A cargo trailer filled with antique furniture and decorative accessories valued at approximately $1 million was stolen from a Hampton Inn parking lot in suburban West Palm Beach on January 23.
New York State Police are investigating the theft of a two-piece, cast iron Victorian birdbath that was reported to have been taken from the lawn of a residence here sometime between December 27 and January...
Longtime antiques dealer John Wallace Robinson, 73, of 1501 Hancock Road, died January 27 at his home. He dealt mainly in early country, architectural elements, early hardware and paintings.
In honor of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum's 50th birthday, its holdings have been moved to new quarters within Colonial Williamsburg, the museum of early American life that John D. Rockefeller...
Gavels came down fast and furious in many auction halls around the country over the holidays, once again providing both entertainment and investment opportunities as the old year concluded and the new one began.
A trio of paintings by the early Nineteenth Century Pennsylvania painter Edward Hicks garnered $10,128,000 at Christie’s, pushing the Rockefeller Center firm’s Americana Week sales total to $23,922,400.
One of the most interesting American-based, self-taught artists of the Twentieth Century, Martin Ramirez (1895–1963) created some 300 drawings characterized by aesthetic quality, power and a sense of mystery...
Americana Week in New York City is a time for auction houses and antiques dealers to strut their best stuff, and this year Sotheby’s did some fancy strutting, capping off its sales with a grand total...
A few snowflakes fell on opening night at the Winter Antiques Show on Thursday, January 18; otherwise, a touch of spring was in the air at the 53-year-old-fair, rejuvenated with an updated floor plan and fresh...
Given the selection of vintage papier mache German Santas, kruegels, reindeer and sleds, the Katona/Lutz Christmas Antiques Show December 2–3 was verily a “blast from Christmas past.”
The Torrington Historical Society recently acquired two important paintings of former Torrington residents, the Reverend Harvey Loomis and Ann Battell Loomis, that were painted in 1822 by celebrated American...