On December 13, Sotheby’s conducted its inaugural sale of Aboriginal Art in New York City after more than 20 years of selling the category in London and Melbourne. The tightly curated sale of 33 lots...
By Karla Klein Albertson LAS VEGAS – When people think of Las Vegas, they recall glitzy casinos in enormous hotels along a dazzling strip in the desert. And no one forgets how the city is illuminated...
By Laura Beach NORTHWOOD, N.H. — The Antiques Dealers’ Association of America (ADA) has named Karen and the late Ralph DiSaia the winners of its 2020 Award of Merit. Karen DiSaia will accept the prize...
NEW YORK CITY — Topping Phillips’ December 17 Design sale was Jean Royere’s red-upholstered “Ours Polaire” sofa, which realized $487,500, towards the top of its $300/500,000 estimate. It was one of eight...
Review and Onsite Photos by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy Phillips NEW YORK CITY – Phillips’ chose its December 17 Design sale to offer eight American weathervanes from the estate...
Review by Anne Kugielsky, Photos Courtesy Michaan’s Auctions ALAMEDA, CALIF. – At Michaan’s December 6 Winter fine sale and December 7 gallery auction, top lots spanned multiple categories...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy Auctions at Showplace NEW YORK CITY – On December 15, Auctions at Showplace presented a 350-lot estate sale featuring a multitude of items specially timed for the holidays,...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers ST LOUIS, MO. – Missouri pride was served hot in the heartland when Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers sold off the collections...
Anthony Wood is a preservationist and author based in New York City who has served as a trustee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Preservation League of New York State, and countless...
OLD GREENWICH, CONN. – It wasn’t your grandfather’s Bambi, posed incongruously amid a spiky blanket of culled deer antlers on the stage of the main gallery of the Eastern Greenwich Civic...
By James D. Balestrieri When I was very young, I used to find myself in the Coin and Stamp Department in Gimbel’s on Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee. I would be feeling the sting of my weekly allergy...
Notable sales detailed in our January 3, 2020 issue offer varied final bids. A bidder scored a final call of $237,575 on the original handwritten lyrics to Elton John’s “Your Song,” written...