AMESBURY, MASS. — Spirits were high as John McInnis’ July 10 auction got off on a good start with the first lot across the block, a double-sided wood tavern sign having wrought iron hardware, 41½...
Lucas Cranach The Elder (Kronach 1472 – 1553 Weimar), “The Bocca Della Verità (The Mouth Of Truth),” oil and tempera on red beechwood panel, 43¾ by 39 ⅜ inches attained $14.4 million. LONDON...
NEW YORK CITY — A version of Auguste Rodin’s ‘Young Girl with Serpent’ stolen 24 years ago has been recovered in New York. In 1991, thieves stole artwork valued at over $1 million in a series of raids...
Part of the collection of furniture that was sold June 30, some of it from the Raccoon Creek Antiques. 355 Lots In June 30 Auction By R. Scudder Smith CHADDS FORD, PENN. — Tuesday, June 30, was a busy...
Sandmark Antiques, Sudbury, Vt. June 27 Event On Fairfield Hills Campus NEWTOWN, CONN. — Saturday, June 27, turned out to be a spoiler for the second annual Newtown Antiques Market, staged on the grounds...
This Chinese carved spinach jade panel depicting the immortals in a landscape, with a hardwood stand, went for $6,325, one of the higher prices of the day. Review And Onsite Photos By Rick Russack Additional...
Beverley and Jeffrey Evans hold the record auction price — $962,500 for a hanging cupboard sold in 2004 — for Johannes Spitler, a Shenandoah Valley descendant of Swiss Mennonites. Their latest offering,...
SHELBURNE, VT. – American furniture lovers who despair that their progeny do not share their passion might make a family excursion to the Shelburne Museum.
Tunic with black and white checkerboard and stepped yoke, Perú, Inca (Inka) culture, 1400–1540, camelid fiber, Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc in honor of Carol...
American woman’s cape or cloak, 1825–1840, made from a twill weave wool plaid in blue, brown and two shades of green. This garment, which would have been made by an experienced dressmaker or tailor,...
ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Museum is displaying a recently conserved Nineteenth Century presentation flag reportedly given to the Six Nations Iroquois by the United States government around 1813....
A detail shot of the quilt shows this skillfully embroidered tiger with exacting detail. Not seen here is the embroidered words from William Blake’s well known poem, “Tiger, tiger, burning bright in the forests...