GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — Sotheby’s sale of Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels at Mandarin Oriental on May 16 was led by the “Apollo” and “Artemis” diamonds.” The captivating diamonds – one fancy...
By Rick Russack PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – The Portsmouth Historical Society (PHS) recently opened its spring exhibition, “Four Centuries of Furniture in Portsmouth.” Concurrently, the society...
By Thomas Davies NEW CANAAN, CONN. – An ambitious idea is the genesis of the exhibition “Art America – 160 Years in the Making” on display at the New Canaan Historical Society through...
Review and Photos by R. Scudder Smith YORK, PENN. – The second of four antiques shows at the York Fairgrounds, the Greater York Antiques Show opened on Saturday, May 6, and continued through Sunday,...
Review and Onsite Photos by Rick Russack, Catalog Photos Courtesy R.O. Schmitt MANCHESTER, N.H. – R.O. Schmitt’s specialty sale the last weekend in April was the first under the ownership of Dan Horan...
Review and Photos by Greg Smith NEW YORK CITY – It was a fair fit for a king at the Park Avenue Armory as Manhattan welcomed TEFAF’s inaugural May 4-8 spring edition against a backdrop of Modern...
Ironically, Toma Clark Haines, CEO and founder of The Antiques Diva & Co., is not at all a diva. More like a matchmaker between buyer and seller, she harnessed her passion and acumen for antiquing...
Review and Onsite Photos by Rick Russack, Catalog Photos Courtesy of CRN Auctions CAMBRIDGE, MASS. – Carl Nordblom’s sales usually include a wide variety of antiques. CRN Auctions’ April...
Review and Photos by Laura Beach MILFORD, CONN. – Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers heralded the start of the spring selling season for American art with a varied selection of paintings, sculpture...
Review and Photos by W.A. Demers BEDFORD, N.Y. – The spring Bedford Antiques Show at Historical Hall April 29-30 once again proved that good things can come in small packages. With just under 20 exhibitors,...
NEW YORK CITY (AFP) — A bronze sold for $57.37 million in New York on May 15, setting a new auction record for Romanian-born sculptor Constantin Brancusi and fetching more than twice its lowest...
Norman Rockwell painted himself into the mid-Twentieth Century American spirit with his covers for the Saturday Evening Post. A master storyteller, Rockwell could say it all in one image, from start to finish....