DALLAS – A 1986 Michael Jordan rookie trading card set a world record on Sunday, August 30, when it sold for $420,000, including buyer’s premium, at Heritage Auctions’ August 29-30 Summer...
THOMASTON, MAINE – N.C. Wyeth was working on “First Farmer of The Land” depicting George Washington on horseback just hours before his accidental death in 1945. The large unfinished charcoal...
AMESBURY, MASS. – At John McInnis’ August 27 Collector’s Auction, an early Chinese carved zitan wood libation cup more than tripled its $10,000 high estimate to finish at $36,900. The cup’s...
Review by Greg Smith, Catalog Photos Courtesy Eldred’s EAST DENNIS, MASS. – “Navigating 2020 could easily be compared with a captain weathering a fierce storm,” wrote Eldred’s...
Notable sales found in our September 4, 2020 issue will interest everyone — from the studied collector to the wandering weekend picker. Contemporary art lovers will get all aflutter at the sight of “The...
By Laura Beach NEW YORK CITY – Forget Mad Men. If you really want a lesson in visual style, binge watch The Avengers, the 1960s British television series that brought us sleuth Emma Peel and her partner...
Review and Onsite Photos by Rick Russack, Additional Photos Courtesy Skinner MARLBOROUGH, MASS. – In the old days (like last year), Skinner’s August Americana sales would have been conducted...
SPARKS, MD. – Crocker Farm continued its success with stoneware vessels of the African American enslaved potter Dave from the Edgefield District, S.C. Out of public offer for 168 years, a rare 3-gallon...
BEVERLY, MASS. – An estate auction conducted by Kaminski on August 23 saw more than 800 lots cross the block. The market for Asian material remains as hot as a late August day as evidenced by a Nineteenth...
SARASOTA, FLA. – Bringing the top price at Helmuth Stone Gallery’s August 23 sale of fine art, antiques and jewelry was a Tiffany Art Deco enamel/diamond set 14K gold cigarette case that doubled...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy Barridoff Galleries SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE – Barridoff Galleries’ August 15 sale was chock full of Maine artists. “No surprise,” said the firm’s...