MUNICH, GERMANY — Hampel Fine Art Auction’s September 25-26 sale was led by a group of two oil on canvas paintings by Eighteenth Century French painter Charles François Lacroix de Marseille. The works,...
NEW YORK CITY — The iconic Inverted Jenny centerline block of four has been sold at Spink New York for a record-setting $1,740,000, becoming the most expensive United States philatelic item sold at auction...
GENESEO, N.Y. — A Roman marble head of Dionysos finished above the rest at Cottone Auctions’ September 28 sale when it sold for $413,000 above an $80,000 estimate. The work had descended through the same...
CINCINNATI, OHIO — An Andrew Clemens (American, 1857-1894) large sand bottle decorated on one side with a spread-winged eagle beneath a 36-star flag and an urn of flowers realized $100,000, including...
Review and Photos by Rick Russack PORTLAND, MAINE – Goosefare Promotion’s large indoor show is now in its third year. The September 14-15 show presented more than 60 dealers; those dealers...
Bidding was high strung at Julien’s Auctions on September 21 as a prototype for 80 limited edition Lucille guitars, given by Gibson to B.B. King on his 80th birthday, was bid to $280,000. The guitar...
By Kate Eagen Johnson NASHVILLE, TENN. – It all started at the 2013 Heard Museum Guild Indian Fair and Market in Phoenix when Teri Greeves was joined in her booth by her friend and colleague Jill...
LOUISVILLE, COLO. — On day one of an important two-day auction at Artemis Gallery, a superb Cycladic marble figure Spedos type, sold for $311,250. In an auction featuring museum-quality examples of Egyptian,...
Review and Photos by Greg Smith BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE, N.Y. – Twenty-six dealers settled into the Antiques Show and Sale at The Adirondack Experience, the Museum on Blue Mountain Lake, on September...
LAMPETER, PENN. — The well-liked and highly regarded collector and dealer William (Bill) Kurau Jr of Lampeter, passed away peacefully on September 13, surrounded by his loving family after a brave fight...
SOMERS, CONN. — Harold Tither III, 74, of Somers, partner of Robert Sears for 43 years at Sears and Tither, passed away on June 30. His expertise was in coin and sterling silver, and he and Robert participated...
NEW YORK CITY — Zane Zell Studenroth Jr of Greenport, N.Y., died on September 17 following a brief hospitalization at Columbia Memorial Hospital. Zane was born in Philadelphia, on May 12, 1946. An antiquarian...