Stanley B. Burns, MD, FACS is an ophthalmologist and research professor of medicine and psychiatry and professor of medical humanities at New York University: Langone Medical Center. He is also an internationally...
By James D. Balestrieri NEW YORK CITY – I don’t know if “Painter at Work,” the First Century CE fresco from the House of the Surgeon in Pompeii is the earliest image of a woman...
WILLOUGHBY, OHIO — That swaggering, wisecracking cartoon sailor Popeye has been depicted on countless toys and memorabilia since first appearing in the Thimble Theatre comic strip in 1929. And ever since...
SPARKS, MD. — Crocker Farm’s Spring 2022 stoneware auction set a new record for Pennsylvania stoneware when they achieved $144,000 for a stoneware pedestal water cooler made and stamped by William...
CRANSTON, R.I. — A rare Scottish backsword, issued to Fraser’s Second Highland Battalion for their raising at the onset of the French and Indian War, was the top lot in Bruneau & Co’s April 9 Spring...
EAST DENNIS, MASS. — Session two of Eldred’s two-day spring sale on April 8 was led by a Chippendale block-front bureau attributed to Henry Rust of Salem, Mass., which brought $36,250, including buyer’s...
DALLAS — A near-mint copy of 1941s Captain America Comics No. 1 sold on April 7 for $3,120,000 at Heritage Auctions Comics & Comic Art Signature® Auction to become one of the world’s most valuable...
NEW YORK CITY — The first segment of Salmagundi’s Spring Auction on April 8 highlighted the work of many contemporary masters, including “Evening Light on the River” by the noted tonalist Joseph...
MARION, MASS. — An 1848 watercolor by Samuel Gill (1818-1880) depicting the inner harbor of Port Adelaide, South Australia, sold for $36,000 at Marion Antique Auctions April 9 sale. It depicted a European-style...
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — On April 10, CRN Auctions sold a single owner collection of Renaissance period art, both ecclesiastical and secular. It included furniture, iron, bronze, marble carvings and more....
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy Swann Galleries NEW YORK CITY – Swann Galleries’ March 24 sale of printed manuscript and African Americana featured important material from slavery through...
Review & Onsite Photos By Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy Exhibitors NEW YORK CITY – What do a mossy softball, a trunk of animal skulls, a hot-pink clip-on bow tie with a braille...