Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries THOMASTON, MAINE – Over a span of four days, Thomaston Place Auction Galleries dispatched a total of 1,734...
As evidenced by the popularity of such television series as Downton Abbey, The Crown, and Upstairs, Downstairs, the British aristocracy has long been a source of fascination, both at home and abroad, for people...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy Brunk Auctions ASHEVILLE, N.C. – By the time the gavel fell on the last of more than 450 lots offered by Brunk Auctions November 20-21, a combined...
By Karla Klein Albertson WASHINGTON, DC – Long before empresses wore faceted diamonds and emeralds, deeply colored semiprecious stones were the bling du jour. The gleaming golden collars worn by the Egyptian...
MARLBOROUGH, MASS. – The sand art bottles by Andrew Clemens have seen increasingly higher prices in recent years, but there is a new record in town, courtesy of a patriotic presentation example that...
NEW YORK CITY – Swann Galleries’ November 12 sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints brought in “a strong turnout of new buyers, and bidding was aggressive for modern American prints...
PHILADELPHIA – A painting by self-taught Texas artist and Lutheran pastor William A. Slaughter rose to the top of the sale in Material Culture’s November 23 Fine, Folk & Outsider art auction...
SCOTTS VALLEY, CALIF. – On November 29, Robert Slawinski Auctioneers conducted its online holiday estates auction. The sale featured a letter bearing the signature of Charles Marion Russell with...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Clars Auction Gallery OAKLAND, CALIF.- Just over 800 lots attracted $1.2 million in total sales at Clars Auction Gallery’s November 15 auction. The lots ranged...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Cowan’s Auctions CINCINNATI – The collection of Louis Hahn, a collector and dealer of Slippery Rock, Penn., was sold in 776 lots over two days November...
By Jessica Skwire Routhier BRONX, N.Y.- Sanford Biggers makes quilts. Or he remakes quilts. Or he destroys or deconstructs them, based on your perspective. In any case, the reclamation of this distinctively...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy Show Dealers ONLINE – It was high irony. In a virtual antiques show where the tagline was “Treasures At A Click,” host Leigh Keno, well-known for appearances...