Luxurious ornament was on the minds of bidders at recent auctions if this week’s Across The Block is any indication. A gilt metal floral swag gussied up a French two-part gilt vitrine in the manner of Linke...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy Rachel Davis Fine Arts CLEVELAND, OHIO – The top lot at Rachel Davis Fine Art’s March 19 sale at $45,000 was by Roger Medearis (American, 1920-2001)....
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy Ledbetter Folk Art Auction GIBSONVILLE, N.C. – Matt Ledbetter will tell you that he started his auction career when he was 5 years old, helping his father,...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy American Bottle Auctions SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – Part II of the Mel Hammer bottle collection – gathered over a 50-year span by a man who dedicated much of his adult...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Photos Courtesy Heritage Auctions DALLAS – On March 19-20, Heritage Auctions offered the J. Doyle Dewitt Americana and Political collection, a sale of 387 lots that...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy Cottone Auctions GENESEO, N.Y. – Fine art and antiques crossed the block at Cottone Auctions on March 19, including more than 275 lots and featuring the collections...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Photos Courtesy Copake Auction COPAKE, N.Y. – More often than not, estate auctions featuring items across multiple categories will see strengths in just a few categories....
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), is creating new galleries for Art of the Islamic Worlds, slated to open in early 2023. Culminating a 15-year initiative, the galleries will feature masterworks...
By James D. Balestrieri HOUSTON, TEXAS – M.C. Escher’s possible impossibles – possible in geometric terms, impossible in our reality – are so much a part of popular culture that...
NEWTOWN, CONN. — Antiques and The Arts Weekly welcomes Zoë “Z.G.” Burnett to its editorial staff. Many may recognize our new assistant editor, who has worked in art and antiques for the past decade....
HUDSON, N.Y. — Stair Galleries silver sale on March 23 included a variety of lovely objects for one’s tablescape, whether practical or whimsical in nature. Fetching $10,000 with premium was a Buccellati...
DALLAS — A Martian Shergottite meteorite, NWA 12335 soared to $87,500 to lead Heritage Auctions’ Nature & Science Signature® Auction March 25. This extraordinary rarity is one of the fewer than...