Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy Eldred’s EAST DENNIS, MASS. – Regardless of whatever market works of art and antiques are offered in, the rule one can nearly always...
By Jessica Skwire Routhier OGUNQUIT, MAINE – Those who consider themselves relatively knowledgeable about American art can be inclined to think of any artist they have never heard of before as a peripheral...
Notable lots that crossed the block in our August 20, 2021 issue lead with a large white marble sculpture of a kneeling boy with crab and net that made for active bidding at Winter Associates. At Slotin...
Athena Art Foundation is a new venture that plans to harness Twenty-First Century digital technology, including Tiktok, to bring pre-modern art to a wider audience. We reached out to foundation co-founder...
DALLAS – Mary Blair’s Peter Pan concept/color key painting (Walt Disney, 1953) – shown here – was one of two Disney works (the other was a 1964-66 concept painting for the “It’s...
HUDSON, N.Y. – Offered mere minutes into Stair’s August 5 Americana sale, an English bone Prisoner-of-War ship model not only blew its estimate out of the water, but it put a sizeable lead...
NANTUCKET, MASS. – “It was an exciting two-day sale, with competitive bidding in all categories,” said Carolyn Walsh, director of exhibitions and marketing at Rafael Osona Auctions, commenting...
PETERBOROUGH, N.H. – Yes, there was such a time. And William Newenham Montague Orpen (Irish, 1878-1931) captured it in his oil on canvas painting titled “After the Ball,” depicting masked...
ST MICHAEL’S MD. – Five lots each brought more than $100,000 at Guyette and Deeter’s August 6 and 7 sale. The highlight, selling for $144,000, was a circa 1940 Mallard drake decoy in a sleeping...
SPARKS, MD.— The hammer for Dave Drake’s 25-gallon stoneware jar fell with gusto at $1.3 million at Crocker Farm’s summer sale, which closed the morning of August 7. With premium, the four-handled...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Case Antiques KNOXVILLE, TENN. – An abstract oil on canvas painting recently rediscovered as an original work by American artist Beauford Delaney (1901-1979)...
By Kristin Nord WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS. – As gifted as Edvard Munch, Henrik Ibsen and Edvard Grieg, Norway’s well-recognized triumvirate, Nikolai Astrup (1880-1928) was an original – an artist...