The chief executive officer and president of the American Ancestors – New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) and its online portal AmericanAncestors.org for 15 years, D. Brenton Simons...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy William Bunch Auctions CHADDS FORD, PENN. – A rare Civil War designating flag made by William H. Horstmann & Sons, Philadelphia, rallied to $60,000 at William...
Review by Greg Smith, Catalog Photos Courtesy Cowan’s Auctions CINCINNATI, OHIO – Cowan’s June 26 American Historical Ephemera and Photography sale grossed $785,887 on 383 lots. “I...
Review by Greg Smith, Catalog Photos Courtesy Daniel Buck Auctions LISBON FALLS, MAINE – Auctioneer Daniel Buck Soules of Daniel Buck Auctions was pleased with his June 27 sale, relating to Antiques...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Photos Courtesy Tremont Auctions SUDBURY, MASS. – On Sunday, June 28, Tremont Auctions offered nearly 475 lots in their Annual Spring Fine Art & Antiques sale....
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog photos Courtesy Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates MOUNT CRAWFORD, VA. – The Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates June 26-27 Premier Americana Auction was a highly...
PLAINFIELD, N.H. – William A. Smith’s July 1 Important Country Americana Auction featured more than 425 lots and included the estate collection of Robert “Bob” and Mary Fraser of Chester,...
SARASOTA, FLA. – Bringing the top price at Helmuth Stone Gallery’s July 5th Fine Art, Antique and Jewelry Auction was a circa 1650 drypoint etching by Rembrandt Van Rijn (1606-1669) titled...
DALLAS – It was meant to be Joseph Christian Leyendecker’s final cover for The Saturday Evening Post – the illustrator’s iconic New Year’s Baby, dressed only in a diaper and a soldier’s...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Casco Bay Auctions FREEPORT, MAINE – In the firm’s seventh auction, Casco Bay Auctions offered 452 lots of variety in the Early Summer Eclecticism Sale....
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy of Rago/Wright LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. – A rare Marblehead vase, circa 1910, was the runaway star in Rago’s American art pottery auction on June 20, selling...
NORTH SALEM, N.Y. – From his meager beginnings charging $5-$10 for portraits on the sidewalk of Miami Beach, Daniel E. Greene, born in 1934 in Cincinnati, Ohio, rose to become one of the most celebrated...