In the last year of the Eighteenth Century, sailors in Salem, Mass., operating out of one of the largest and premier ports in America, banded together under the Salem East India Marine Society to combine...
HUDSON, N.Y. – Two days of sales at Stair Gallery April 16-17 continued selling items from the estate of decorator Mario Buatta. A set of 12 Portuguese basket-form dishes with a printed mark topped...
FREEHOLD, N.Y. – Carlsen Gallery’s March Madness Sale had to be rescheduled from March 29 to April 19 but the wait did not seem to deter buyers from bidding with enthusiasm. Bringing the most...
OAKLAND, CALIF. – Clars Auction Gallery’s April 19 sale of art, furniture, Asian works of art and jewelry included pieces from the Tiburon, Calif., estate of the actor Robin Williams and the estate...
Review by Greg Smith, Catalog Photos Courtesy Ron Rhoades Auctioneers SPRING CITY, PENN. – The April 4 multi-estate auction felt dramatically different for auctioneer Ron Rhoads as he conceded the auctioneering...
Review by Greg Smith, Catalog Photos Courtesy Hess Fine Auctions ST PETERSBURG, FLA. – A boutique sale of 104 lots crossed the block at Hess Fine Auctions on April 4, offering an assortment of fine...
Review by Greg Smith, Catalog Photos Courtesy Skinner Inc. MARLBOROUGH, MASS. – For some, the outbreak and isolation makes time stand still, but for others, like Skinner Inc., it picks up pace as was clear...
Review by Greg Smith, Catalog Photos Courtesy Ripley Auctions INDIANAPOLIS, IND. – Just over 400 lots of costume jewelry made its way through Ripley Auctions on April 6. The auction house runs a regular...
Review by Madelia Hickman Ring, Photos Courtesy Akiba Antiques DANIA BEACH, FLA. – On March 31, Akiba Antiques offered approximately 450 lots in a sale titled, “Eclectic Collections from Estates...
NEWTOWN, CONN.— Notice was sent on page 1 of the April 3 issue of Antiques and The Arts Weekly that the Bee Publishing Company was temporarily suspending the printed newspaper until the worst of the Coronavirus...
BELLPORT, N.Y. – The first 100 lots of the Thos. Cornell Galleries, Ltd., April 5 auction featured the Geoffrey Beene archives, including couture runway costume jewelry sold to benefit the Memorial...
CINNCINATI, OHIO – Leading Cowan’s Auctions’ 328-lot sale of American Indian art on Friday, April 10, was a Tlingit Chilkat blanket that doubled its high estimate to finish at $30,000....