HARTFORD — The Connecticut Spring Antiques Show has put forth another dazzler, opening for business for the 45th time March 24-25 at The Hartford Armory with over 50 quality antiques dealers who have...
NEW YORK CITY — Asia Week New York continued at Sotheby’s on March 20 with four auctions of Chinese works of art. Beginning with a sale dedicated to the Ming dynasty and concluding with the Judith...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.— March 21 would have been the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) founder Frank L. Horton’s 100th birthday. Frank was known for many things, including his distinct...
BOSTON — Richard “Dick” Balzer passed away on December 3, 2017, only months before the opening of “Phantasmagoria,” an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, that includes...
When he entered the Norfolk Prison Colony in 1948, sentenced to six years for robbery, Malcolm Little was determined to emerge from his incarceration a different man. Upon his conversion to the Nation...
Dramatic Eric Sloane “Thunderhead”Brings $16,800 At South Bay Auctions EAST MORICHES, N.Y. – South Bay Auctions’ March 10 sale was filled with artwork, antiques and garden items....
By Madelia Hickman Ring Christie Jackson, Brock Jobe and Clark Pearce’s Crafting Excellence: The Furniture of Nathan Lumbard and His Circle is a long-awaited addition to any American decorative arts...
Review and Onsite Photos by Rick Russack, Catalog Photos Courtesy of William A. Smith, Inc. PLAINFIELD, N.H. – W.A. “Bill” Smith called his February 19 sale a midwinter auction. Whatever...
FRANKLIN, MASS. – When Angelina and James Wood opened The Woodshed Gallery five decades ago, they could not have foreseen the many changes in American life that would ultimately transform their little...
By Clark Pearce ESSEX, MASS. – The intense study of the furniture of Nathan Lumbard (1777-1847) began in 1987 with a serendipitous discovery. I was in a dealer’s shop, examining a lovely inlaid...
NEW YORK CITY – The top lot in Sotheby’s January 18-21 American furniture and folk art sale was an extravagantly inlaid clock case made by Nathan Lumbard, a cabinetmaker working in the Sturbridge...
Review and Photos by Greg Smith EXTON, PENN. – It took a good shake to get the cold off as visitors arrived at the March 9 preview party for the 36th Chester County Antiques Show, entering through...