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September 20, 2016NEW YORK CITY – A carved and painted eagle attributed to the Pennsylvania folk artist Wilhelm Schimmel (1817-1890) quadrupled low estimate to make a sensational $427,500 at Christie’s September 20 sale...
September 20, 2016Review and Photos by Tom O’Hara STURBRIDGE, MASS. — Reports of a hurricane that never came did little to dampen spirits of the 150 exhibitors and several thousand shoppers for Linda Zukas’ Antique...
September 20, 2016Review and Onsite Photos by Rick Russack, Catalog Photos Courtesy William A. Smith Inc. PLAINFIELD, N.H. — Bill Smith’s Labor Day combined good furniture, fine jewelry, paintings, Oriental rugs, decorative...
September 20, 2016LYNBROOK, N.Y. — Original Sunday page artwork for the Flash Gordon comic strip, done by the illustrator known as “the artist’s artist,” Alex Raymond (1909–1956) and dated 1/24/1937, sold for $60,375...
September 20, 2016PARSONSFIELD, MAINE — More than 150 people filled the tent as Nan Gurley’s collection of country Americana was sold Saturday, September 17. Many were there to take home things that they had seen in Nan’s...
September 20, 2016ROCK ISLAND, ILL. — Rock Island Auction Company’s September 9–11 firearms auction, featuring the Robert “The Bear” Bretherton Collection and the Robert M. Lee Collection, shot its way up to a $16.1...
September 20, 2016NEW YORK CITY — This fall, to commemorate the 240th anniversary of the largest single battle of the American Revolution, the New-York Historical Society will present “The Battle of Brooklyn,” on view...
September 20, 2016Allis Ghim joined the online selling platform Bidsquare as its CEO in December 2014, three months after the company’s founding by six top regional auction houses: Cowan’s, Rago, Leslie Hindman, Skinner...
September 20, 2016Review and Photos by Laura Beach SANTA FE, N.M. — As Kim Martindale and John Morris see it, opportunities for creative collaboration are growing even as the world is getting smaller. Coming off Objects...
September 20, 2016Review and Photos by Laura Beach SANTA FE, N.M. — Garry Shandling, who died in March, leaves behind a legacy as a writer, actor, director, producer, stand-up comedian and talk-show host. His sharp wit was matched...
September 20, 2016Review and Onsite Photos by Rick Russack, Catalog Photos Courtesy Steenburgh Auctions PIKE, N.H. — Even most people in New Hampshire are not sure where Pike is. Nestled in the western White Mountains,...
September 19, 2016DALLAS, TEXAS —An 1852 medal honoring Secretary of State Henry Clay’s long service to the country—struck by the U.S. Mint in nearly 30 ounces of solid California gold and passed down through his family—sold...
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