Three remarkable women who lived and worked together to become leading American Victorian-age illustrators are the subjects of a welcome exhibition at the Norman Rockwell Museum.
The third highest lot was a rare carved and painted pine American eagle by Wilhelm Schimmel, which brought $108,000 from Marietta, Penn. dealer Harry Hartman.
The Haraden-Ropes family Chippendale bombé chest of drawers realized a record price when it was knocked down to Albert Sack, bidding on behalf of a Northeast Auctions client.
If you want to see a bunch of happy people, go to the Seventh Regiment Armory, Park Avenue at 67th Street, and visit the Winter Antiques Show, on view until January 25.
The Peabody Essex Museum's 31st annual antiques show made a spectacular return to the museum this year after a three-year stint at Salem State College.
For 500 years, the teapot has served as the spouted, steaming engine of hospitality and has evolved as a work of art, as this Mint Museum of Craft and Design exhibit proves.