GLEN COVE, N.Y. – A pair of Chinese export Padouk side chairs sold for $39,975 at Roland NY’s May 22 sale. The firm said they were styled after a design by Giles Grendey in the second quarter...
CANAAN, N.Y. – An oil on canvas signed JF Cropsey sold for $156,000 to an American bidder at Ralph Fontaine’s Heritage Auction on May 23. The painting measured 18 by 27 inches and was signed...
ROCK ISLAND, ILL. – A pair of flintlock holster pistols carried by Alexander Hamilton during the Revolutionary War sold for $1.15 million at Rock Island Auction Company’s May 14 sale, making...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy Baum School of Art ALLENTOWN, PENN. – The Baum School of Art’s 36th Annual Art Auction, May 9-15, was conducted online once again this year. Although...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy Garth’s Auction COLUMBUS, OHIO – Two Ohio collections – that of the late Chris Powell and his wife, Christine Powell of Zoar, and one belonging...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy Theriault’s ANNAPOLIS, MD. – In the world of doll sales, Theriault’s Marquis auctions rank among the most important ones to follow...
By James D. Balestrieri, Photos by Joe Coscia NEW YORK CITY – For all the times I have stood in front of Giovanni Bellini’s Fifteenth Century masterpiece “St Francis in the Desert”...
When the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced that the Thomas Cole National Historic Site was among 30 finalists for the 2021 National Medal for Museum and Library Service –...
Notable lots highlighted in our June 4, 2021 issue present an array of lots sure to satisfy the collector in you. Among the art picks, an untitled abstract by Sam Gilliam prompted five-figure interest...
DOWNINGTOWN, PENN. – The very first lot in the May 21 Americana and International auction at Pook & Pook was a carved cigar store Indian that a phone bidder took to $63,000, a price that was never...
MARLBOROUGH, MASS. – A mixed-media preparatory drawing done by Christo (American, 1935-2020) for his Pont Neuf / Wrapped / Project for Paris in 1985 brought the top price at Skinner’s American...
MOUNT CRAWFORD, VA. – The Routson Americana Collection – of which Jeffrey S. Evans offered the first part on May 22 – got off to a smashing start and was led by a Staffordshire medallion...