Oil on canvas works painted up a storm at auctions worldwide this week, led by “The Mid Summer Drop-Lead End Table” by Raimonds Staprans which sold for $189,000 at Clars. Bidders also pushed a portrait...
On May 4, Collective Hudson hosted Exceptionnelle, a 555-lot sale consisting of property from the Basagic Collection of French Art Nouveau furniture and décor.
“The sale was great; we are very happy with the results,” said Dierdre Pook Magarelli, president of Pook & Pook, talking about the firm’s annual Spring Americana auction May 1-2. “Bidsquare and PookLive...
From April 30 through May 3, Morphy Auctions conducted a four-day Coin-Op & Antique Advertising auction, offering nearly 2,000 lots of arcade, music, and gambling machines alongside antique business and sales...
Freeman’s | Hindman’s 263-lot April 29 American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts sale achieved $1,470,000; vice president and head of the department, Lynda Cain, confirmed that with post-auction...
Alexander Calder’s 1969 stabile “Krinkly Klang” passed the one-million-dollar mark to earn the top spot at Doyle’s Important Fine Art auction on May 14. Made from sheet metal, wire and paint, the 32½-inch-high...
On December 9, 2024, Morphy Auctions conducted the sale of part one of the Wayne and Lori Edens antique and vintage fishing lure collection, which earned more than $900,000. On May 17, the firm was back...
Heritage Auctions’ May 14 Pursuit of Beauty: Art Nouveau, Art Deco & Art Glass auction brought 198 lots across the auction block and realized more than $1.1 million in total. Leading the sale was a circa...
A 1992-93 Michael Jordan game-worn Chicago Bulls uniform soared to $2.63 million to lead Heritage’s May 16-18 Spring Sports Catalog Auction to a $18.4 million total. Two independent authenticators photo-matched...
David Badger is one of the foremost collectors of coquilla nut snuff boxes and bottles. In fact, his collection is so significant that a new book — Portraits in a Nutshell: The Art and History of Coquilla...
There are rarities and then there are items so singular they have no comparisons. A more than 40-pound gold ingot from the 1857 wreck of the SS Central America checked all the boxes for rarities and realized...
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Elizabeth “Betsy” Pochoda, former editor in chief of The Magazine ANTIQUES, passed away on Thursday, May 8; the cause of death was ALS.