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February 29, 2016[slideshow_deploy id=’1000263222′] By Gregory Smith LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. – The February weather wasn’t the only thing that was hot this past weekend, as Rago’s three-day sale...
February 29, 2016PITTSFIELD, MASS. — Fontaine’s Auction Gallery saw its February 27 auction attain over $1.5 million, led by the top lot of the day — a rare, two-sided Chinese animated bracket clock that fetched...
February 29, 2016NEW YORK CITY — Raising questions of authenticity and fraud, “Masterpieces & Curiosities: The Fictional Portrait” will reveal surprising new analysis of two portraits once thought to depict an Eighteenth...
February 29, 2016OAKLAND, CALIF. — Clars Auction Gallery hosted its fine art, decorative, jewelry and Asian art sale February 20–21 that saw two very modestly-estimated examples of Asian art set off firecrackers in the sale’s...
February 29, 2016LARCHMONT, N.Y. — An embroidery work by Alighiero Boetti (Italian, 1940–1994) tited “Udire Tra Le Parole,” attained $45,000, including the 25 percent buyer’s premium February 28 at Clarke Auction...
February 29, 2016BEVERLY, MASS. — Frank Kaminski said of his February 28 Asian art and antiques auction, “It was like the old days.” The lead item, selling for twice its high estimate was a hexagonal, 26-inch, Qianlong...
February 29, 2016MANHEIM, PENN. — A tiny Weber box brought a good-sized price February 27 at Conestoga Auction Company’s single-owner sale of collector/dealer Corinne H. Machmer’s lifetime collection. The paint decorated,...
February 26, 2016LEEDS, ENGLAND — With its beautiful, hand-painted wallpaper covered with colorful, exotic birds, it must surely be one of Leeds’s most lavishly decorated rooms. But if it wasn’t for a unique piece...-
February 26, 2016MANHEIM, PENN. – A single-owner auction of the lifetime collection of Corinne H. Machmer is underway this weekend at Conestoga Auction, a division of Hess Auction Group. “Connie,” who will...
February 26, 2016CANTON, CONN. — This is what we like to refer to as “A Good News Story.” An 8-by-6-inch oil painting on board in a gilt frame, circa 1880, that was removed from the Canton Barn auction gallery over...
February 26, 2016NEW YORK CITY — The Appraisers Association of America will present “Judaica: Ritual and Ceremonial Objects in the Traditional Home,” the third of this year’s lecture series at the National Arts...
February 26, 2016ALBANY, N.Y. — The Albany Institute of History & Art, New York’s oldest museum, turned 225 years old on Friday, February 26. The museum staff and members of the board of trustees hosted elected...
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