Guy Savill and Sally Stratton are the dynamic duo of the English furniture market, who met in the mid-1990s while working for Phillips, and subsequently ran the furniture sales at Bonhams’ Bond Street...
The US Frigate Constitution was one of six naval ships authorized by Congress to be built in 1794. It played a pivotal role in the War of 1812 and was active in combat service for more than 100 years....
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — From an elderly couple’s home and previously unknown to the market, a Boston bombe slant-front desk sold for $240,000 including buyer’s premium at CRN Auctions on May 20. The buyer,...
NEW YORK CITY — The Spring evening sales, when Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillip’s offer their blue-chip lots in the categories of Impressionism, Modern, Post-War and Contemporary have concluded....
It seems most Vanderbilt’s of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries each became known for something different. Business, shipping and railroads, museums, and even horse racing. It didn’t take long...
Review and Onsite Photos by Madelia Hickman Ring, Catalog Photos Courtesy Christie’s NEW YORK CITY – It was a sale of sales, worthy of all the superlatives touted in exhibition reviews and pre-sale...
After nearly 20 years conducting “Dogs in Art” sales, first at Doyle’s, then at Bonhams, Alan Fausel has been tapped as the new director at the American Kennel Club’s (AKC) Museum...
Silver and gold and Jasper Johns. All of these things and more found their way into this week’s Across The Block, surveying notable results from auction houses around the world. Fifteenth Century...
Review and Onsite Photos by Madelia Hickman Ring NEW YORK CITY – In the wee hours of May 11, a small group of Americana crossed the block at Christie’s, concluding a late-running session of Travel...
By Kristin Nord HARTFORD, CONN. – He followed the routes of the great naturalist Alexander von Humboldt to capture spectacular scenery in diverse and exotic locales. Now, on this trip to the Holy...
Review by R. Scudder Smith, Photos Courtesy Bertoia Auctions VINELAND, N.J. – It was a busy time at Bertoia Auctions on April 27-28 when 1,032 lots were sold during the spring Signature Sale. Under...
Review and Onsite Photos by Rick Russack, Additional Photos Courtesy Tremont Auction Gallery NEWTON, MASS. – The first day of Tremont’s spring sale, April 28-29, comprised entirely historic...