YORK, PENN. — Late Thursday evening, July 11, as Hake’s two-day online auction ended in 20 minute intervals, an AFA graded and encapsulated unpainted prototype of the infamous rocket-firing Boba Fett...
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — This summer, the Warner House presents a European stoneware exhibition, “From the Mundane to the Sublime: Stoneware 1600-1775.” Displayed throughout the house and curated by Robert...
LOS ANGELES — Leading Bonhams’ Elegant Home sale June 24–25 was the Freels’ Carousel Collection, four sculptures from one of the United States’ premiere collections of Carousel Art, with estimates...
LONDON — One of the most eagerly anticipated lots in Christie’s July 4 sale, “Masterpieces from A Rothschild Collection,” did not disappoint. A Louis XVI ormolu-mounted mahogany, ebony and fruitwood...
Review and Photos by Marty Steiner ATLANTA – You collect WHAT? Airline memorabilia!….Like what? Once upon a time, in a land all around us and across the world, there was a network of many dozens...
“Without art, there’s no way I would be out of prison,” Valentino Dixon said to me over our first phone call. The 49-year-old man was exonerated in 2018 after serving 27 years in prison...
Review and Onsite Photos by Greg Smith, Catalog Photos Courtesy of New Haven Auctions NEW HAVEN, CONN. – New Haven Auctions conducted its third sale June 20 with an offering that included pieces...
Review and Onsite Photos by Walt Borton, Additional Photos Courtesy of Brian Lebel’s Old West Auction SANTA FE, N.M. – Auctions are fun. There’s no two ways about it. Whether it’s...
Review and Photos by Walt Borton SANTA FE, N.M. – Expectations were high for the second Santa Fe presentation of Brian Lebel’s Cody Old West Show, June 21-23, which last year generated large...
It can certainly be said that Samuel Johnston (1733–1816), one of the great early North Carolina politicians, was a believer in humility. Johnston served on the first four Provincial Congresses in the state,...
Nine notable lots await you in this week’s Across The Block, starting with a “Shrimp” painting by Chinese artist Qi Baishi (1863-1957). Estimated at $10/15,000, it finished for $81,250...
By Karla Klein Albertson TOLEDO, OHIO – Car shows are common, but “Life is a Highway: Art and American Car Culture” – newly opened at the Toledo Museum of Art – is a rare...