NEW YORK CITY — It was a big day for Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864 – 1901) at Poster Auctions International’s June 26 sale as his rarest image of French can-can dander Jane Avril took $132,000...
DALLAS — A Kiowa warrior’s book of drawings documenting his captivity by the U.S. Army in 1875 sold for $396,500 in Heritage Auctions’ June 26 ethnographic art auction, pushing the sale to more than...
Two thousand years later and people are still talking about the parties that Bacchus threw. The god of wine, pleasure, ritual madness, ecstasy and theatre, Bacchus to the Romans or Dionysos to the Greeks,...
Sinatra, Cinderella and Buddha all sat down at the bar… the bartender looked at them and said, “Well, you guys are an interesting bunch.” Cinderella piped up and said, “Right? The only...
By Kate Eagen Johnson NEW YORK CITY – “The name ‘Chippendale’ was like ‘Kleenex.’ It became shorthand for ‘English Rococo’ and English and American furniture...
Readers will be familiar with Ellen McDermott’s work without even knowing it. Her photographs have been featured in the pages of auction catalogs, glossy art and antiques publications and lifestyle...
Review and Photos by Tom O’Hara BOUCKVILLE, N.Y. – The country crossroads in this bucolic town were alive with exhibiting dealers selling antiques and shoppers eagerly perusing the main street,...
Review and Onsite Photos by Rick Russack MARION, MASS. – Frank McNamee and Dave Glynn, together as Marion Antique Auctions, had a selection of fresh-to-the-market paintings, furniture, marine items,...
By Bre Day, RSL Senior Auction Specialist MARIETTA, OHIO – The Still Bank Collector’s Club of America (SBCCA) met for its yearly convention on June 7-9. We checked into the historic and supposedly...
Review by R. Scudder Smith, Photos Courtesy RSL Auctions WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. – Pictures of 29 colorful toys, representing many makers, brightened both the front and back of the auction catalog...
HARTFORD, CONN. – The ADA/Historic Deerfield Antiques Show has found a new home in the Hartford Armory for its October 20-21 edition in the fall of this year. While Historic Deerfield remains a longtime...
CRAWFORD, VA. — The top lot of Jeffrey S. Evans’ 34th semi-annual Americana & fine antiques auction, conducted in two sessions June 22-23, was an important American anti-slavery flag banner with...