DALLAS — A handwritten manuscript of a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which had not been auctioned for over 90 years, sold at Heritage Auction’s historical manuscript auction on April 18 for $312,500....
PITTSFIELD, MASS. — “March Floods,” an impressionistic forest landscape with remnants of melting snow, topped John Fontaine’s April 21 fine arts sale, as it finished at $34,943. A Norman...
PHILADELPHIA — “We decided to focus on a range of works that run from 1740-2016,” said Alexandra Kirtley, the Montgomery-Garvan curator of American decorative arts at the Philadelphia...
PHILADELPHIA — Hundreds of people poured through the doors of The Philadelphia Antiques and Art Show’s April 19 preview party, delighted and charmed by the display of art and design through the ages...
KANSAS CITY, MO. – “The Big Picture: A Transformative Gift from the Hall Family Foundation” opens April 28 at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The exhibition coincides with the 75th anniversary...
Karen Keane is partner and chief executive officer of Skinner, one of the country’s largest auction houses. In 2017, the company conducted 73 auctions, both live and online only, selling more than...
This week’s Across The Block features notable prices recently achieved at various auction houses, including high results for an Antonio Jacobsen painting, Thomas Paine’s American Crisis, a Steinway...
By Rick Russack PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – Continuing through September 30, the Portsmouth Historical Society’s Discover Portsmouth Center is presenting a comprehensive,three-part exhibit giving credit...
The Smithsonian American Art Museum has a pair of cigar store Indians by an unknown maker in its collection, titled “American Indian Man” and “American Indian Woman” (reference 1986.65.303 and 1986.65.384)....
The Peale family, working in Philadelphia from the late Eighteenth Century to the early Twentieth Century, comprised the earliest artistic dynasty in the United States. Pre-existing scholarship on the Peale...
EAST DENNIS, MASS. – A winter landscape by Nineteenth Century Dutch German artist Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (1803-1862) may have been the top lot at Eldred’s April 6-7 Americana + Paintings...
Review and Onsite Photos by Madelia Hickman Ring WINDSOR, CONN. – Rendering of birds by Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927) or after John James Audubon spread their wings and flew high at Nadeau Auctions’...