LONDON — An Art Deco “Les Palmiers” lacquered wood, lacquered metal and gilded wood smoking room, designed by Jean Dunand (1877-1942) and installed between 1930 and 1936 in the Parisian apartment...
Review by W.A. Demers PHILADELPHIA – A bright, crimson Salor Chuval carpet from Eighteenth Century Turkmenistan flew to $59,375 at Material Culture’s June 27 sale of the Leigh Marsh collection....
Review and Photos by Rick Russack WELLS, MAINE – The Wells show is one of the staples of the circuit of outdoor summer shows in Maine. Run by Liz and John DeSimone’s Goosefare Promotions, the show...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring DALLAS – “Overall, it was an exciting sale,” Heritage Auctions’ director of decorative arts, design, silver and vertu Karen Rigdon told Antiques and The Arts...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring NEW YORK CITY – Collectors have vastly different acquisition strategies. Some amass with a broad net; others make a deep dive into a particularly narrow collecting...
Review by W.A. Demers WILLOUGHBY, OHIO – A great looking early toy, a hand painted and litho tin clockwork Girl Blowing Bubbles from Germany floated to $9,900 at Milestone Auction’s June 26 sale...
Review by Greg Smith CINCINNATI – Cowan’s June 25 American Historical Ephemera & Photography auction finished at just over $705,000 in gross sales as it weaved through American history...
Review by Laura Beach SANTA FE – The great photographer of the West, Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952), devoted himself to recording the disappearing way of life of America’s original inhabitants....
Review and Onsite Photos by Walt Borton SANTA FE – Walking through the doors of the Cody Old West Show’s Friday morning preview, June 25, prompted a moment of pause. This was not the typically...
Review by Greg Smith WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. – In the foreword to RSL Auction Co’s catalog illustrating its June 27 sale of the bank and cap gun collection that belonged to the late Paul Cole,...
Review by Greg Smith COPAKE, N.Y. – Among the audiences who purchase from Copake Auction throughout the year, auctioneer Seth Fallon said the bicycle collecting community, more hobbyists than pure...
Review by W.A. Demers BRANFORD, CONN. – A portrait of American artist William Trost Richards (1870-1952) painted by his daughter, Anna Richards Brewster, sold for $175,000, nearly 70 times its estimated...