From Spider Man to silver salad servers to a Virgin & Child sculpture, this week’s Across the Block features a running hot list of notable prices recently achieved at various auction houses....
Review and Photos by Madelia Hickman Ring OTEGO, N.Y. – On April 27-28, Franklin “Buzz” Hesse sold approximately 700 lots of Americana belonging to Richard “Smitty” Axtell....
Review and Photos by Rick Russack CONCORD, N.H. – Peter Mavris’s Spring in New Hampshire show, April 22, had a wide variety of merchandise, a varied group of exhibitors and a large, enthusiastic...
Story and photos courtesy Freeman’s with contributions from Antiques and The Arts Weekly PHILADELPHIA – Befitting Dorrance “Dodo” H. Hamilton’s status as the queen of Philadelphia...
Review and Onsite Photos by Greg Smith, Additional Photos Courtesy Material Culture PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia was in a whirl in the third week of April, as the city’s capstone antiques show...
DALLAS — Even those who don’t study art know Norman Rockwell, the iconic Twentieth-Century American artist. So, it is understandable that interest was extremely high in Heritage Auctions’ American...
NEW YORK CITY — Doyle’s Prints and Multiples sale on May 1 set several records, including the top lot of the sale, Ellsworth Kelly’s “18 Colors (Cincinnati),” which realized $56,250, well ahead...
BOSTON, MASS. — Dating to the mid-Nineteenth Century, a Plains Indian catlinite pipe topped sales at Skinner’s May 5 auction of American Indian and ethnographic art, selling for $39,975 including premium...
NEW YORK CITY — It’s like someone flicked a switch—winter to summer. What better timing for the Garden Art & Antiques Fair at the New York Botanical Garden? A showcase by 29 select dealers offering...
NEW YORK CITY — A new world record for a Ref. 2526, made of any precious metal, was set May 1 in Heritage Auctions’ watches and fine timepieces auction when a rare Patek Philippe, Ref. 2526P, Calatrava...
American flags, an early Fazino painting and a vivid Heriz carpet were some of the top lots from recent auctions around the United States. Check them all out in this week’s Across The Block. Collector...
Vivian Zoë directs the Slater Memorial Museum, a little-known gem in the historic town of Norwich, Conn. The institution is associated with Norwich Free Academy (NFA), founded in 1854, and with NFA alumnus...