LONDON — A mother-of-pearl and black lac overlaid wood tray has set a new world record auction price of $1.465 million for a piece of this type, selling to a bidder in the room for well over ten times...
By Ed Polk Douglas Henry Howard: Louisiana’s Architect by Robert S. Brantley with Victor McGee, published by Princeton Architectural Press and The Historic New Orleans Collection, www.papress.com or www.thnoc.org,...
DOWNINGTOWN, PENN. – A rare Lancaster County, Penn., tall-case clock with works by Rudy Stoner led Pook & Pook’s October 3 Americana sale, surging past estimate to bring $192,000 including...
NEW YORK CITY — Move over Uber. In advance of “Superheroes in Gotham,” a new exhibition at New-York Historical Society opening October 9, workers on October 5 installed one of the three cars made...
PETERBOROUGH, N.H. — October 3 was the second time The Cobbs had sold Benjamin Champney’s painting, cataloged as probably “Mt Washington from Wildcat Mountain.” The first time was in 2004 and the woman...
VINELAND, N.J. – Session one of the sale of the bank collection of Clive Devenish at Bertoia Auctions kicked off at 1 pm on Saturday, October 3, at 2141 DeMarco Drive. The sale consisted of 178 lots,...
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — The exhibition “Self-Taught Genius: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum” will be on view at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art October 10–January 3. The exhibition...
Antiques in Vermont The Antiques in Vermont show opened Sunday morning at 8 am at Riley Rink at Hunter Park, iManchester Center, Vt., for early buying and ran through 4 pm. This one-day show closed...
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — The University of Southern California Libraries have acquired the archive of international architectural photographer Wayne Thom. The 250,000-image collection documents 2,805 of Thom’s...
NEW YORK CITY — Artifacts and memorabilia from the doomed White Star Line’s Titanic passenger ship continue to excite bidders from around the world, as they bid fast and furious on the ship’s...
NEW YORK CITY — Patrick Nagel’s stylish, bold homage to New York City, “Lady Standing on Statue of Liberty,” is expected to bring $70/90,000 or more when it comes to auction on October 14, as the centerpiece...
CHICAGO, ILL. — The Post War and Contemporary Art sale on September 24 at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers sold three Alexander Calder works above high estimates. His stabile, “Long Brass Tail on Black and Red,”...