Eakins's passion for truth, adherence to ideals and commitment to artistic freedom got him into a lot of trouble, but he created an enduring and inspiring legacy. The current retrospective that concludes...
Also underlining strong prices across the board was a Handel Poppy lamp - featuring an 18-inch diameter shade reverse painted with vibrant red, pink and orange poppies - which sold for $56,000....
James Bard's large 1868 portrait of the side-wheeler "Milton Martin" led the auction at $96,000, sold with a single bid from Michael Florio representing the Quester Gallery of Stonington,...
Despite concerns over the previous week's stock market volatility, bidding was strong across the board as 16 new artists' records were set, with 92 percent of lots finding buyers....
Lot 1, a rare A. Keister & Co. three-gallon pitcher from Strasburg, Va., with freehand cobalt decoration, sold after heated bidding to a Virginia collector for $21,000....
Coverage begins with the Americana Celebration Antiques Show, where a record number of early-birds rushed toward the four buildings and the outdoor dealer tents in search of something special....
Advertising for the show invited people to visit "80 of the finest Americana and country dealers from over thirty states." The show opened to 38 booths, causing some grumbling from a number of the visitors....
Sixty-six dealers were set-up, including nine showing for the first time, and show manager Linda Turner produced an interesting mix of exhibitors. "I am happy," she said the day after the show...
Fifteen minutes after the opening of the 45th New Hampshire Antiques Show, aisles and booths were thick with customers, some of whom carried walkie-talkies or wore headsets, the better to relay crucial...
"More people waited around this year for the Pickers Market Antiques Show than ever before," Frank Gaglio, show manager said, "and many of the exhibitors reported very good sales."...
From a pair of Eighteenth Century portraits by John Singleton Copley to important works by great artists such as Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, David Smith, Alfred Stieglitz and Garry Winogrant, the variety...