Deborah M. Child Deborah M. Child is a New Hampshire author, lecturer and independent curator. After working in academia, the museum field and the auction business, her focus is now researching and writing...
LONDON — Andy Warhol’s landmark first “Dollar” painting, hand-painted in 1962, attained $32.8m during Sotheby’s contemporary art sales July 1–2, reportedly the highest price achieved across...
DALLAS, TEXAS — Daughter of an early Nineteenth Century German artist, Emilie Preyer (1849-1930) was recognized during her life as an accomplished artist in her own right. On June 19 at Heritage Auctions,...
OAKLAND, CALIF. — Clars Auction Gallery’s June 27–28 sale featured choice offerings of Asian art and antiques and the international bidding community took note. The highlight of the $1.6 million...
Review And Photos By Andrea Valluzzo OLD SAYBROOK, CONN — When General William Hart built a house for his bride Esther Buckingham in 1767, he spared little expense. As a successful merchant who plied...
The first lot of the day was “Smugglers Pushing Off Their Boat” by Mather Brown. It set the tone for the day, far exceeding its $4,000 estimate and going to a phone bidder for $21,600. Review and Onsite...
The star lot, Igroth Shada’r, a collection of almost 120 autograph letters each signed by the most prominent rabbinic leaders of mid Nineteenth Century Eretz Israel reached $195,000. NEW YORK CITY — Buyers...
The top lot of the auction was an 1879 $4 Stella coin with flowing hair that fetched $258,500. LAS VEGAS, NEV. —Legend Rare Coin Auctions returned to its New Jersey offices on the heels of a $6 million...
Attributed to Abraham Heebner (1802–1877), “Exotic Bird and Townscape,” Montgomery County, Penn., circa 1830–1835, watercolor and ink on paper, 8¾ by 6 inches, collection of Jane and Gerald Katcher,...
Review by Anne Kugielsky Mangle Boards of Northern Europe: Suomi, Danmark, Island, Nederland, Sverige, Norge, Deutschland, by Jay Raymond; Streamline Press, www.streamlinedirons.com; 2015, 288 pages; hardcover;...
Old Farm Antiques, Reading, Penn. Review and Photos by R. Scudder Smith OLEY, PENN. — Antiques in the Valley, one of the highlights on the June schedule of antiques shows, bowed into the Oley Valley...
CORNING, N.Y. – There are multiple reasons to see the exhibition “Ennion and His Legacy: Mold-Blown Glass from Ancient Rome,” on view at the Corning Museum of Glass through January 4.