Review and Onsite Photos by Rick Russack, Additional Photos Courtesy of Northeast Auctions PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – Estimates meant nothing to the phone bidders and the 100 or so bidders in the tent at Northeast...
Review and Photos by Andrea Valluzzo BALTIMORE – The 37th annual Baltimore Art, Antique and Jewelry Show that ran August 24-27 at the Baltimore Convention Center proved that bigger is not always...
NEW YORK CITY — Asian Art Week is fast approaching, and Tristan Bruck, a specialist in Christie’s Chinese works of art department, is on hand to discuss a passion of his: Buddhist bronzes. “They...
By Jessica Skwire Routhier PORTLAND, MAINE – Seven years ago this summer, the Maine museum world was in turmoil. In July, the Portland Press Herald reported that 17 rare, hand painted trade banners...
Review and Onsite Photos by Rick Russack, Catalog Photos Courtesy of Skinner MARLBOROUGH, MASS. – Skinner’s August 13 Americana sale, which grossed $1,316,152, was topped by a whale panbone...
NORFOLK, VA. – The Chrysler Museum of Art showcases one of the most influential French designers of the Twentieth Century, René Lalique, in its new exhibition, “René Lalique: Enchanted by Glass,”...
LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. — A US 1902 liberty $10 gold proof coin brought $66,275 August 24 during Rago’s coins and currency auction. Designed by Christian Gobrecht, then-chief engraver of the United States...
Review and Onsite Photos by R. Scudder Smith, Catalog Photos Courtesy James D. Julia FAIRFIELD, MAINE – The question: What measures 8½ by 11 by 1-1/8 inches, has a colorful binding holding 624 pages,...
Review and Photos by W.A. Demers MANCHESTER, N.H. – New Hampshire – this writer’s native home – is a tiny state off the beaten track, feisty mostly, shrugging off the nation’s...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos by R. Scudder Smith and W.A. Demers MANCHESTER, N.H. – Howard Oedel, dealer/progenitor of the New Hampshire Antiques Show, remembers cobbling together 17 antiques dealers...
Review and Photos by Rick Russack CONCORD, N.H. – The Americana Celebration Antiques Show lived up to expectations. The August 8 show with about 65 dealers was the first of the week’s shows...
Review and Photos by Rick Russack DEERFIELD, N.H. – The country Americana show at the Deerfield Fairgrounds, long run by Nan Gurley, had been a staple event within Antiques Week in New Hampshire....