Avid fans and collectors from around the world flocked to Sotheby's salesroom and competed with bidders on the telephone and over the Internet for the opportunity to own a piece of Hollywood history.
The show's family-style character is so ingrained that the 200 or so dealers who make up the Rhinebeck "tribe" say time and again that there are very few unpleasant surprises.
The Rhinebeck Antiques Show has been full for many years, turning away dealers. John and Tina Bruno saw an opportunity to produce another event to expand the market.
Harvard's Fogg Art Museum explores John Singleton Copley's working methods through preparatory works such as drawings, oil sketches and a full-sized, unfinished canvas.
The artist is one of a number of highly accomplished and significant American sculptors who have not received the lasting public recognition and scholarly attention they deserve.