Dana G. Putnam, 65, died Wednesday, May 17, in Heywood Hospital, Gardner, Mass. He was a well-known auctioneer, owner of Country-Auctions and a former elected official.
The Russian Kremlin evokes many mental images, but for Western minds, the ornately decorated silver flagons, tankards and salt cellars of Tudor England are not usually high on the list.
Sotheby's successful sale of American paintings recently brought $60,029,600 and set records for several artists including a Norman Rockwell that fetched $9.2 million.
Fine prints and photographs from estates, trusts, and private and institutional collections brought nearly $1.8 million at Bonhams & Butterfields recently.
Sales of Indian and Southeast Asian art and Modern and contemporary Indian art finalized Christie's Asia Week with the week's total from seven sales a record $46,218,400.
Freeman's recent sale of Americana got off to a roaring start with a series of estimate-smashing results, beginning with three early American medals....
It was classified as "the best pottery auction" ever at the Lambertville auction house and the Craftsman Auction presented by David Rago, Jerry Cohen and Suzanne Perrault was the place to be.
The Antiques & Garden Fair, a partnership of Stella Show Mgmt Co and the Chicago Botanic Garden, recently ushered in an early spring in the Windy City.