NEW YORK CITY — Asia Week at Sotheby’s began with the white-glove sale of Chinese Art Through the Eye of Sakamoto Goro: Early Chinese Art on September 13. Totaling $2,501,500, far above the pre-sale...
Review and Onsite Photos by Rick Russack, Catalog Photos Courtesy Thomaston Place Auction Galleries THOMASTON, MAINE — A consignment of 31 fine paintings, being sold without reserves, generated $1,594,418,...
Review and Photos by Rick Russack DAMARISCOTTA, MAINE — Antiques shows are fun. And when it is an outdoor show on a perfect midweek summer day in a picturesque coastal Maine town, it is even better....
PITTSFIELD, MASS. — The standout lot of Willis Henry Auctions’ annual fall Shaker sale September 10 was a meeting house bench with 39 spindles in a dark natural stain, possibly original. The bench...
Review and Photos by Tom O’Hara BOUCKVILLE, N.Y. — More than 1,000 antiques and collectibles dealers gathered for varying times during Madison Bouckville Antique Week August 15–21 to set up their...
By Greg Smith September means Asia Week in New York City as collectors from around the world descend on The Big Apple to taste what the market is offering. Artprice.com market analysis indicates that,...
DENVER, PENN. — Collectors of advertising material kept phone bidders, the internet, a scattering of people in the gallery and the auctioneer with absentee bids very busy on Saturday and Sunday, September...
PAWTUCKET, R.I. — Circa Auction Gallery, the newly formed auction company, had its first sale on Sunday, September 11. The top lot of the auction was a rare and fine Egyptian woman’s mummy’s head...
NEW YORK CITY — Few paintings by John Singer Sargent better exemplify his artistic prowess as a portraitist than “Mrs Carl Meyer and her Children.” Seductive and revealing, this bravura painting...
CHICHESTER, ENGLAND — An original, never restored yet well preserved 1956 Porsche 550 Spyder was a runaway success at Bonhams Goodwood Revival Sale on September 10, fetching $6.1 million. James Knight,...
NEW YORK CITY — Ever wondered how institutions move around those large marble statues? The installation team at the Metropolitan Museum of Art recently finished placing Athena Parthenos, a circa 170 B.C.,...
PHILADELPHIA, PENN. — Freeman’s will kick off its fall auction season with Asian arts on September 10. Boasting an eclectic assemblage of Chinese and East Asian art ranging from China’s bronze...