By James D. Balestrieri NEW YORK CITY – When a mystery loses its mystery, when something we have seen as beyond human understanding is brought, through science, into what Nathaniel Hawthorne called...
SAN FRANCISCO – The June 25-26 sales of Asian works of art and Asian decorative art at Bonhams were led by a pair of doucai enameled bowls, Yongzheng marks, Republic period, which sold for $318,825,...
On June 12 at Oxford University, Ai-Da, the world’s first ultra-realistic artificial intelligence (AI) humanoid robot artist opened her solo exhibition “Unsecured Futures,” which runs...
“It wasn’t that long ago that this was a $25,000 figure,” said Alex Winter, president at Hake’s Auctions. “In the last few years, it’s taken on a new life.” The figure in reference is the Boba...
Collectors of pop culture have been industrious as comics — even ungraded copies — continue to climb in price and original illustrations do the same. Rolex watches are right there, too, and surprisingly,...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates MOUNT CRAWFORD, VA. – Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates presented its 36th semiannual Americana and antiques auction on June...
DENVER, PENN. – An 1864 Civil War flag that was carried into battle by Pennsylvania’s 127th Regiment of Colored Troops led the charge at Morphy’s June 12-13 edged weapons, armor and militaria...
Review and Onsite Photos by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy Swann Auction Galleries NEW YORK CITY – Swann Auction Galleries’ inaugural Pride Sale of books, manuscripts, photographs,...
LONDON — A newly discovered warder attributed to the Lewis Chessmen workshop sold July 2 at Sotheby’s to an anonymous buyer for $927,423 – a new record for a medieval chess piece at auction. Acquired...
Review and photos by Rick Russack BROOKFIELD, MASS. – The only country things missing from the June 15 Walker Homestead Country Antiques and Primitive Goods show were Hank Williams and Kitty Wells....
Review and Onsite Photos by Greg Smith, Additional Photos Courtesy Pook & Pook Inc. DOYLESTOWN, PENN. – With 452 lots on offer in Pook & Pook and Noel Barrett’s June 15 toy sale, bidders...
Review and Onsite Photos by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy Hunt Auctions BRONX, N.Y. – There could have been no more fitting location for Hunt Auctions to sell the Ruth family collection...