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December 13, 2016DALLAS, TEXAS – Chief among Heritage Auctions’ December 3 Americana and political sale was a handcarved American tobacconist cigar store Indian that was the subject of frenzied bidding, sending...
December 13, 2016Review and Onsite Photos by R. Scudder Smith, Catalog Photos Courtesy Pook & Pook DOWNINGTOWN, PENN. — It looks as if the latest partnership in the world of auctions, Pook & Pook and Noel Barrett,...
December 13, 2016Review and Photos by Tom O’Hara FRANKLIN, TENN. – Marthia Sides said she was pleased with her first Nashville Big Flea Antiques Market, November 19-20, hosting nearly 300 exhibitors at the Franklin...
December 13, 2016Review and Photos by Greg Smith NEW YORK CITY – Sandy Smith sat in a tall chair at the gate of The Salon Art + Design with a loud and upturned smile to match his fuchsia jacket and scarf. While it might...
December 13, 2016NEW YORK CITY — The top lot of Shapiro Auctions’ December 10 auction was Isidor Kaufman’s “A Business Secret,” a signed oil on panel that was acquired circa 1950 from a private collector and stayed...
December 12, 2016Bells are ringing, candles are lit and families are coming together from near and far. If you need a watch to tell you that it’s the holiday season, we have just what you need: a platinum Patek Philippe....
December 12, 2016LYON, FRANCE — A nearly complete dinosaur skeleton sold for $1.28 million euros at Aguttes’ natural history auction December 10. The Allosaurus was a carnivore whose species went extinct some 135 million...
December 12, 2016CINCINNATI, OHIO — A rare group of six English delftware Merryman plates attained $24,000, including the buyer’s premium, at Cowan’s Americana auction December 10. The plates, each dated 1734, are decorated...
December 12, 2016“I think it’s really wrong to interfere too much with a commission. If you ask an artist to make something, you don’t then tell them how to do it,” said the Duke of Devonshire in a Sotheby’s...
December 8, 2016LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. — An unenhanced Colombian emerald weighing some 29 carats brought $1,030,000 in Rago’s $4.25-million dollar jewelry auction December 4. It was followed immediately by a pear-shaped...
December 8, 2016NEW YORK CITY — One of the rarest of all Enigma machines, the M4, designed for use by the German navy during World War II, was sold on December 7 for $463,500 at Bonhams’ History of Science and Technology...
December 8, 2016MANHEIM, PENN. — The top lot of Hess Auction’s December 3 antiques and Americana auction was a 1966 Jaguar XKE Series 1 two-door coupe with a 4-2 liter engine that brought $60,500. Another standout...
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