MARLBORO, MASS. – In normal times, Skinner’s August Americana sales would have taken place on a mid-month weekend, but this year brought two timed, online-only auctions. The results exceeded...
HARRISBURG, PENN. – A 1921 Babe Ruth baseball card issued by the American Caramel Company was the top lot at Cordier Auctions’ August 15 sale when it sold for $51,600. The black and white card...
Auction Action In Lone Jack, Mo. LONE JACK, MO. – Before a single lot crossed the block, auctioneer Dirk Soulis said that the collection of author and retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel Jack Angolia...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy Brunk Auctions ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Brunk Auctions has put another COVID-19-era sale behind it, with strong results. Between the Emporium Auction...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Soulis Auctioneers LONE JACK, MO. — Before a single lot crossed the block, auctioneer Dirk Soulis said that the collection of author and retired US Army Lieutenant...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy Eldred’s EAST DENNIS, MASS. — A William Fitz tall case clock, circa 1795, stood head and shoulders above several notable lots from the New Hampshire collection...
Ronald A. DeSilva, 83, of Garrison, an art historian and authority on American furniture and decorative arts, died July 30. After graduating from Rhode Island College, he was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship...
By Greg Smith NEW YORK CITY — Online auction platform LiveAuctioneers announced that a June 19 cyber attack against one of its IT suppliers compromised much of the user information stored on the site,...
UNITED STATES — The price of gold reached more than $2,000 per troy ounce for the first time in the history of the market on August 4, occurring amid an upward climb that has seen dramatic rise since...
By Greg Smith WASHINGTON, DC — On July 29, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs voted in favor of sending the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act of 2020 (STOP Act), S. 2165, to the US Senate...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy Rich Penn Auctions WATERLOO, IOWA — After months without being able to conduct live sales and a surfeit of property on hand in needing of selling,...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy of The Newport Show ONLINE — The Newport Show went online July 24-30 with a digital antiques show hosted on the InCollect platform. Twenty-five dealers participated,...