The adage “it takes money to make money” was seemingly proven in this week’s Across The Block as a rare US gold coin struck at the San Francisco Mint in 1857 and recovered five years...
Review and Photos by Madelia Hickman Ring CHADDS FORD, PENN. – In this business, it is often said that good weather is bad for indoor antiques shows. This is usually attributed to people foregoing...
GOFFSTOWN, N.H. — Jones & Horan’s June 2 auction totaled more than $1.7 million, but the news of the day was the sale of a Howard, Davis & Dennison serial No. 3 pocket watch, which hammered...
NEW YORK CITY — Lewis Evans’ General Map of the Middle British Colonies In America, circa 1755, was one of the most significant and influential maps published in Colonial America, according to Swann...
DALLAS — Nearly 30 collectors made bids for Hergé’s “The Adventures of Tintin Vol. 1: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets” to drive the final price to $1,125,000 in Heritage Auctions’ European...
Review and Photos by W.A. Demers RHINEBECK, N.Y. – When Frank Gaglio’s Barn Star Productions took over management of the storied Rhinebeck Antiques Show four years ago, he took it as his mission...
Review and Onsite Photos by Rick Russack, Additional Photos Courtesy of CRN Auctions CAMBRIDGE, MASS. – Carl Nordblom and Karin Philips had about 50 people in the salesroom as CRN’s 350-lot...
RICHMOND, VA. — An exhibition titled “Classical Richmond Furniture: Early American History & Craftsmanship in Virginia’s Capital,” closes June 30. It is the first dedicated to Richmond Furniture...
MORRIS PLAINS, N.J. — The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms’ new exhibition will continue through Sunday, January 5. The exhibition will be guest curated by David Cathers, scholar and author of Gustav...
On May 13, Jim Craig was officially appointed the new executive director of the Rockport Art Association & Museum (RAA&M) in Rockport, Mass. His appointment came after an exhaustive director’s...
Review by Greg Smith LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. – A parade of design-forward thinking from the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries crossed the block with more than 700 lots in Rago’s three-section...
Review and Photos by Greg Smith WOODBURY, CONN. – We had paused for a moment at the end of an aisle after walking through the stacks and looking over the 898 lots on offer in Schwenke Auctioneers’...