NEW YORK CITY — Conservators at The Costume Institute Conservation Laboratory at the Metropolitan Museum of Art do their best to keep works original. While the goal of conservation does not normally...
HUDSON, N.Y. — Stair Galleries offered property from the Manhattan apartment of Rolling Stones’ guitarist Keith Richards and his model wife Patti Hansen on Saturday, June 24. And just as the couple’s...
NEW YORK CITY — On Thursday evening, July 22, Kestenbaum & Company offered a diverse group of Judaica to collectors, dealers and incunabula lovers all over the world. The top lot of the evening...
LONDON — A small group of luscious strawberries, painted by Lucian Freud at the height of his fascination with the still-life paintings of the Old Masters, sold moments into Sotheby’s first-of-its-kind...
NEW YORK CITY — A periodics rack from Pierre Jeanneret’s Chandigarh collection soared high at Bonhams modern decorative art and design sale on Wednesday, June 21, selling for $102,500. Originally...
NEW YORK CITY — Harry Winston bought the Rockefeller Emerald for a record price per carat at Christie’s on June 19. The luxury jeweler’s chief executive officer, Nayla Hayek, had instructed chief...
“The stirrups, however, bear evidence in themselves of an earlier date than the Boyne battle,” wrote a respondent, thought to be Major Stewart Blacker, in Notes and Queries, 4th Series, Volume VII....
By Kristin Nord OLD LYME, CONN. – Tucked away at the Florence Griswold Museum is a magnificent mahogany chest filled with treasures. One drawer stores 38 glass-mounted moths and butterflies, with...
Paintings, sculptures, Goyard trunks, Navajo blankets and books round out this edition of Across The Block, featuring notable prices recently achieved at various auction houses. Bidders Warm To Navajo...
Review and Photos by Tom O’Hara BROOKFIELD, MASS. – Ian McKelvey collected about 40 friends in the backyard of Kris Casucci’s home, Walker Homestead, on June 1 for a short visit, just...
Review and Photos by Jackie Sideli EAST FALMOUTH, MASS. – The Cape Cod Antique Dealers Association (CCADA) sponsors shows across Cape Cod on a regular basis. On Saturday, June 3, the association...
Review and Onsite Photos by Rick Russack, Additional Photos Courtesy Of William Smith PLAINFIELD, N.H. – The May 29 sale at Bill Smith’s was the company’s 50th annual Memorial Day auction,...