EAST MORICHES, N.Y. — Tristram Hillier’s (British, 1905-1983),”Hommage à André Simon,” 1957, surprised at South Bay Auctions on October 30 when it shot way past its $4/6,000 estimate to sell...
EAST WINDSOR, CONN. — A diminutive Chippendale mahogany chest, circa 1780, led the lots in Nadeau’s October 30 auction, bringing $25,000 with premium against a $10/20,000 estimate. Coming from the estate...
MILFORD, CONN. — “January Sun,” a watercolor that took American artist Charles Burchfield (1893-1967) nearly a decade to complete, was the top lot at Shannon’s October 28 Fine Art Auction when...
CHICAGO – Hindman Auctions’ November 9-10 Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana auction will feature 687 lots. The sale will be led by strong sessions featuring printed...
BANGOR, PENN. – It was primitives, country, antiques and fine art for three days straight at Hartzell’s Auction Gallery Inc., October 19-21. The sale unloaded just under 1,500 lots of things...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Photos Courtesy Andrew Jones Auctions LOS ANGELES – Auctioneers usually tread carefully when antiques dealers want to sell their inventory at auction because the dealers,...
By Madelia Hickman Ring NEW YORK CITY – Laura Irene Fisher passed away in New York City on Wednesday, September 29, at the age of 76. The cause of death was a heart attack. A lifelong New Yorker,...
NEW YORK CITY – For those who reminisce about the Golden Age of American Folk Art collecting, which enjoyed its heyday in the late 1970s and 1980s, Christie’s offers an opportunity to acquire...
Adam Irish, who deals under Old As Adam, is among a growing cohort of dealers who are redefining antiques for the Twenty-First Century. Out with formality, in with the unknown. A conversation with him is not like...
Folk portraits, coral earrings and Flemish tapestries caught fire in our November 12 issue’s Across The Block column. Good thing the fire chief is on duty. Japanese vases, a Hopi dish and a very...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Photos Courtesy Rachel Davis Fine Arts CLEVELAND, OHIO – Competition on a portrait of Berniece Singer by her husband, Clyde Singer (Ohio, 1908-1999) was stiff. Two online...
Review by Robert Frishman, Photos Courtesy Skinner Inc MARLBOROUGH, MASS. – David Newsom would not have wanted this article written. A private person with no interest in public recognition, he nonetheless...