NEW YORK CITY — Topping Doyle’s June 27 single-owner sale of the estate of Oleg Cassini, best known for creating Jacqueline Kennedy’s signature style during her tenure as First Lady, was a rare Sixteenth...
Historical science and mathematical works turned out competitive and historic bidding this week. A first edition of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection sold for $500,075...
Frank Kaminski was about 7 years old when his parents bought a house in Stoneham, Mass., that had belonged to a Spanish American War veteran. They proceeded to throw out trunks of memorabilia that had belonged...
Review by R. Scudder Smith, Photos by Sherri Baggett Conventioneers Turn On The Good Time And Enjoy Banks, House Visits, Room Hopping, Auction, Dining And Drinking, Talks And More Banks OLATHE, KANSAS...
Review and Onsite Photos by Rick Russack, Additional Photos Courtesy Marion Antique Auctions MARION, MASS. – If you’ve never been to a Marion Antique Auctions sale, you’d probably enjoy...
Review and Onsite Photos by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy of Nest Egg Auctions BERLIN, CONN. – When nearly 200 lots of glass, silver plate, metal wares and paintings by artisans living...
DENVER, PENN. — We all dream of it — having a simple object that turns out to be so rare that it sells at auction for hundreds of times its estimate. On June 19 at Morphy’s Fine and Decorative Arts...
HUDSON, N.Y. — Mihály Munkácsy’s (1844–1900) “A Stroll in the Woods,” an oil on panel with his signature, “M. Munkacsy” lower right, came to the block with a $10/15,000 estimate at Stair...
Review and Photos by Tom O’Hara BOUCKVILLE, N.Y. – Madison Bouckville Spring Weekend, May 31-June 2, was a great sale for the exhibitors and participating fields. Hundreds of dealers and several...
Review and Onsite photos by R. Scudder Smith, Catalog Photos Courtesy of RSL Auctions WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. – The Toys and Banks of Summer got ahead of June 21, the first day of summer, and fell...
By Jessica Skwire Routhier MONHEGAN, MAINE – Some curators try, metaphorically, to inhabit the lives of the artists whose works they study. But for Robert Stahl, it’s literal. Stahl lives in the cottage...
MOUNT CRAWFORD, VA. — A rare North Carolina inlaid walnut cellaret attributed to Micajah Wilkes exceeded its $20/30,000 estimate to sell for $87,750 at Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates as the firm presented...