By Laura Beach NEW YORK CITY — A rare manuscript manual penned by an immigrant English joiner working in Philadelphia in the first decades of the Eighteenth Century drew institutional interest at Swann...
Antiques at Rhinebeck is on this holiday weekend at Dutchess County Fairgrounds. A roster of 125 top dealers, wonderful antiques, fine art and more. www.barnstar.com
WOODSTOCK, N.Y. — Bidders at the 13th annual auction to benefit the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum (WAAM) will find many surprises in the mosaic of diverse artwork to be offered at this year’s...
PITTSFIELD, MASS. — On Monday, October 12, beginning at noon, Willis Henry Auction will conduct its 35th Shaker auction on the grounds of Hancock Shaker Village. The firm holds the record for obtaining...
WILLOUGHBY, OHIO — Among the many offerings in Fusco Auctions’ fine and decorative art sale on October 4, a bronze by French sculptor Camille Claudel depicting a pensive woman seated before a fireplace,...
PRINCETON, N.J. — An archetype of American painting by Luminist master Fitz Henry Lane (1804–65) titled “Ship in Fog,” circa 1860, has been acquired by the Princeton University Art Museum. The oil on canvas...
DENVER, PENN. — The top lot of Morphy’s $4.4 million October 5 sale of petrolania was a very appealing 72-inch-high Polly Gas sign, which sold for $90,000, inclusive of buyer’s premium. Originally...
Ken Farmer knows both Virginia and Southern material culture. He and his wife, Jane, live in Keswick, Va., and are fixtures at the PBS television series Antiques Roadshow where Jane works the aptly named...
By Stephen May NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — Jervis McEntee (1828–1891), an artist of great sensitivity, intelligence and complexity, was a central figure in the Hudson River School. Although his work has been...
By Laura Beach NEW YORK CITY — Midtown Manhattan was both subdued and chaotic on the morning of September 24. With the pending arrival of Pope Francis, scheduled to deliver mass in the city later that...
Review And Onsite Photos by Andrea Valluzzo, Catalog Photos Courtesy Cottone Auctions GENESEO, N.Y. — Cottone Auctions staffers spend about three to five months readying for the big fall auction here...
Review and Photos by R. Scudder Smith YORK, PENN. — If you want to talk about a very busy town, think about York, Penn. On Friday, September 25, a large crowd made its way to the fairgrounds, Memorial...