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May 6, 2015AVON, CONN. — Bidders from more than 20 countries competed for a wide selection of artwork at Trinity International Auctions and Appraisals on Saturday, April 25
May 6, 2015SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — If ever we needed proof that there are many art markets, Scottsdale Art Auction supplies it
May 6, 2015POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – In an 1859 article in The Atlantic, Oliver Wendell Holmes dubbed the daguerreotype “the mirror with a memory” because it captured a reverse image of the sitter upon...-
May 6, 2015CINCINNATI, OHIO — Cowan’s Auctions, Inc. has sold privately the presentation style pipe tomahawk carried by Captain Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809). The identity of the purchaser, as well as the price...
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May 6, 2015Five bidders competed for Vincent van Gogh’s “L’Allée des Alyscamps” from his renowned Arles period, which sold to an Asian private collector for $66.3 million. One of five works by Claude...
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May 5, 2015Rockwell Kent (American, 1882-1971), “Polar Expedition,” 1944, oil on canvas, 34 by 44 inches, doubled the previous auction record for the artist when it sold at $605,000. Joseph Christian...
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May 5, 2015John Singleton Copley portrait of Josiah Shackford, commissioned lieutenant of the frigate Raleigh in July 1776. MANCHESTER, N.H. — The Radisson Hotel at the Center of New Hampshire has a new tenant....
May 5, 2015“Libraries Are Appreciated” by Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000), 1943. One of the great stars to emerge from the Harlem Renaissance, Lawrence achieved national recognition for his narratives of African...-
May 4, 2015OAKLAND, CALIF. — It’s not much of a surprise that an Asian artwork has dominated a Clars auction again yet the piece itself surprised some when it crossed the block during the company’s April 25–26...
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May 1, 2015SAN FRANCISCO —William Wendt’s renowned oil painting, “The Old Coast Road,” circa 1916, achieved $1,565,000, more than doubling its $600,000 high estimate and setting a new auction record for the highest...
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May 1, 2015Bruno Martinazzi (Italian designer), “Eye” brooch in gold, overall 1 1/8 by 1 5/8 by 3/8 inches. Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Edward W. and Deedie Potter Rose, formerly Inge Asenbaum collection, gallery...
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May 1, 2015AUSTIN TEXAS — Lark Mason Associates’ auction of Asian, ancient and ethnographic works of art that concluded April 22 had 642 sold lots with more than 3,700 bids, resulting in a total of $2.6 million,...
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