By Greg Smith NEW YORK CITY — In a sale featuring a selection of notorious American artists, Sotheby’s May 16, 2016 American Art auction hammered down at $27,132,500. The sale achieved a sell thru...
NEW YORK CITY — Frank Frazetta’s “The Norseman” took top honors at Heritage Auctions’ May 13-14 comics and comic art Signature auction, which was held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Realizing...
NEW YORK CITY — Antiquity is news. President Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian army — who are themselves responsible for the wholesale destruction of the heritage cities of Aleppo and Homs — retakes the ancient...
Marian Parsons — a pastor’s wife, mother of two little boys and passionate home decorator — never thought of herself as an entrepreneur. She founded her business, Mustard Seed Interiors LLC, in 2009...
LAURENS, S.C. — For 13 years the whereabouts of the paintings of Belle Baruch and her beloved horse, Souriant III, had remained unknown. The paintings had been stolen in 2003 from Belle’s house at the Hobcaw...
Review by Rick Russack, Catalog Photos Courtesy Boston Harbor Auctions BOSTON, MASS. — If your interests include pond and ship models, marine art, navigating instruments, vintage diving equipment and other...
Review and Photos by Laura Beach YORK, PENN. — “Greater” is a particularly apt word for the Greater York Antiques Show, which returned to York Fairgrounds’ Memorial Hall East the weekend of April...
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — A new world record for any jewelry auction was set on May 17 when Sotheby’s sale of Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels realized $175,097,419, eclipsing the previous record of $160.9...
Review and Photos by Greg Smith NEW YORK CITY — In a heavy traffic art week for New York, Spring Masters celebrated its third and final installment, packing the Park Avenue Armory with leading dealers...
By Laura Beach OLD LYME, CONN. — As a dealer in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century American folk painting, much of it portraiture, Joan R. Brownstein is known for her scholarly precision and acute eye for quality....
Review by W.A. Demers; Photos Courtesy Shannon’s MILFORD, CONN. — Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers on April 28 presented the spring edition of its twice-annual sale of American and European paintings,...
Review by W.A. Demers, Photos Courtesy Barridoff Galleries PORTLAND, MAINE — There’s seemingly no end to fans of Maine’s Monhegan Island when it comes to Barridoff’s bi-annual international fine...