Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy Freeman’s PHILADELPHIA – A single-lot sale has the potential to do very well…or very badly. Fortunately, the news from Philadelphia...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Winter Associates PLAINVILLE, CONN. – On June 28, Winter Associates launched a 239-lot specialized sale of prints and drawings dating as far back as the Fifteenth...
By Kristin Nord NEW LONDON, CONN. – By some accounts, Frank Vincent DuMond (1865-1951) is perhaps the most important American arts educator of the Twentieth Century, but his talents have resided...
Review by W.A. Demers, Catalog Photos Courtesy Blackwood-March ESSEX, MASS. – Summertime on the Cape conjures images of Ralph Cahoon’s (1910-1982) whimsical scenes of sailors and mermaids frolicking...
LONDON – A drawing of the head of a bear by Italian master Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) achieved a new world record for a drawing by the artist when it roared to $12,196,778, the top price achieved...
BERKELEY, CALIF. – Seventy-five choice lots of rare and valuable Americana and cartography drew strong interest to PBA Galleries’ July 8 auction. The sale was highlighted by a record price...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy Bill Hood & Sons DELRAY, FLA. – On June 29-30 Bill Hood & Sons sold the entire contents of a $27 million Jupiter Island ocean front home with no reserves....
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates MOUNT CRAWFORD, VA. – Jeffrey S. Evans was able to enjoy his Fourth of July holiday, having the two days...
A Virginia tall clock and an Ithaca regulator ensured that bidders timed their offers just right this week at Brunk and Schmitt Horan. Arts made strong showings with the late Joan Brownstein’s extensive...
Last month, writer Chris Tomlinson, along with Bryan Burrough and Jason Stanford, released Forget The Alamo, The Rise and Fall of an American Myth, the latest case study exploring the oil-and-water relationship...
DALLAS – Heritage Auctions sold a copy of Super Mario 64 – Wata 9.8 N64 Nintendo 1996 USA, in “A++ sealed condition,” for $1,560,000 in the first standalone Video Games Auction,...
WOODBURY, CONN. – Maritime works from the Darien, Conn., estate collection of George E. Ratcliffe were early favorites at Schwenke Auctioneer’s July 10 sale and Antonio Jacobsen’s painting...