Review and Photos by Rick Russack WILMINGTON, MASS. – Marv Getman took a gamble, and it paid off. For the last ten years or so, his winter antiques show has been conducted in early January. This...
Review and Onsite Photos by R. Scudder Smith DENVER, PENN. – At 9 am on December 5, under a dozen people were seated about the handsome and comfortable gallery at Morphy Auctions, awaiting...
DALLAS — Multiple bidders pursued a skull from one of the most legendary prehistoric carnivores until it sold at $52,500 (above its high estimate) to claim top-lot honors in Heritage Auctions’ Nature...
NEW YORK CITY — The top lot of Christie’s December 13 design auction was a rare Tiffany Studios Pond Lily lamp, circa 1903, which sold for $3,372,500, establishing a new world auction record for Tiffany...
BOSTON, MASS. — A rare Marblehead vase sold at Skinner’s 20th Century sale December 14 for $307,500 including buyer’s premium. Circa 1909 and decorated with a marsh landscape in the style of Arthur...
SOUTH THOMASTON, MAINE. — Andrew Flamm, an artist, polymath, loving and steadfast husband, peerless dog lover and great friend to many, died November 23 in his home in South Thomaston. He had just turned...
NANTUCKET, MASS. – The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) is launching Holiday Houses this season at three of its upper Main Street properties: the Hadwen House, the Thomas Macy House and Greater...
DOWNINGTOWN, PENN. — Pook & Pook, together with Noel Barrett, Antiques & Auctions, put together an antique toy auction that ran for two sessions, on December 7 at 6 pm with 282 lots, ending on Saturday...
DENVER, PENN. — December 5 and 6, two long, but highly successful days at Morphy Auctions, when 1,613 lots were offered breaking the $4 million mark. The bank of phones accounted for $1.7 million in sales,...
NEW YORK CITY — Christie’s December 13 sale of printed books and manuscripts realized a total of $5,425,625, achieving 75 percent by lot and 81 percent by value. Selling in a standalone sale ahead...
NASHVILLE, TENN. – The Frist Art Museum presents “Life, Love & Marriage Chests in Renaissance Italy,” an exhibition that offers an intimate view of life in the Renaissance through...
By Laura Beach NEW YORK CITY – Directed by Eric, Peter and Noah Wunsch, the Wunsch Americana Foundation pursues an agenda both ambitious and ambient, developing programming that reaches into the auction...