HIGH FALLS, N.Y. – Scott Daniel’s Auction offered a fresh-to-the-market trove of photographs by Twentieth Century photographer Pamela Rankin-Smith in its March 13 sale. In 1994, Rankin-Smith...
CINCINNATI – Cowan’s March 9-10 American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts sale found its apex at $35,200 with one of American artist Alonzo Chappel’s (1828-1887) most recognized...
FREEPORT, MAINE – An Eighteenth Century mahogany Massachusetts corner chair with urn-form splats, one ball and claw foot and three other legs ending in pad feet, brought $15,200, far more than the estimate...
DALLAS – Charles Burns’ original art that graced the front of 1982’s Raw No. 4, an unsettling black and white die-cut piece meant to reveal bits of Burns’ second color cover behind...
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. – A previously unknown and apparently early work titled “Christ with Sainted Knights” by Joseph Christian Leyendecker (American, 1874-1951) soared past its $10/20,000...
NEW YORK CITY – Among 500 rare and iconic works presented at the 83rd Rare Posters Auction from Poster Auctions International (PAI) on March 14, the star was Art Nouveau master Alphonse Mucha’s...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries THOMASTON, MAINE – More than 1,200 lots crossed the block from February 26-28 at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries as part...
SALEM, MASS. – A painting by Twentieth Century American artist, Jacob Lawrence, which had been previously unlocated for more than 60 years, has been discovered and will join the five-stop national...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Morphy Auctions DENVER, PENN. – At 184 lots, the mechanical bank collection of Bob & Judy Brady went white glove and brought more than $2 million at Morphy...
By Laura Beach WINTERTHUR, DEL. AND ONLINE – If you have ever wondered what kind of business might be developed by running small display ads in the back pages of The New Yorker, ponder no more. For roughly...
ONLINE – It would be hard to imagine a more dazzling place to host the multicultural relics of American First Nation and world history than a port city that has welcomed people from around the world...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Hake’s Auction YORK, PENN. – Hake’s Auctions set a single-sale company record when the firm produced $2,888,163 at its February 24-25 Premier Auction...