Review and Photos by Laura Beach OLD SAYBROOK, CONN. — With a big assist from the gorgeous weather, manager Karen Emack-Dolson and members of the Old Saybrook Historical Society pulled off another...
CINCINNATI, OHIO — Leading the day at Cowan’s American history auction June 10 were a Samuel Walters ship painting that attained $126,000, setting a world auction record price, and a Civil War archive...
Review and Onsite Photos by Rick Russack; Additional Photos Courtesy John McInnis Auctioneers AMESBURY, MASS. — John McInnis started his three-day Memorial Day Weekend sale with 137 lots of clocks and watches...
WINTERTHUR, DEL. — Arts and culture in the Americas developed historically important influences from Asia via Catholic religious orders, concludes Gauvin Alexander Bailey, Professor and Alfred &...
John R. Watson is both the conservator of instruments and mechanical arts (since 1988) and the associate curator of musical instruments (since 2008) at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. He has also...
DARIEN, CONN. — “Darien 1925–1950 — Golden Age of Art and Design” is on view at the Darien Historical Society through September 11. This exhibit begins with Darien’s Guild of the Seven Arts,...
By Greg Smith This week’s picks bring you a selection of Asian art currently available at upcoming auctions and from our marketplace dealers. These exotic pieces, by both Chinese and Japanese makers,...
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.— Contemporary artists Petah Coyne, Richard Deacon, Fred Wilson and Josh Faught discuss their personal and eccentric relationship with collecting. From toys to kitchen...
DALLAS, TEXAS — The 48-Star U.S. flag that led the first American troops to Utah Beach in France on D-Day, June 6, 1944, replete with a bullet hole from a German machine gun, realized $514,000 at Heritage...
NEW YORK CITY — Swann Galleries’ June 9 American art sale totaled just $1.08 million, including the buyer’s premium. The sale was headlined by an intense bidding battle over the phone for the previously...
NEW YORK CITY— On Wednesday, June 22 at 10am, Christie’s will offer the private collection of the late Joan Rivers. In this video, her daughter, Melissa Rivers, takes a poignant last look at her favorite...
PARIS — On June 6, the standout at Artcurial’s Impressionist and Modern art auction was an oil on panel painting recently declared by France as a “national treasure.” Marcel Duchamp’s “Nu sur nu,”...