PARK RIDGE, N.J. — According to Days Of The Year, April 27 is World Design Day, World Pinhole Photography Day, Morse Code Day, National Pet Parents Day and National Gummi Bear Day.
PHILADELPHIA — Spring takes many forms in Philadelphia: rowers and scullers take to the Schuylkill River, daffodils, tulips and cherry blossoms bloom and dance along Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and a large...
For those that pay attention to the staffing of specialists at auction houses, it can sometimes feel like a game of musical chairs, with experts changing firms as markets evolve.
CHICAGO — When the Costume collection manager at the Chicago History Museum (CHM), Jessica Pushor, decided to take a pair of Nike Air Jordan 1 men’s basketball shoes out of collection storage and up into...
LAS VEGAS – Morphy Auctions took a trip from its Denver, Penn., home base to set up shop in Las Vegas for its Coin-op & Advertising Auction from April 30 to May 3.
KINGSTON, N.Y. — On May 4, Collective Hudson conducted its Exceptionnelle auction, a 555-lot sale, which, among others, included part two of the property from the Basagic collection of French Art Nouveau...
PHILADELPHIA — A portrait of General George Washington, depicted on the 1777 battlefield at Princeton-Nassau Hall, was the top lot of more than 250 offered at Freeman’s | Hindman on April 29.
SUDBURY, MASS. — A Chinese tou tsai ware porcelain covered jar, which bore the Chien Lung (1735-1796) mark and was of the period, was the star of Tremont’s Annual Spring Fine Arts & Antiques auction...
DOWNINGTOWN, PENN. — Flying highest of the exactly 600 lots Pook & Pook offered in its May 1-2 Americana auction was a hand-sewn Cowpens/Third Maryland-pattern linen flag with 13 stamped stars that brought...
DALLAS — Heritage Auctions’ Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu Signature Auction, which was conducted on May 9, showcased the best of makers such as Tiffany & Company, Gorham, Paul Storr, Georg Jensen...
The figural form took two distinctly disparate forms at auctions this week, ranging from a bride of Frankenstein by Frank Frazetta that rose to $112,500 to lead Heritage Auctions’ Illustration Signature...