PROVIDENCE, R.I.- A fossil sabercat skull (Machairodus) sold for $37,500 at Ancient Objects on May 25. The firm said the skull, 10 inches wide and 13 inches long, had less than 10 percent restoration with...
Everyone knows that person who can name every chair in the book, but you probably don’t know the guy who can name the designer of the tape dispenser, the pogo stick, the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile...
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Barbara Marshall, longtime supporter of arts education in Kansas City, died of natural causes April 21, 2021 in Kansas City, Mo. She was 97 years old. As one of three children of Hallmark...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Pook & Pook DOWNINGTOWN, PENN. – The 445-lot collection of Bud & Judy Newman amassed $1,116,000 at Pook & Pook on April 24. The Newmans’ passions...
Review by Greg Smith, Catalog Photos Courtesy Slotin Folk Art Auction BUFORD, GA. – “The Strange, The Unusual, The Vanishing America!” was how auctioneer Steve Slotin described his April...
Review and Photos by Rick Russak DOVER, N.H. – Rachel and Josh Gurley conducted the year’s first outdoor show in New Hampshire at the Dover Elk’s Lodge on April 24. There was a large...
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. – The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM) cut ties with its fundraising arm, The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation (ALPLF) on April 1. The museum...
By Greg Smith DOWNINGTOWN, PENN.- “It’s a funny story,” began Jamie Shearer of Pook & Pook Auctions as he recounted the discovery of a stamp on the back of a Pennsylvania blanket...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Soulis Auctions LONE JACK, MO. – It’s not often a painting parlays its connections from Colorado and Kansas to Italy, but the works of Swedish immigrant...
TULSA, OKLA. – It was only in January that the Philbrook Museum of Art announced that it was the first museum in the continental United States to accession living domesticated cats into its permanent...
NEW YORK CITY- A pair of Chinese cloisonné ewers sold for $425,000 at Lark Mason Associates’ April 27 & 29 sale on the iGavel platform. Each featured a gilt bronze handle, spout and rim and dated...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Photos Courtesy Shapiro Auctions MAMARONECK, N.Y. – In the words of Gene Shapiro, Shapiro Auctions’ April 24-25 International Fine and Decorative Art Auction...