ENDICOTT, N.Y. – Douglas Warren Taylor passed away on February 6, of complications from long-Covid, at the age of 76.

Doug was born in St. Louis, Mo., on August 16, 1945, the second of four sons of Warren “Bud” Taylor and Sarah Virginia “Ginny” Winter. The family moved to Ladue, Mo., and Doug graduated from Ladue Horton Watkins High School in 1964. Four years later, he graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, where he studied fine arts. A Master of Science in Design followed, from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

DETROIT, MICH. – DuMouchelles’ diverse two-day sale, February 16-17, had something for everyone. The Thursday session featured estate jewelry – brooches, necklaces, earrings, bracelets, pendants and watches – art glass, porcelain, antique furniture and clocks and more. Friday kicked off with fine art and there was lots of it – from Setha Arca Whipple, Robert Hopkin, Edward Hopper, Edward Darley Boit, Jean Dubuffet and many others. Midcentu

PHILADELPHIA – For those whose tastes lean towards the traditional and antique, two sales recently conducted by Freeman’s met the bill. On February 14, 77 lots of paintings, works on paper and sculpture were offered in the firm’s European Art and Old Masters sale; with more than 85 percent of the lots selling, the sale realized $1,129,653.

WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. – The Palm Beach Show greeted its 20th anniversary with 150 exhibitors at the Palm Beach County Convention Center during Presidents’ Day Weekend, opening with a VIP reception on February 16 through February 21. The Palm Beach Show is sponsored by Palm Beach Illustrated and Florida Design. The booths were evenly split between fine and contemporary art, decorative arts and jewelry. Red “sold” dots sprouted throughout the opening night festivities with about 4,000 collectors attending and about a 2

This week’s block was crowded with Asian decorative arts, as well as a few surprises from Africa and elsewhere. Tremont Auctions and Thomas Hirshak Company presented a Chinese gu vase and a decorated Nippon ewer, respectively, and Winter Associates sold a monumental pair of censers for well over their estimate. Kimball’s Auction & Estate Services hosted a collection of Yoruba masks and other art, and the Benefit Shop’s monthly sale produced a Bidjar carpet from West Persia. Read on for more winning bids.

NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. – A collection of antique sterling silver, works of art, bronzes, jewelry and musical instruments, including a rare 1958 Fender Stratocaster electric guitar, greeted bidders logging on to Mid-Hudson Auction Galleries’ February 18 sale. The firm’s president Joanne Grant was watching presale interest keenly mount and seesaw between the Fender and an enigmatic oil on Masonite by Gertrude Abercrombie (Amer

GOFFSTOWN, N.H. – The February 17 “Mid-Winter Americana Auction” at Withington Auctions offered furniture from the Eighteenth Century to high-quality reproductions made in the Twentieth Century…

ST PETERSBURG, FLA. – The 550-lot sale of estate antiques, fine art and jewelry at Burchard Galleries on February 18 featured many lifelong assemblages from collectors as well as museum-quality…

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YONKERS, N.Y. – Three brothers sought three dimensions. In painting, Albert Bierstadt (1830-1893) sought to transcend perspective, to make the elements in his paintings pop off their supports…