Review By Rick Russack, Catalog Photos Courtesy of Skinner, Inc BOSTON, MASS. — It was a rainy Sunday morning in Boston on October 25 and Skinner’s gallery had fewer than 20 bidders when the auction...
By Kate Eagen Johnson MANHATTAN, KAN. — “What! only $5 for a SIGNED ORIGINAL by Thomas Benton, the Great American Artist — Yes, Incredible, but True!” ran the snappy advertising headline. Long...
Review and Photos by R. Scudder Smith PLAINFIELD, N.H. — “This is my favorite time of the year and I love Halloween,” Bill Smith said before settling down to selling the contents of a huge Winchendon,...
Review And Onsite Photos by Rick Russack, Catalog Photos Courtesy Gould Auctions GARDNER, MAINE — Tim Gould assembled an outstanding group of furniture in old paint, numerous trade signs, a fine collection...
Review and Onsite Photos by W.A. Demers; Catalog Photos Courtesy of Westport Auction WESTPORT, CONN. — Westport Auction, owned by Kate and Travis Worrell, emerged a few years ago as a staple in Fairfield...
Auction Action in Dallas, Texas DALLAS, TEXAS — Once again Heritage Auctions has sold a painting of Texas bluebonnets by Texas artist, Julian Onderdonk, this time for the second highest price ever paid...
The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Conn., completed a renovation overhaul this year, highlighted by the reopening of the tastefully appointed galleries in the 100-year-old Morgan Memorial Building, which...
Review And Photos by Andrea Valluzzo NEW YORK CITY — The Metropolitan Pavilion was most apropos for the New York City Jewelry & Watch Show. Well-lit but unassuming with plain white walls, the pavilion...
PHILADELPHIA, PENN. – Freeman’s will conduct its tenth anniversary Pennsylvania Sale on Tuesday, November 10, with 239 lots starting at 10 am. Categories include Twentieth Century design, silver from...
NEW YORK CITY — Christie’s kicked off its combined cross-category sale week on November 9 with a bang when Amedeo Modigliani’s “Nu couché,” executed in 1917-18, realized $170,405,000 to become...
BEVERLY, MASS. — Kaminski Auctions sold a Chinese underglaze blue and copper red dragon moon flask for $271,830, including the buyer’s premium, on November 8 at its Asian art and antiques auction....
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – On November 6-8, the Brunk Auctions sale boasted more than $2.56 million sold over the course of the weekend. The top lot in the sale was a rare 1782 Revolutionary war chart of Yorktown...