EAST MORICHES, N.Y. – Six silver julep cups by Lexington, K.Y., silversmith Asa Blanchard (circa 1770 or 1787-1838) sold for $44,400 at South Bay Auctions’ June 12 sale offering the single-owner...
PLAINFIELD, N.H. – Four of the five highest priced lots at Bill Smith’s live June 12 sale were jewelry and watches. An 8-carat round brilliant-cut yellow diamond, set in an 18K gold size 10 men’s...
NEW YORK CITY — Sotheby’s held a three-lot sale on June 8 offering two iconic philatelic items and a coin from the collection of shoe designer, fashion entrepreneur and philanthropist Stuart Weitzman....
By Karla Klein Albertson NASHVILLE, TENN. – In recent centuries, few creative individuals have possessed the range of artistry displayed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928), a man equally adept...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Strawser Auction Group WOLCOTTVILLE, IND. – Four days, 2,000 lots and one happy auctioneer. Michael Strawser was relieved his marathon May 26-29 sale was over...
By Greg Smith MATAWAN, N.J. – It was only two months ago that Lelands Auction established a record at $2.25 million for the most ever paid for a football card. That record was set with a Tom Brady...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Donny Malone Auctions SAUGERTIES, N.Y. – The pandemic did not slow Donny Malone. To sate the demand of buyers worldwide, the auctioneer at Donny Malone Auctions...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Hindman CHICAGO – Antiquities are in bloom at Hindman. In his first sale as director and senior specialist of the antiquities department at the Chicago auction...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy Hermann Historica GRASBRUNN, MUNICH, GERMANY – Hermann Historica’s late spring marathon of sales kicked off on May 26 with nearly 600 lots...
Review and photos by Rick Russack DEERFIELD, N.H. – The title of this article could easily have been “build it and they will come,” the oft-misquoted line from the motion picture Field...
HONG KONG – The top lot of a single-owner 26-lot sale of Classical Chinese furniture was a Seventeenth Century huanghuali folding horse-shoe back armchair, which sold for $8.5 million, more than...
Review and Photos by W.A. Demers RHINEBECK, N.Y. – Spring Antiques at Rhinebeck returned on May 29-30 as Barn Star Productions and Frank Gaglio opened the live show to the public on their traditional...