WOODBURY, CONN. — It was a celebration for Schwenke Auctioneers on July 8, as the firm conducted its Sixteenth Anniversary Fine Estates Auction, which saw more than 600 lots cross the block.
TIVERTON, R.I. — While many across the country were packing coolers for the beach or prepping the yard for a cookout, antiques aficionados from southern New England were traveling to the quiet seaside...
WELLS, MAINE — It’s hard to imagine a more picturesque venue to celebrate the material cultural of the American past than at Laudholm Farm at the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve.
While you may not yet know James Campbell’s name, you are likely familiar with the work of his distant relative, E.H. Shepard. If you’re still not sure, you might know Shepard’s creative partner,...
GREENSBURG, PENN. — This year, 2025, is the “Year of the Woman” at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art. Blockbusters are planned (and some have already opened) on Cecilia Beaux, Berenice Abbott...
REHOBOTH, MASS. — Summer at Americana Auctions was in full swing on July 20, when the firm conducted its 521-lot Splendid Summer Estates Auction, which featured fine art, silver, jewelry, coins, scrimshaw...
DOWNINGTOWN, PENN. — More than 500 lots of posters, paintings, prints, sculpture and more deaccessioned from an East Coast educational institution made up the contents of Pook & Pook’s July 16 sale.
PEMBROKE, MASS. — While it was not the highest price realized in Copley Fine Art Auctions’ two-day Sporting Sale on July 10-11, Lynn Bogue Hunt’s (1878-1960) “The Pilar Fights A Blue Marlin Off Cuba...
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — In his fifth-ever auction, Derin Bray of Bray & Co amassed more than 250 lots for an inaugural sale titled Tattoo, Circus, Sideshow & Curiosities, which took place on July 13.
DALLAS — On July 16, the second day of Heritage Auctions’ blockbuster Entertainment auction sessions taking place July 15-18, the sled famously known as Rosebud, from Orson Welles’ Hollywood classic...
In our fast-moving world, it’s easy to overlook the physical objects that surround us. Yet the items we handle, admire or inherit — especially antiques — carry deep stories and emotional energy....