ATLANTA, GA. — A lovely oil on canvas painting by the renowned artist and stained glass and jewelry designer Louis C. Tiffany (1848-1933) sold for $108,900 in Ahlers & Ogletree’s two-day Fine Estates...
KULPSVILLE, PENN. — Two majolica creations by the French artist Charles-Jean Avisseau sold for a combined $71,340 and a pair of majolica pieces by George Jones together brought $57,455 at the 190-lot...
THOMASTON, MAINE — Works of art comprised eight out of the top 10 lots in Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ Grandeur sale on August 25-27 and contributed to the auction’s overall outstanding result...
BARABOO, WIS. & SARASOTA, FLA. — Brian Hollifield and Freedom Auction Company conducted three sales of circus antiques and related ephemera on August 20, 26 and September 3. The August 20 auction took...
FAIRFIELD, MAINE — Nick Poulin has been running auctions of high-quality firearms for several years and is one of the largest specialty firearms auctioneers. Until he retired in 2017, Jim Julia, Poulin’s...
NORWALK, CONN. — All systems were a go for the 16th annual Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum’s Old-Fashioned Flea Market on August 27. Many folks were back from vacations, kids mostly back to school...
Classic met contemporary, or close to it, at auction this past week. Bucolic scenes were hung alongside Cubist and conceptual canvases, and decorative arts were in similar contrast. Baroque style pieces...
MYERSTOWN, PENN. — A single-owner holiday collection yielded sweet surprises on August 29 as Kleinfelter’s Auction dispersed myriad lots of candy containers, still banks, celluloid toys, ornaments,...
MILLBURY, MASS. — Tom Courtney was flummoxed. His September 2 sale was in progress on LiveAuctioneers yet he couldn’t find a way to log in to watch what was going on. Such are the exigencies of modern...
DANIA BEACH, FLA. — On August 29, Akiba Galleries hosted the Iconic Collection of Tyen, “a photographer, makeup design director and master of color” who is known for his 30-year career with Christian...
This past February, the Guggenheim Museum, New York appointed Whitney McGuire as associate director of sustainability, through the generous support of the JPB Foundation. In this new, full-time role, McGuire...
NEW YORK CITY — I wanted to start this essay in some erudite way, but the truth is really very simple. The first Barkley Hendricks painting I ever saw was “Lawdy Mama.” The portrait was part of an exhibition...