A painted chest-on-chest was the top lot at Brunk Auctions' September 24 sale, realizing $276,000, believed to be the second highest price ever paid for a Dunlap.
"Color in itself is beautiful," Oscar Bluemner once wrote. The current retrospective of his work at the Whitney Museum of American Art demonstrates the accuracy of his view.
Chelsea Edition's showrooms proved a congenial setting for "The Admirable Art of The Needle," an exhibition of antique English and American samplers and embroideries.
On September 17 and 18, Craftsman Auction offered a select assortment of Arts and Crafts furniture and accessories that were well received by a large audience.
A painted chest-on-chest was the top lot at Brunk Auctions' September 24 sale, realizing $276,000 and believed to be the second highest price paid for a Dunlap.
Death, divorce and debt - these are the three Ds that generally propel rdf_Descriptions to the auction block. For Pioneer Auction, its own debt seems to be pushing the business toward the gavel.