Lelands founder and chairman of the board Joshua Leland Evans passed away after a lengthy illness on Sunday, December 27. He was 59. Words cannot adequately express our sense of loss, nor our gratitude...
WASHINGTON, DC – On view at the National Portrait Gallery through May 23, “Every Eye Is Upon Me: First Ladies of the United States” is the first major exhibition to explore the historical...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Skinner, Inc. MARLBOROUGH, MASS. – December is always a crowded time for the Twentieth Century decorative arts sales, but Skinner’s 580-lot offering on December...
By Greg Smith UNITED STATES – The auction software company SimpleAuctionSite was the target of a ransomware attack late in the evening on December 17, resulting in delayed and suspended sales among...
NEW YORK CITY & ONLINE— Manhattan’s Americana Week will look markedly different this January on account of the pandemic and gathering restrictions, with exhibitions, lectures, shows and auctions...
Before the pandemic hit, New York City’s Bernard & S. Dean Levy Inc., a firm that has dealt in the upper strata of antiques and art since 1901, was already on the move. The dealership was looking...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy Michaan’s Auctions ALAMEDA, CALIF. – Michaan’s Auctions closed out 2020 with a 205-lot Winter Fine Sale on December 18 and a 577-lot...
PROVINCETOWN, MASS. – Strong prices and active bidding prevailed at James R. Bakker Antiques’ winter live online fine arts auction featuring property from a Provincetown collection and other...
TIMONIUM, MD. – “Out with the old, in with the new” is the saying at this time of year. It is also the time of year for auction houses to go through their warehouses and shelves of unpaid-for...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy Akiba Antiques DANIA BEACH, FLA. – An Eighteenth Century diamond tiara in platinum crowned Akiba Antiques’ December 22 sale when it rose above its $2,000...
By Karla Klein Albertson DETROIT – Imagine an era when – every two or three years – you traded in all your living room furniture and shelled out a bundle for a brand-new look. While furniture...
CLAY N.Y. – On January 1, Iroquois Auctions celebrated both the New Year and the 50th Anniversary of the firm with a nearly 500-lot sale that was topped by an 8½-foot-long and 13-foot-tall oak bar that...