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December 9, 2008Morgan Willis, auctioneer, 80, died peacefully with his family by his side on December 7 in the York (Maine) Hospital.-
December 9, 2008This past October, eBay sellers and buyers awoke to a new world order with the online auction platform announcement that it was moving to electronic-only payments.
December 9, 2008Dorothea Rabkin, who, with her husband, Leo, was a distinguished collector and generous donor to the American Folk Art Museum, New York City, died November 25, due to complications of Parkinson disease....
December 9, 2008Pastel has long been embraced as an exceptionally versatile and effective drawing technique. ⁔he Art of the Pastel†at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute features 11 works by Edgar Degas,...
December 9, 2008Dealers were energized for the opening of the Boston International Fine Art Show (BIFAS), knowing full well that anything could happen.
December 9, 2008An iconic Mid-Century Modern home was tragically destroyed when a multialarm fire ripped through the 1950s structure over the night of November 27. The owner-occupants, Clay Rotolo and Karen Marquis, antiques...
December 2, 2008The much-maligned William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) was one of the most ambitious and flamboyant art collectors of all time, assembling a high quality trove of visual and decorative objects and exhibiting...
December 2, 2008The exhibition ⁁merican Watercolors: 1860‱930 From the Lewis C. Allen Collection†at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts showcases the evolution of watercolor painting in America.
December 2, 2008A rare bowfront violano music player, made around 1910 by the Mills Novelty Company of Chicago soared to $137,500 at a multi-estate sale October 10‱2 by Showtime Auction Services.
December 2, 2008The Speed Art Museum has announced the promised gift of more than 100 masterpieces of Kentucky art from collectors Robert and Norma Noe.
December 2, 2008At its semiannual poster auction, November 10, Poster Auctions International, Inc hit a sale rate of 44 percent for a total of $1,300,000 as more than 500 lots of rare, vintage posters crossed the block.
December 2, 2008One of the Morgan core strengths is its collection of historically and artistically significant bookbindings. ⁐rotecting the Word: Bookbindings of the Morgan,†on view December 5⁍arch 29, will...
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