PLAINFIELD, N.H. – An oil on canvas from Russian/French artist Leopold Survage (1879-1968) well-exceeded its top $3,000 estimate to sell for $53,100 in William A. Smith’s online sale May 9. Smith...
DALLAS – Bringing $60,000, the top price at Heritage Auctions’ May 5 Silver & Objects of Vertu sale, was a Rattray & Co., 9K gold center bowl that had been presented to the Earl &...
CINCINNATI, OHIO – Record levels of online bidding sent Cowan’s May 6 and 7 Arms and Armor auction well past its estimate on its way to a $2.2 million two-day total. In a sign of the adaptability...
SARASOTA, FLA. – A rare folio of celestial chromolithographs by Etienne Trouvelot, sold to a private collector for $49,980 when it was offered at Sarasota Estate Auction on May 10 in a spring sale...
VINELAND, N.J. – A Mikado cast iron mechanical bank in the blue table variant was the top draw at Bertoia Auctions’ May 7-8 sale of toys, banks and holiday material as it pulled in $45,600....
In 2005, when Donald “Don” Friary retired after working at Historic Deerfield for 40 years, he established History for Hire, a consulting practice benefiting museums and historical organizations...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy Old Kinderhook Auction Company STUYVESANT, N.Y. – Old Kinderhook Auction Company’s (OKAC) sale the evening of April 30 featured slightly...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Ralph Fontaine’s Heritage Auctions CANAAN, N.Y. – Cast iron in all of its outdoor forms provided the brawn for Ralph Fontaine’s Heritage Auctions...
LITCHFIELD, CONN. – A new way of life has emerged from the events that have occurred in recent months, and in an instant, hosting an online auction has changed from being an option to becoming a necessity....
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Crocker Farm SPARKS, MD. – The email came in early February. A 7-gallon stoneware water cooler by Geddes, N.Y., potter W.H. Farrar had descended in a family...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy Americana Auctions REHOBOTH, MASS. – A collection of Civil War artifacts went head to head with a collection of Chinese export and China Trade...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy New Haven Auctions NEW HAVEN, CONN. – With COVID-19 causing antiques shows to cancel and the shuttering of antique stores, dealers around the country...