Helen C. (Costello-Taylor) Chapulis, 89, passed peacefully on Sunday, January 10, with her family at her side. She was born December 24, 1931, in Boston, Mass., to Helen and Joseph Taylor. Being born on Christmas...
MYSTIC, CONN. – After more than 40 years, the “Figureheads & Shipcarvings” exhibit at the Mystic Seaport Museum has been redesigned and reinstalled in a dramatic presentation that...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers ST LOUIS, MO.- “It came through an email inquiry,” said Bryan Laughlin, Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers’...
NEW YORK CITY – Americana Insights, a new nonprofit e-journal and multifaceted resource center, was launched this month by Jane Katcher, Americana and American folk art collector, in collaboration...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Bruneau & Co. CRANSTON, R.I. – A single-owner collection of Fantastic Four comics, rare Hasbro toys that never left Rhode Island, and rising stars in the trading...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy PBA Galleries BERKELEY, CALIF. – PBA Galleries brought out literature, science fiction and mystery for its sale on January 7, totaling more than 450 lots. The first...
By Laura Beach WILLIAMSBURG, VA. – In American Treasure Hunt: The Legacy of Israel Sack, dealer Harold Sack wrote about his collaboration with Joe Hennage (1921-2010), a Virginia collector whose...
Review and Onsite Photographs by Rick Russack, Additional Photos Courtesy Flying Pig Antiques WESTMORELAND, N.H. – Less than two years old, Flying Pig Antiques operates a 40-dealer group shop open...
The Dedham Historical Society & Museum (DHSM), with the support of board member William Flanagan and the Pagliuca Fund, has recently published My Dear Mother: Civil War Letters to Dedham from the Lathrop...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy Merrill’s Auctioneers & Appraisers WILLISTON, VT. – Merrill’s Auctioneers & Appraisers ushered in the New Year with a 633-lot...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Photos Courtesy Lark Mason Associates NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS & ONLINE – For those who think Lark Mason Associates only sells Chinese and Asian works of art and antiquities,...
Notable sales found in our January 29, 2021 issue offer a number of final five-figure bids within a spectrum of artistic styles. A figural bust in marble of “Diana” by American sculptor Hiram Powers...