CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. — A silver bromide photographic print of Susan B. Anthony was among the treasures unearthed when Geneva, N.Y., lawyer David Whitcomb shined a flashlight into a sealed off room above...
GENESEO, N.Y. — John F. Kensett’s (American, 1816-1872) oil on canvas painting, “Singing Beach & Eagle Rock, Magnolia, Massachusetts,” tripled its high estimate at Cottone Auctions’ September...
Seven years before Tristram Hunt became director of the Victoria & Albert Museum, he was a Labour Party politician that just earned a seat as a member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central, the same...
By Kate Eagen Johnson NEW YORK CITY – A lizard hitching a ride on a nautilus, a ghostly lady’s hand holding a pineapple, a haughty peacock perched on a towering rock pile – these marvels...
Review by W.A. Demers PHOENIXVILLE, PENN. – Wiederseim Associates mounted a special two-day fall sale on September 10-11 to disperse property from several Pennsylvania estates, including that of John...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Photos Courtesy Brunk Auctions ASHEVILLE, N.C. – With 93 percent of the 1,220 lots offered in the span of three days, Brunk Auctions garnered in excess of $3.7 million....
NEW YORK CITY – On September 14, Sotheby’s auction dedicated to one of the greatest prewar collections of Meissen porcelain to appear at auction in more than half a century achieved $15 million...
Review and Onsite Photos by Rick Russack PLAINFIELD, N.H. – Bill Smith started his September 11 sale with a moment of silence commemorating the events of 9/11. He then took a moment to promote an upcoming...
Review by Greg Smith NEW YORK CITY- There was an allure to David Killen’s September 12 sale, found somewhere between the near-uniform $200/300 estimates, the mix of consignors and the sheer force...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy Clarke Auctions LARCHMONT, N.Y. – More than 600 lots of estate merchandise crossed the block at Clarke Auction Gallery on September 12, a diverse selection...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Bertoia Auctions VINELAND, N.J. – When we spoke with Michael Bertoia following the September 10-11 sale at Bertoia Auctions offering the second installment...
VILLANOVA, PENN. — George Raveling was on the mall in Washington, DC on August 28, 1963, where he agreed to volunteer as security during the March on Washington. It was the day that Martin Luther King...