BUFFALO, N.Y. – On August 24, after 54 years of specializing in colonial period furniture, Nineteenth and Twentieth Century American and British paintings, contemporary art, early Nineteenth Century...
By Greg Smith ONLINE – As any auctioneer or dealer on the show circuit can attest, events are drivers for sales. They instill a pressure on a buyer as they impart a sense of temporary immediacy or the possibility...
Notable sales found in our September 11, 2020 issue are glimmering, timely and artsy. A vintage diamond engagement ring at Kodner brought five figures to the block while a Universal Geneve watch at Cordier...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Photos Courtesy Blackwood/March Auctioneers ESSEX, MASS. – Cape Ann and New England artists, past and present, took center stage at Blackwood/March Auctioneer’s...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy DuMouchelle Art Gallery DETROIT, MICH. – The two-day sale at DuMouchelle Art Gallery on August 20-21 offered a combined 879 lots; according...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy Crocker Farm SPARKS, MD. – Crocker Farm continued its success with stoneware vessels of the African American enslaved potter Dave from the Edgefield District,...
Review by Rick Russack, Photos Courtesy Guyette & Deeter ST MICHAELS, MD – The Guyette & Deeter summer auction, usually conducted over a two-day period in Portsmouth, N.H., was conducted...
Review by Greg Smith, Catalog Photos Courtesy Santa Fe Art Auction SANTA FE – Santa Fe Art Auction’s (SFAA) Western Decorative Arts & Objects sale provided a timeline of generational art on August...
Review by Greg Smith, Catalog Photos Courtesy Skinner Inc. MARLBOROUGH, MASS. – Skinner’s annual offering of Shaker material coalesced in a boutique online sale August 11-20 as the firm sold...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy of Kaminski Auctions BEVERLY, MASS. – An estate auction conducted by Kaminski on August 23 saw more than 800 lots cross the block. The market for Asian material...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy of Burchard Galleries ST PETERSBURG, FLA. – A coin-operated Polyphon disc playing music box led Burchard Galleries’ eclectic estate auction on August...
MOUNT CRAWFORD, VA. – A first edition to be printed in the United States of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick led bidders on a merry chase at Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates’ Summer Americana...