On a wet and chilly week in October, we reached out to Gary Anderson, a carver of figureheads, eagles, signs and horses from Stonington, Conn. Fittingly, he was headed to Watch Hill, R.I., to start breaking...
By James Balestrieri NEW YORK CITY – The Duchies of Burgundy and the Low Countries. The Kingdom of Bohemia. The Republic of Venice. Brabant. Flanders. The Holy Roman Empire. Names of places absorbed...
It is always worthwhile comparing estimates to sale results. This week’s selections see the final at anywhere from one-and-a-half-times the high estimate up to 11 times that. Such is a surprise that...
LOS ANGELES — One of the top lots of Bonham’s sale of The Contents of a Virginian Country House was this large pair of Chinese cloisonné horses, which sold for $37,575 against an estimate of $15/20,000....
NEW YORK CITY — In its African American fine art auction on October 8, Swann Galleries set a new artist auction record for Elizabeth Catlett at $389,000. The scarce example of Catlett’s early 1960s...
NEW YORK CITY — In Sotheby’s October 10 sale, “Sculptural Fantasy: The Important American Folk Art Collection of Stephen and Petra Levin,” a carved and paint-decorated tobacconist theatrical trade...
VINELAND, N.J. — Pulling into the lead at Bertoia Auction’s October 11 sale of the Gentleman’s Collection of Tony Annese was a Märklin Third Avenue electric O-gauge trolley set described in the catalog...
MARLBOROUGH, MASS. — Skinner’s October 11 Clocks, Watches and Scientific Instruments sale was led by a Rolex “Padellone” Triple Calendar stainless steel wristwatch that sold at $135,000. The Reference...
DOVER, DEL. — Berman’s Auction Gallery on West Blackwell Street, once a mecca for antiques and live auctions, has shut its doors for the last time amid a changing market and the owners’ wish to retire....
Review by Anne Kugielsky, Onsite Photos by Joseph Kugielsky, Car Photos Courtesy Saratoga Auto Museum SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – As collectors and car aficionados gathered their shekels and headed...
Review and Onsite Photos by W.A. Demers, Additional Photos Courtesy of Rago LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. – “Wally Birds,” a sizable flock of them, crossed the block on September 21, as Rago brought...