By Madelia Hickman Ring NEW YORK CITY – In 2018, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) and the Frick Collection jointly announced that the Frick’s collection, exhibition, library resources...
ALAMEDA, CALIF. – Auction buyers responded with enthusiasm to Michaan’s special auction event conducted on June 19. Among the many porcelains sold was a rare copper-red water coupe with lotus...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy State Line Auctions CANAAN, CONN. – On Saturday, June 20, State Line Auctions offered more than 350 lots of general estate property in an online...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy Lawyer Auction RED HOOK, N.Y. – On Wednesday, June 17, Lawyer Auction’s ‘New Normal’ online-only sale of 375 lots was conducted...
By Laura Beach ASHEVILLE, N.C. – William N. Banks Jr, who died last November at age 95, was the model of a scholar collector, his work as a regular contributor to The Magazine Antiques dovetailing...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy of Lelands NEW YORK CITY – Michael Jordan’s 1992 Dream Team signed, game-worn shoes sold for $190,373, a Joe DiMaggio 1949 Yankees game-used bat fetched...
Notable sales detailed in our July 10, 2020 issue include paintings that drew active bidding. Topping about 225 lots on offer in Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers’ spring gallery auction was an American...
HELENA, MONT. (AP) – Dinosaur fossils worth millions of dollars unearthed on a Montana ranch belong to the owners of the land’s surface rights, not the owners of the mineral rights, a U.S....
When the health crisis forced the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA), part of Old Salem Museums and Gardens, to cancel the 2020 MESDA Summer Institute, a foremost training ground for scholars...
Review by Greg Smith, Catalog Photos Courtesy Morphy Auctions DENVER, PENN. – Originally scheduled for March 28-29, Morphy Auctions’ Coin-Op and Advertising sale hit paydirt nearly three months...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy Pook & Pook, Inc. DOWNINGTOWN, PENN. – On Saturday, June 20, Pook & Pook, Inc., reopened its saleroom, closed since March because of the COVID-19...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Humler & Nolan CINCINNATI, OHIO – A 30-year run came to an end June 20-21 as pottery auction house Humler & Nolan hammered down the gavel for the very...