Review by Madelia Hickman Ring COGAN STATION, PENN. – “The sale was fantastic!,” Amanda Covert said when we got her on the phone our first day back in the office after the Memorial Day holiday....
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy Fontaine’s Auction Gallery PITTSFIELD, MASS. – Featuring a selection of 700 items equally divided over two sessions that were conducted on consecutive...
We are far enough into the Twenty-First Century that it should not have come as a surprise that auction houses making headlines with contemporary art sales would eventually create an entirely new category...
Notable lots highlighted in our June 18, 2021 issue start with Fabio Fabbi’s “The Harem Resting on the Terrace,” that brought well above its five-figure estimate at Brunk. The consignor of “Crying...
FREEHOLD, N.Y. – A colorful bouquet by Vietnamese artist Le Pho (1907-2001) blossomed to the head of Carlsen Gallery’s Exceptional Estate Auction on June 6. Estimated at $4/8,000, it received...
DALLAS – Less than six months ago, Heritage Auctions set the world auction record for a hockey trading card when it sold a gem-mint example of Wayne Gretzky’s Edmonton Oiler’s rookie...
SACRAMENTO – The second offering of collector Don Dwyer’s bottle collection closed at American Bottle Auctions June 6, the top lot found with a Chalmer’s Catawba Wine Bitters in aqua...
PHILADELPHIA – “Piney Rest Motel (Cozy Rest Motel),” an 18-by-17-inch oil and pencil on canvas by Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978) sold for $478,800 at Freeman’s June 6 American...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Heritage Auctions DALLAS – Of the 910 lots on offer in Heritage Auctions’ biannual May 22 Space Exploration Signature Auction, 108 of them were from the estate...
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO – Jenkins Show Management – led by Janie Murphy and the Jenkins Family – celebrated the recovery from Covid-19 shutdowns with an outstanding four-day weekend, May 13-16,...
BRIMFIELD, MASS. – Every show in Brimfield is scheduled to open at full capacity for the antique week’s July edition, scheduled July 13-18. After Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker lifted...
By W.A. Demers NEW YORK CITY – The landscape of van Gogh paintings is littered with fakes. So shows the trend over the past three decades, with an oft-cited 1997 investigation by The Art Newspaper...