The top lot at Swann Galleries†December 6 auction of maps and atlases, natural history, historical prints and ephemera was Le Neptune François, ou Atlas Nouveau des Cartes Marines, bound with the second...
An ongoing exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum highlights masterworks from four of the Morgan six collecting areas †medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, printed books and bindings, literary...
From the very beginning, man has always sought ways to improve the wheel. And, like the wheel, nearly every object created has evolved from its initial concept through a continuum of refinement. Most often...
James D. Julia November 13 toy and doll auction realized more than $630,000. Of the many fresh-to-the-market rarities, it was the collection of salesman sample furniture from the Beverly Darling estate...
Selling for a hot $16.6 million, Joan Miro iconic ⁂lue Star†painting was a shining star at Aguttes Auction House, in association with the specialist Dan Coissard, which set new records December...
The November 4 auction at I.M. Chait was the kind of sale that keeps collectors buzzing, with highly anticipated collections of monumental ivory carvings, Japanese bronzes and woodblock prints, white jade...
Christie kicked off its autumn sales week in Hong Kong on November 25 with robust participation across all three categories offered †Modern and contemporary Southeast Asian art, Chinese Twentieth...
Two Florida paintings by Albert E. Backus not seen previously in the market were the hot lots at CRN Auctions November 18 sale, where they drew record prices for the artist.
A hallowed hall in Salem was the site of the 35th annual Peabody Essex Museum Antiques Show on Thanksgiving with many dealers in the revered show displaying their wares in the 1825 East India Marine Hall,...
Highly regarded and long collected, the American art pottery fashioned by Rookwood and the renderings laid down on canvas by Henry Farny (American, 1847-1916) †both adorned with painterly images of American...