CONCORD, MASS. — N.C. Wyeth, one of the Twentieth Century’s most popular illustrators, said that Henry David Thoreau’s writings were, “the springhead for almost every move I can make.” He broadly...
By James D. Balestrieri NEW YORK CITY — Before the Met Breuer even opened to the press, volumes of expectant words had been written about it in print and on the web. In the days since the press preview,...
NEW YORK CITY — The chair used by author J.K. Rowling while she wrote the first two Harry Potter books – Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – sold...
“Of the Best Materials and Good Workmanship: 19th Century New Jersey Chairmaking,” on view at the Monmouth County Historical Association in Freehold, N.J., through July 9, explores craft and industry...
By Jill Fenichell NEW YORK CITY — “From Sèvres to Fifth Avenue: French Porcelain at The Frick Collection” is a small, beautiful show offering visitors the chance to admire rarely displayed pieces...
NEW YORK CITY — A rare July 1776 broadside printing of the Declaration of Independence by Ezekiel Russell of Salem, Massachusetts-Bay—the colony’s authorized edition—which was sent to an Ipswich,...
Review and Photos by Greg Smith HARTFORD, CONN. — It is rare that things entering the Hartford Armory are older than the building, but such is the case with the Connecticut Spring Antiques Show, conducted...
Review And Photos By Tom O’Hara SCHOHARIE, N.Y. — For the last 40 years Ruth Anne Wilkinson has been producing Antiques at Schoharie for the benefit of Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association...
Review By Rick Russack Photos Courtesy Grogan and Company BOSTON, MASS. — Grogan’s March 20 auction included 30 pieces of stunning jewelry from the estate of Helene Rabb Cahners-Kaplan, daughter of the founder...
Review and Photos by W.A. Demers OLD GREENWICH, CONN. — They may certainly not have been rare — but thousands of 2016 calendars were undoubtedly marked weeks before the Ephemera Fair came to the Hyatt...
Review by W.A. Demers; Photos Courtesy of Crocker Farm, Inc SPARKS, MD. — A possibly unique stoneware temperance rundlet with applied rattlesnake and profuse cobalt and manganese decoration was the top lot at Crocker...
Review By Rick Russack, Catalog Photos Courtesy Tremont Auctions NEWTON, MASS. — Tremont Auctions is one of Boston’s newest auctioneers and it held its first sale of Asian arts March 19–20. The sale...