NEW YORK CITY, NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS & ONLINE – Lark Mason Associates’ online auction that closed July 7 featured three works by Swedish American artist Birger Sandzén (1871-1954), all from...
CANAAN, CONN. – A four-drawer blockfront chest estimated only $400/800 sold for $16,520 at State Line Auctions’ July 11 sale. The chest measured 37 by 37 by 20 inches and was cataloged as made...
CRANSTON, R.I. – The premier 1963 issue of Marvel’s Avengers comic book sold for $23,125 at Bruneau & Co’s July 10 Comic, TGC and Toy sale. Avengers #1 was CGC graded 8.0 and represented...
HINGHAM, MASS.- According to Steve O’Brien, carvings by Elmer Crowell account for 28 of the highest 100 prices achieved by decoys at auction. Therefore, it was no surprise that Copley’s three...
THOMASTON, MAINE – After a very active auction weekend, Kaja Veillieux and his staff at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries were all very tired, but happy with the overall sale results. The top lot of the three-day,...
BEDFORD, N.Y. – A wide variety of objects from several prominent local estates crossed the block at Butterscotch Auction on July 11, including items from the estate of William D. Wixom (1929-2020),...
MARLBOROUGH, MASS — A single bottle of Old Ingledew Whiskey, bottled in the 1860s in La Grange, Ga., by Evans and Ragland, sold for $137,500 on June 30 in Skinner’s Rare Spirits sale. The contents...
From the soft, dreamy landscapes of William Slaughter and Ivan Rabuzin to the cold, hard metal in a Winchester shotgun, American pennies and Babe Ruth’s locker tag when he was with the New York Yankees...
In June 2020, Americana dealer Taylor Thistlethwaite announced that he had moved both home and gallery to the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Upperville, Va. “After being in Alexandria for four...
By Jessica Skwire Routhier CLEVELAND – Museums are at last opening back up, offering long-homebound visitors a chance to finally look at a different set of walls. It is a coincidence, but an intriguing...
ESSEX, MASS. — Summertime on the Cape conjures images of Ralph Cahoon’s (1910-1982) whimsical scenes of sailors and mermaids frolicking on the backs of whales, in hot air balloons, on majestic ships...
DELRAY, FLA. — On June 29-30 Bill Hood and Sons sold the entire contents of a $27 million Jupiter Island ocean front home with no reserves. The sale was full of listed fine art oil paintings, a large...