toys and mechanical banks knew a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity when they saw it at Morphy Auctions’ spring sale.

With three sales devoted to Chinese art, Christie’s Rockefeller Center saleroom recently became the beating heart of this market segment for a day.

On May 3 at Sotheby’s, Pablo Picasso’s “Dora Maar au chat,” sold to an anonymous buyer for $95,216,000, making it the second most expensive painting ever sold at auction.

On May 18, the Museum of Arts & Design will premiere a focused exhibition on the design, production, social history and cultural impact of the Eames lounge chair.

“Treasures from Olana: Landscapes by Frederic Edwin Church” will join 18 paintings, never before seen together outside of New York State, by the Nineteenth Century landscape painter (1826-1900).

It may be possible that folks in the West have never heard of William Ranney but that will change with the Buffalo Bill Historical Center’s new exhibit on the artist.

Cornelia “Corky” Hadsell Mott, a longtime antiques dealer who helped revitalize the the Cannondale section of Wilton, Conn. while maintaining its architectural history, died on April 27.