Review by Rick Russack, Photos Courtesy Swann Galleries NEW YORK CITY – Since the late 1990s, Swann Galleries has conducted an annual sale fully devoted to African American material on paper. It’s...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy Cottone Auctions GENESEO, N.Y. – There were 210 lots that crossed the block at Cottone’s fine art and antiques sale on March 27. The sale totaled $1.6...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy Blanchard Auction Services POTSDAM, N.Y. – The focus was on early manuscript maps, town-founding documents, business and personal papers and the library amassed...
NEW YORK CITY – “The New Dress,” an alluring 1959 oil on canvas by Alvin Ross (1920-1975) took the top lot at Doyle’s Doyle At Home auction that closed March 31. It sold for $9,450....
NEW YORK (AP) – Quarterback Tom Brady is proving he’s the GOAT not just on the football field but also in the collectibles market: A rookie football card just sold for $2.25 million. It is the most...
By Kristin Nord FAIRFIELD, CONN. – The worldwide fate of birds since the 1970s has been increasingly dire: billions have vanished throughout Canada and the United States, and many species are threatened...
Cowan’s recently announced that 2021 would mark a new era for the firm in the field of historic arms and armor with the appointment of Tim Carey. Carey has 40 years of experience in the field of sporting...
Notable sales in our April 16, 2021 issue start with a lot that finished almost 37-times its high estimate as a set of Joseon dynasty studded armor and helmet sold for $293,750 against an estimate of $6/8,000...
THOMASTON, MAINE – A lot of two early Twentieth Century Chinese porcelain bottle vases, one in a bubble-gum pink, the other in a vivid yellow, took top-lot honors in the March 31 Vintage Accents...
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. – When Greensboro, N.C., antique dealer Caroline Faison decided it was time to close her shop and slow down a little, she called Leland Little, who, in due course, offered 475 lots...
DALLAS – The finest known copy of the oldest sealed hangtab Super Mario Bros. smashed the previous record for the most ever paid for a video game when it sold Friday, April 2, for $660,000 in Heritage...
MANCHESTER, N.H. – A cased pair of percussion belt pistols by the Dublin firm William & John Rigby sold for $36,425 in Amoskeag Auction Company Inc’s March 27-28 sale, surpassing their...