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March 13, 2012The Darien Antiques Show celebrated its 45th consecutive year with a well-attended gala preview party on March 2. The show, hosted by the First Congregational Church of Darien, continued over the weekend,...
March 13, 2012The first silver shekel struck in Jerusalem by Jewish forces rebelling against the Roman Empire in the first century CE, one of only two specimens known, brought a world record auction price of $1,105,375...
March 13, 2012Clars Auction Gallery February 18‱9 antiques and fine art sale surpassed all previous sales for the firm, realizing $1.8 million over two days. The sale was fueled by important works in American...
March 13, 2012During the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, the Gruppé family contributed to the New England art scene by producing many artists, including Charles Paul Gruppé, sons Emile and Karl, daughter...
March 13, 2012At Butterscotch Auction Gallery February 12 estate auction, a monumental still life painting by the Dutch Golden-Age painter Rachel Ruysch (1664‱750) sold for $2.4 million, setting a new world...
March 6, 2012Robert Hanan Zexter, 81, died peacefully on January 20 surrounded by his family after a brave and willful fight to overcome his illness. For more than 50 years he was an antiques dealer who traveled and did business...
March 6, 2012Mahogany single-drawer writing desk, bowfront with cabriole legs. Many antique items were taken when a U-Haul truck and trailer were stolen around 3:30 am on February 17 from a motel parking lot. The items...
March 6, 2012Constantino Brumidi study for ⁔he Apotheosis of Washington,†his fresco for the rotunda of the US Capitol building, sold for $539,500 at Skinner March 4 Americana sale. Estimated at $250/350,000,...
March 6, 2012Ending a 30-year mystery, the Rosenbach Museum & Library has located and acquired a portrait of an early member of the Gratz family, prominent Jewish early Americans who made their home here.
March 6, 2012A Sixteenth or Seventeenth Century Old Master still life on panel kicked off the Friday, March 2, auction at John McInnis Auctioneers when it sold for $218,500 to an agent in the gallery.
March 6, 2012Bob and Anne Levine get up every morning at 4:45. Knowing that is enough for most people to ask ⁗hy?,†while others might just question the sanity of it all. Those are the people who do not know...
March 6, 2012Steeped in American history, Morristown also is home to the spacious National Guard Armory, where JMK Shows runs spring and fall editions of the Morristown Armory Antiques Show. The most recent event...
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