A sum of $109,000 was paid for a carefully documented Civil War presentation sword once owned by Major General Jesse Lee Reno. It is believed to be the third most expensive sword ever sold at auction....
In many cases lots made three, four and even eight times their estimated prices. Among the most enthusiastic participants were several museums: the Jaquet-Droz Museum, Breguet Museum, Patek Philippe Museum,...
Sweden's stolen Renoir is found....Prado believes its two most famous works by Goya are not his creations...Giuliani appoints a "decency commission."...
A number of Hartford's 64 exhibitors said a notable increase in knowledgeable, serious buyers helped make this year's Connecticut Spring Antiques Show one of the best in recent memory. Concerns about the battered...
The Art Gallery of Ontario joins forces with one of the world's greatest art institutions as the only venue for "Treasures from the Hermitage Museum, Russia: Rubens and His Age."...
A new exhibition at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts will launch visitors on an art odyssey across time and cultures to the far corners of the earth....
The first exhibition devoted to lower Manhattan's historic Washington Square consists of approximately 90 works illustrating the transformation of the neighborhood from one that catered almost exclusively...
GREENWICH, CONN. In the exhibition "Forbidden Art of Postwar Russia" at the Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, over 70 works by Soviet underground artists who dared to challenge the Communist...
WILTON, CONN. First we stopped opening our financial statements. Now many of us can barely bring ourselves to pick up the Wall Street Journal. The stock market's recent declines have been so dramatic...
ALEXANDRIA, VA. The Antiques in Alexandria committee presented their Fifth Annual Antiques Show in early March, and all indications are the Lady Alexandria has continued her climb to success. In fact,...
WORCESTER, MASS. Although best known for his early Twentieth Century portrayals of child laborers and immigrants at Ellis Island, the important American documentary photographer Lewis Wickes Hine produced...