WEST CHESTER, PENN. — Skip Chalfant has, to borrow shamelessly from Henry David Thoreau, “traveled a good deal” in Chester County, Penn., where the dealer was born in 1943 and in 1982 opened what...
WOLCOTTVILLE, IND. — Between October 15 and 25, Michael Strawser conducted six sales, in which a staggering 2,760 lots were sold in a broad range of antiques and decorative arts categories.
NEW YORK CITY — On October 23, Bonhams’ books and manuscripts department auctioned 236 lots in its Americana, Exploration and Travel sale, including items from the collections of William C. Nesheim,...
DALLAS — In an Early Twentieth Century Design sale that realized an excess of $1 million on October 22, Heritage Auctions presented nearly 260 lots of Tiffany Studios lamps; glass and metalware; French...
ASTORIA, N.Y. — Auctions at Showplace conducted an Important Fine Art & Design Auction on October 23; its second-to-last sale of the month. Featuring just 145 lots, the sale was led at $175,000, including...
PARIS (AP) — A vividly hued Picasso portrait of longtime muse and partner Dora Maar that had remained hidden from public view for more than eight decades sold Friday, October 24, at auction for €32...
Figural subjects found their way into new homes after leading auctions this past week. Whether it was the three-dimensional dancing woman by Demétre Chiparus that topped Ahlers & Ogletree at $33,275,...
BERKELEY, CALIF. — PBA Galleries’ 848th auction, Fine Literature: with Mystery & Sci-fi – Beats, Bukowski & the Counterculture, was conducted on October 9. Featuring 534 lots, the sale totaled $241,938.
HUDSON, N.Y. — Design: 1860-1910, Stair Galleries’ October 9 auction, showcased “the dramatic redefinition of the nature of art and culture during this rich chapter in the history of decorative arts...
WILLOUGHBY, OHIO — An excess of 700 lots of militariana from the Revolutionary War to modern wartime were offered in Milestone Auctions’ Premier Fall Military & Edged Weapons Sale, conducted October...
BOSTON — “We saw broad and significant worldwide interest in the rugs, with bidders participating from across more than 44 states and 28 countries,” said Michael B. Grogan, founder of Grogan & Company....