CINCINNATI, OHIO – A rare antebellum quarter plate daguerreotype believed to be the earliest known image of enslaved African Americans with cotton ever taken sold for $324,500 in Cowan’s auction, American...
By W.A. Demers NEW YORK CITY — Christie’s is one of the US auction houses filing for exemption against the Trump administration tariffs that were levied on Chinese art and antiques. Christie’s led the charge...
BALTIMORE. MD. — Baltimore antiques dealer Philip Stephen Dubey, beloved son of the late Philip and Dorothy Dubey and devoted brother of Brian Madden Dubey and William Mark Dubey, passed away from a massive...
Review and Photos by R. Scudder Smith ALLENTOWN, PENN. – The first Saturday in November means everything, even in some cases more than Christmas and Thanksgiving, to countless collectors of antique...
Review and Onsite Photos by Greg Smith, Additional Photos Courtesy Crocker Farm Auction SPARKS, MD. – A total of 503 lots crossed the block in Crocker Farm’s October 26 American Stoneware &...
Review and Onsite Photos by W.A. Demers, Additional Photos Courtesy of Nadeau Auction Gallery EAST WINDSOR, CONN. – It’s a long drive from Nadeau’s Auction Gallery in East Windsor, Conn.,...
Review by Anne Kugielsky, Photos Courtesy Lark Mason Associates NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS – Lark Mason Associates’ auction of the personal collections of Anthony Bourdain was not a typical auction...
Review and Onsite Photos by Madelia Hickman Ring NEW YORK CITY – The Palm Beach Show Group returned to the Metropolitan Pavilion October 25-28 with its fifth annual New York City Jewelry & Watch...
By Jessica Skwire Routhier PARIS – Saudi princes. Right-wing nationalism. International diplomatic relations. Quid pro quo. Court battles, reluctant lenders, last-minute negotiations and lingering...
YORK, PENN. — A prototype rocket-firing Boba Fett action figure, from toy company Kenner’s licensed action figure line for Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, circa 1979, set a world auction record...
CHICAGO — The top lot of Hindman’s November 5 books and manuscripts sale was Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, which set a world auction record for a first edition of Darwin’s landmark...
RICHMOND, VA. — Brunk Auctions conducted its premier auction on November 9 at its newest location at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden featuring fine American, European and Southern art; decorative arts;...