Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy Hudson Valley Auctioneers BEACON, N.Y. – “There were no bad lots.” That was the confident pronunciation by Hudson Valley Auctioneers’...
Review by Greg Smith, Catalog Photos Courtesy Alderfer Auction HATFIELD, PENN. – Twentieth Century art and design from both American and European makers made its way across the block at Alderfer...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy of Kensington Estate Auctions CLINTONDALE, N.Y. – An original Walt Disney Studios ink and watercolor drawing for The Talkies (cartoons), circa 1930-33, was loudly...
Some preachers teach sermons from the pulpit, others carve them from wood. Enter Elijah Pierce, the son of two former slaves who turned his Columbus, Ohio, barber shop into a gallery with lively folk carvings...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy D.L. Straight Auctioneers STURBRIDGE, MASS. – David Straight does not typically disclose his sale totals but the statistics speak for themselves:...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Steenburgh Auctioneers EAST HAVERHILL, N.H. – Two 100-foot tents and a blue sky greeted bidders to Steenburgh Auctioneers’ annual Labor Day Weekend Auction...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy Nye & Co. BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – Nye & Company’s September 2 Estate Treasures Auction featured slightly more than 450 lots and achieved...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy Abington Auction Gallery FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. – A gouache on paper by Alexander Calder (1898-1976) handily outperformed its $25/35,000 estimate to finish at $97,650...
Notable sales found in our September 25, 2020 issue cover a spectrum of literature, art and fashion. A rare first edition presentation copy inscribed by Winston S. Churchill to the former King Edward VIII...
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. – One of the finest known examples of Connecticut maker J&E Stevens’ Lion Hunter cast iron mechanical bank sold for $33,000, including premium, at RSL Auction Co’s...
COMMERCE, CALIF. – On September 13, Abell Auctions offered 512 lots in the first of two scheduled sales from the estate of Hollywood actress and producer, Penny Marshall (1943-2018). Topping the sale...
ST PETERSBURG, FLA. – Titled “Superiority of Consequences,” a painting by Polish Surrealist Rafal Olbinski (b 1943) rose to $22,140 on 19 bids at Hess Fine Art’s sale of vintage...