NEW YORK CITY — Capsule Auctions conducted its Luxury and Great Estates auction on Saturday, December 16. The shining star of the 189-lot sale, which featured furniture, fine jewelry and various fashion...
WOODBURY, CONN. — On December 12, Tom Schwenke and Woodbury Auctioneers offered 615 lots from the New Canaan, Conn., estate of Theodora “Teddy” Gibson Berg. One of the most highly anticipated lots...
Two lots in this week’s Across The Block witnessed history roughly 100 years apart. Bringing $82,815 was a copy of Frederick Douglass’s 1852 oration while a 1959 poster for the Riverside Winter Dance...
DALLAS — On November 17, Heritage Auctions continued to prove its strength in the American art category with a tightly curated event that saw a number of works by America’s beloved artists sell for far above...
HOUSTON, TEXAS — Antique carpets proved airborne in the closing sale hosted by Lewis & Maese on December 2, an onsite sale of 600 rugs and carpets. After 43 years in business, Oriental Rug Bazaar was closing...
STURBRIDGE, MASS. — Nearly 90 percent of the 553 lots David Straight presented in D.L. Straight Auctioneer’s Thanksgiving Weekend Sale on November 25 gaveled down successfully, giving him one more...
NEW YORK CITY — A mosaic tile of a peacock, 21 by 21 inches, depicting a peacock with feathers fully unfurled was the top lot in Arte Antico’s December 3 auction, selling for $1,375. The firm’s owner,...
CRANSTON, R.I. — Leading the more than 750 lots offered in Bruneau & Co Auctioneers’ Fall Pop Culture Auction on December 2, was a copy of Marvel Comics’ Amazing Fantasy #15. Other highlights included...
PHOENIXVILLE, PENN. — Philadelphia businessman and telecommunications pioneer William Gross amassed a robust collection of antique coffee mills, with examples spanning the last 150 years, of both American...
PHILADELPHIA — Freeman’s American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists auction was conducted on December 3. With 359 registered bidders, the 101-lot sale saw a sell-through rate of around 70 percent....
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Nearly 1,450 lots crossed the podium at Brunk Auctions November 16-18, the first of which was a single-day Emporium & Coins Auction, followed by a two-day Premier Auction. Ninety-two...
AMESBURY, MASS. — Dan Meader, gallery director at John McInnis Auctioneers, said that the single-owner sale of the personal collection of John and Bev Titus on December 1-2 was a “real challenge”...