By Madelia Hickman Ring DOWNINGTOWN, PENN. — “She had been on the scene for decades. Everyone knew her, even if she hadn’t been very active more recently,” James Pook told Antiques...
PHILADELPHIA — On July 1, mere blocks from where the original was signed in 1776, a long-lost official copy by William J. Stone of the Declaration of Independence sold for $4.42 million at Freeman’s....
Photos courtesy of the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg WILLIAMSBURG, VA. – Earlier this year, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation announced the most significant single American decorative arts...
Review and Onsite Photos by Rick Russack, Additional Photos Courtesy CRN Auctions CAMBRIDGE, MASS. – It was a home run, or, if we’re using a baseball metaphor to describe CRN’s June 20 sale,...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Heritage Auctions DALLAS – The Michael Ward collection of Western Americana and Political works was offered at Heritage Auctions on June 19 and culminated with...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Doyle NEW YORK CITY – Doyle’s June 16 Design sale offered innovative works from renowned makers, tempting potential buyers towards a total gross of $1,204,844...
Photos Courtesy Stephen Smith/American Folk Art Museum NEW YORK CITY – The American Folk Art Museum hosted a reception on the occasion of the Museum’s 60th Anniversary and the opening of “American...
MANCHESTER, N.H. – Barn Star Productions has announced the postponement of its flagship “MidWeek One-Day Antiques Fair” during Antiques Week in New Hampshire until August 2022. Two years...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers CRANSTON, R.I. – By Kevin Bruneau’s standards, the June 17 Estate Fine Art and Antique Auction was a small...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Skinner Inc MARLBOROUGH, MASS. – It was not the Danes nor the French, but the Americans who ruled the roost at Skinner’s timed online Twentieth Century...
By James D Balestrieri DOYLESTOWN, PENN. – “Magnificent Measures! The Hausman-Hill Collection of Calculating Instruments,” the new exhibition at the Mercer Museum, invites discussion...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy Devin Moisan Auctioneers EPPING, N.H. – Attributed to Sturtevant Hamblin (active 1825-1856), “Portrait of Miss Mary Caroline Haines,” an oil on board...