SARASOTA, FLA. – Four Russian silver claret jugs, three of them signed Faberge, went well above the $500 high estimate to bring $52,920 in Sarasota Estate Auction’s January 23-24 sale. The examples...
MESA, ARIZ. – The Winchester 1892 SRC used by John Wayne in both True Grit and Rooster Cogburn was a highlight of Brian Lebel’s January 23 Old West Auction when it sold for $88,500 to an American...
PITTSFIELD, MASS. – Tying for top lot status at Fontaine’s Auction Gallery January 23 in its fine and decorative arts auction, not surprisingly, were two Tiffany Studios lamps that each fetched...
NEW YORK CITY – Leigh Keno presented a minimalist Americana auction on January 23, comprising just five lots, a rare painting of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart, a bronze sculpture of Goddess...
NEW YORK CITY – An important classical ormolu-mounted, parcel gilt, rosewood, ebonized wood and marble top pier table by Charles-Honoré Lannuier (1779-1819), New York, circa 1808-12, left its high...
NEW YORK CITY — A rare broadside edition of the Declaration of Independence shattered expectations when it sold to a phone bidder at Christie’s on January 22, for $990,000, against an estimate of $600/800,000....
NEW YORK CITY— Christie’s January 21 sale of Outsider Art totaled over $2.1 million, led by a Bill Traylor work, “Two Dogs Fighting; Man Chasing Dog,” which realized $293,750. It is the fifth highest...
BLOOMFIELD, N.J. — A group of five Anglo Chinese chairs, offered in three consecutive lots, dominated the January 20-21 Estate Treasures Auction at Nye & Co., with all three shattering expectations....
Helen C. (Costello-Taylor) Chapulis, 89, passed peacefully on Sunday, January 10, with her family at her side. She was born December 24, 1931, in Boston, Mass., to Helen and Joseph Taylor. Being born on Christmas...
MYSTIC, CONN. – After more than 40 years, the “Figureheads & Shipcarvings” exhibit at the Mystic Seaport Museum has been redesigned and reinstalled in a dramatic presentation that...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers ST LOUIS, MO.- “It came through an email inquiry,” said Bryan Laughlin, Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers’...
NEW YORK CITY – Americana Insights, a new nonprofit e-journal and multifaceted resource center, was launched this month by Jane Katcher, Americana and American folk art collector, in collaboration...