Review and Photos by Tom O’Hara MILFORD, N.H. – Jack Donigian began the 43rd year for his Milford Antiques Show on Sunday October 20 with a full house of exhibitors and the largest crowd he can recall....
NEW YORK CITY — Christie’s said a trumpet designed and played by Miles Davis, one of the most significant jazz musicians of all time, sold for $275,000, a record for a trumpet at auction, in the firm’s...
DENVER, PENN. — On October 30, Morphy Auctions hosted a gallery auction devoted exclusively to antique firearms, accessories, militaria, swords and edged weapons amassed over more than 50 years by Stephen...
MARLBOROUGH, MASS. — It was predicted to be the top seller in Skinner’s two-day sale of American furniture and decorative arts on November 2-3, and it was. Selling for $291,000 to a phone bidder, the Chippendale...
LYNBROOK, N.Y. — A Nintendo Pokémon Pikachu Illustrator trainer promotional hologram trading card, graded in Mint 9 condition and given to a winner at the 1998 CoroCoro Comic illustration contest in Japan,...
DALLAS — Multiple bidders pursued Frederic Remington’s “The Bronco Buster” (conceived 1908, cast 1910) until it sold for $615,000 to lead Heritage Auctions’ American Art Auction November 1. The bronze...
MAMARONECK, N.Y. — An oil on canvas painting by Russian artist Vasily Polenov (1844-1927) was the top lot at Shapiro Auction’s November 2-3 sale when it sold for $375,000. The auction was the first...
Review and Onsite Photos by Rick Russack, Additional Photos Courtesy of Daniel Buck Auctions LISBON FALLS, MAINE – Many auctioneers sell a wide assortment of objects. Some have developed niches....
By Karla Klein Albertson KANSAS CITY, MO. – At the midpoint of the Nineteenth Century, photography in the form of daguerreotypes and ambrotypes was able to capture the actual appearance of people...
Notable sales, detailed in our November 15, 2019 issue, continue in abundance across the United States. Literary enthusiasts drove the final bid of a rare handwritten letter by Jane Austen to more than...
NEW YORK CITY — Sotheby’s on October 28 announced the appointment of Charles F. Stewart as chief executive officer (CEO), effective immediately. Stewart joins Sotheby’s from Altice USA, where he has served...
By Kate Eagen Johnson NEW YORK CITY-A fabled messenger has galloped on to the scene to announce the impending arrival – not of the Redcoats – but rather the Sestercentennial of the American...