TIMONIUM, MD. — On June 26, Richard Opfer Auctioneering conducted an eclectic 425-lot sale, its Antique & Estate Live and Online Auction, which was split between the firm’s physical location and one of the consigning...
STANSTED MOUNTFITCHET, UK — A pair of Victorian silver-gilt and glass centerpieces, marked “WB” and the London date mark for 1839, rose to the top of Sworders’ two-day Fine Interiors auction, June...
CLINTONDALE, N.Y. — Kensington Estate Auction conducted its latest auction of fine art and antiques on June 23. With 170 lots on offer, it was an equestrian oil painting by Slovenian artist Kiar Mesko...
FREEHOLD, N.Y. — Carlsen Gallery conducted a 361-lot sale, Two Great Estates At Auction, on June 22. The sale, which had a 99 percent sell-through rate, was led by a New York Classical card table.
SARASOTA, FLA. — More than 300 lots of American and European fine art, as well as a lifetime collection of art glass, crossed the block in Helmuth Stone Gallery’s Fine Art, Art Glass & Antiques auction...
LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. — June 24 saw 328 lots cross the block during Landry Pop Auctions’ white-glove Icons & Heroes: Comics auction, which garnered $279,271.
ESSEX, CONN. — My friend and companion of the past 30 years, Arne Ahlberg, passed away in Essex, Conn., on June 13, a few weeks shy of his July 2 birthday; he would have been 88.
Between a Romani-style wagon that Chupp sold for $115,000 — and a group of clothing that Merrill sold for $2,142 that included two Romanian pieces — bidders were getting the chance to chase European...
It is a rare event when the identity of a previously unknown folk artist is revealed. Some folk artists — especially those working scrimshaw, — were people whose work emerged from pastime activity...
ROCKVILLE, MD. — On June 6, Weschler’s Auctioneers & Appraisers conducted its Gallery Auction, which offered 241 lots of fine art, furniture, decorative art, Asian art and antiques and collectibles.
DENVER, PENN. — Luxury watches, Tiffany lamps, American art and rare Amphora pottery were just some of the highlights of Morphy Auctions’ June 11-12 Fine & Decorative Arts Auction, which, over the course...