By W.A. Demers, Senior Editor SALEM, MASS. – When the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) opens a new 40,000-square-foot wing designed by Ennead Architects, N.Y., on Sunday, September 29, the light-filled...
Review by Greg Smith, Photos Courtesy Leland Little Auctions HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. – Leland Little Auctions offered its Important Fall Auction September 21 and it did not disappoint. The sale was anchored...
By Laura Beach MEDIA, PENN. – Set aside what you think you know about the Decorative Arts Trust and consider this. In the past three years, the organization, which arose during the Bicentennial years...
NEW YORK CITY — The New York sales of Chinese and Asian paintings, sculpture, calligraphy and works of art dominated Asia Week during the week of September 9-15. Asia Week New York is a collaboration...
BOSTON — A sapphire and diamond ring by Cartier, circa 1950s, was the prevailing lot at Skinner’s September 17 jewelry auction, making quick work of its $300/500,000 estimate to settle at $873,000,...
DALLAS — One of the most coveted cards in the hobby, the 1909-11 T206 Sweet Caporal 150/30 Honus Wagner PSA authentic/altered card nearly doubled its estimate when more than 40 bidders drove it to $540,000...
FREEHOLD, N.Y. — Leading Carlsen Galleries’ annual anniversary sale on September 22 sale was a Classical Roman marble torso standing 25½ inches tall that brought $29,250. The sculpture had come from...
By W.A. Demers WESTPORT, CONN. – Westport has a museum of contemporary art. Doors opened to the public on September 22 with an inaugural presentation of two seminal works by Yayoi Kusama –...
PITTSFIELD, MASS. – The artisans at Tiffany Studios were world renowned for their craftsmanship, and not surprisingly, a bevy of rare and striking items made by them led the day at Fontaine’s...
LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. — “Wally Birds,” a sizable flock of them, crossed the block on September 21, as Rago brought to auction a single-owner collection of Martin Brothers pottery. The 27-piece grouping,...
BOSTON (AP) — Several personal items related to 1930s Texas outlaw Clyde Barrow have sold at a Boston auction for nearly $186,000. RR Auction officials said the Bulova watch that Barrow wore when he and Bonnie...
Review and Onsite Photos by Rick Russack, Additional Photos Courtesy of Casco Bay Auctions FREEPORT, MAINE – Freeport is a shopper’s paradise, home to L.L. Bean and countless other upscale...