At the tail end of the Nineteenth Century, Brooklynites would have felt rather assured with the military-style order going on inside the Hook & Ladder Company #5 that resided on […]

NEWPORT, R.I. — Carl Domenic Ritorno of Newport died on August 16 from complications of pneumonia. He was 74 years old.In the late 1960s, Carl established the John Gidley House […]

CHICAGO — Honoring the centennial of the artist’s death, the Art Institute of Chicago has mounted “Rodin: Sculptor and Storyteller,” an exhibition spotlighting Auguste Rodin’s sculptures and drawings from the […]

A Summer Garden Blooms At Bakker Auctions PROVINCETOWN, MASS. – A white-line woodblock print by Angele Myrer (1896-1970) titled “Garden,” 1953, was the top lot at Bakker Auctions’ annual fall […]

By James D. Balestrieri LOS ANGELES – If there was anyone in the early 1980s who did not want to be the swashbuckling archeologist Indiana Jones, I did not know […]

DURHAM, N.H. – Francis W. “Frank” Carter, 86, died October 28, making his final flight into the Wild Blue Yonder. The loves in his life were his wife, family and […]

SAN FRANCISCO – George King Fox, 79, auctioneer emeritus of PBA Galleries, died October 29. As head auctioneer, George was the beloved face of PBA. With his bow tie, sharp […]

Review and Onsite Photos by Laura Beach, Catalog Photos Courtesy Shannon’s MILFORD, CONN. – Shannon’s, the specialty auctioneer occupying an important segment of the secondary market for American paintings, sculpture […]

Back in the mid-1970s, Martha May’s parents, Laura and Richard May, bought a piece of property in Brimfield, Mass. A short while after purchasing the property, the recession occurred. Her […]

PRINCETON, N.J. – The vision and legacy of photographer Clarence H. White (1871-1925), a leader in the early Twentieth Century effort to position photography as an art, is the focus […]