By Justin W. Thomas NEWBURYPORT, MASS. – Settled in 1635, the city of Newburyport was originally part of the Newberry Plantation (now Newbury), which was inhabited by English colonists from Wiltshire,...
By Rick Russack NEWBURYPORT, MASS. – Running through April 30, 2020 at the Custom House Maritime Museum in Newburyport, is a comprehensive exhibition titled “Potters on the Merrimac: A Century...
Review and Photos by Tania Kirkman BALTIMORE, MD. – The Baltimore Art, Antiques and Jewelry Show has become a mainstay for serious collectors and antique enthusiasts. Recently celebrating its 39th...
Review and Photos by Jackie Sideli PORTSMOUTH, R.I – Mike Corcoran conducted one of his auctions at his Newport County auction gallery on August 28, just a few miles from Newport, R.I. Corcoran started...
FAYETTE, MAINE — World War II veteran Lewis H. Parker, 93, died on August 29 at Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington, Maine. He was born March 23, 1926, in Lemington, VT, the son of Lewis and Etta...
Review and Onsite Photos by Rick Russack, Additional Photos Courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries THOMASTON, MAINE – The three-day “Maine and Beyond” summer sale at Kaja Veilleux’s...
CANAL WINCHESTER, OHIO — Charles “Chuck” Ray Muller, 80, passed away on September 5 from complications of a stroke. Muller was born in 1939 in Cincinnati, Ohio, attended Withrow High School and later...
From the arresting first words of her new book Forever Seeing New Beauties: The Forgotten Impressionist Mary Rogers Williams, 1857-1907, forthcoming from Wesleyan University Press, journalist and scholar...
NEW YORK CITY — Graham Greene’s novel, Brighton Rock, London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1938, more than doubled its estimate when it sold for $93,750, including buyer’s premium, to claim top-lot honors...
LARCHMONT, N.Y. — An oil on canvas theatre scene by Gyula Batthyany (1888-1959) — an important Hungarian Modernist whose works rarely come to market — far exceeded its modest $1/1,500 estimate at Clarke...
DOUGLASS, KAN. — An Americana 35-star flag folk art table was the top lot at Woody Auction on September 7; after strong bidding online and in the gallery, the circa 1860s table sold to an inhouse bidder...
DALLAS — Multiple auction records were shattered in the Glynn and Suzanne Crain Science Fiction Collection auction at Heritage Auctions August 13-14. The white glove auction totaled $2,407,620, exceeding...