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| 5/25/2004 | Washington Triumphs - Again - During Christie's American Paintings Auction "It is an honor to have sold Charles Willson Peale's magnificent portrait of George Washington and to have achieved a world auction record." Read More...
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| 5/25/2004 | Cupid's Arrow Strikes Stunned Audience at Northeast Ten phones were mustered for a dark picture described in the catalog merely as "painter standing beside a canvas depicting Cupid." Read More...
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| 5/25/2004 | Zinc Eagle a High-Flier for Whitney Collection With a wingspan of 5'11", the molded and gilded zinc American eagle reached $243,200 at Sotheby's. Read More...
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| 5/25/2004 | Records Fall for Contemporary Art At Phillips The top lot was Jean-Michel Basquiat's "Blue Heads," 1983, which reached $2,024,000. Read More...
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| 5/25/2004 | Bucks County Landscape Leads Offerings in Pennsylvania The lot was part of a strong, two-day Americana auction at Pook & Pook Inc. Read More...
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| 5/25/2004 | Rare Desk Reigns at Rago The Gustav Stickley writing desk was designed by Harvey Ellis. Read More...
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| 5/25/2004 | The Armonk Antiques Show Martin Greenstein has been upgrading the offerings for the past two years, insisting that dealers present only that caliber of merchandise the walk-in trade would expect. Read More...
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| 5/25/2004 | The Antiques and Garden Show in Westport "The town has always supported this show and they come out and buy." Read More...
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| 5/25/2004 | The Huntington Antiques Show The two-day event suffered at the gate for the promoter and dealers, who assumed the weather was too nice for people to be inside. Read More...
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| 5/25/2004 | Flagons Stolen from Church Found on eBay Move over, Kenos. There is another sibling duo making important finds in the antiques world - in this case, from an eight-year-old unsolved church heist. Read More...
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| 5/25/2004 | Memory, Politics, Place The National Gallery of Art examines a little-known facet of renowned Modernist Diego Rivera's career: his early foray into Cubism. Read More...
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| 5/25/2004 | Charleston's Sacred Treasures The Charleston Museum Institute will offer a symposium focusing on the unique ceremonial treasures of Charleston's churches and synagogues in conjunction with a special exhibition. Read More...
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| 5/25/2004 | The Unfinished Print For the first time in its history, The Frick Collection will host a major special exhibition this summer that is devoted solely to prints and the process of printmaking. Read More...
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| 5/25/2004 | American Folk Art from the Oppenhimer Collection on View in Georgia In 1982 the Oppenhimers met and befriended Howard Finster, perhaps the best-known American self-taught artist, at his home in Summerville, Ga. Read More...
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| 5/25/2004 | To Observe and Imagine: British Drawings and Watercolors at the Reopened Taft Museum The collection of 101 works from the Morgan Library, New York City, represents 53 artists. Read More...
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| 5/18/2004 | Cruising to a Bicycle Record at Copake The 1937 Elgin "Robin" bicycle propelled by a drive shaft, the best one of three such examples ever made, sold for $20,900. Read More...
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| 5/18/2004 | Taking It to the Bank High-caliber and highly collectible toys, doorstops, banks and dolls comprised a recent sale at Bertoia's of 1,486-lots. Read More...
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| 5/18/2004 | Dennis Enjoys a Banner Sale of Silver Continental silver and coin silver included lots by Tiffany, Cartier, Gorham, Georg Jensen, S. Kirk, Dominick and Haff, T.B. Starr and Mappin Webb. Read More...
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| 5/18/2004 | The Greater York Antiques Show "It's not like it used to be; we have too many dealers on the fairgrounds at one time," Jim Burk said. He reported the gate down 50 percent on opening day. Read More...
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| 5/18/2004 | York County Classic Antiques Show The early buyers seemed to concentrate mostly on small objects, such as signs, iron, lighting, countertop barber poles, paintings and fabrics. Read More...
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| 5/18/2004 | The Pennsylvania Spring Antiques Show Frank Gaglio filled the East Hall of the new building with 126 exhibitors and a display of mostly American furniture and accessories. Read More...
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| 5/18/2004 | The Early American Antiques Show "I have a challenge ahead of me," Robert Goodrich said as his Early American Antiques Show opened. Read More...
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| 5/18/2004 | A Pretty Fine Old Town: Child Hassam in Old Lyme This new exhibition features more than 20 Hassam paintings from museums and private collections and is designed to give a picture of the artist's pivotal contribution to the colony. Read More...
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| 5/18/2004 | Dutch Masterwork Comes to the Currier One of the most important early Seventeenth Century Dutch still lifes in New England was acquired by the museum in March. Read More...
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| 5/18/2004 | Yale Explores the Art of James Ward The Center for British Art is presenting an exhibition of paintings, watercolors, prints, drawings and manuscripts by one of the most neglected British artists of the Romantic period. Read More...
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| 5/18/2004 | Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living Even at the present time, the work of this French modernist designer is not well known in the United States, except to a small group of architectural historians familiar with the personnel of Le Corbusier's studio. Read More...
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| 5/11/2004 | Bible Box from Basement Brings $11,220 at Hyde Park The box had been indirectly consigned from a Darien home by a worker that was hired to clean out the basement. Read More...
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| 5/11/2004 | New York Botanical Garden Hosts Antique Garden Furniture Show It quickly became obvious at the preview that well-heeled patrons were there not only to support the Botanical Garden, but also to enhance their own home. Read More...
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| 5/11/2004 | Two Dollars, $200,000 at Wisconsin Auction Like many survivors of the first year mintage of 1,758 pieces, the two 1794 dollars sold at Heritage Numismatic were not problem-free. Read More...
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| 5/11/2004 | Shannon's Sells View of Marblehead Harbor for $115,625 The R. Hayley Lever oil on canvas brought more than double the presale estimates. Read More...
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| 5/11/2004 | Rare Galle Vase Blossoms to $74,750 in Maine French Cameo items from a private Philadelphia collection attracted a great deal of interest. "It was a spectacular sale," commented auctioneer Jim Julia. Read More...
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| 5/11/2004 | New York Botanical Garden Hosts Antique Garden Furniture Show It quickly became obvious at the preview that well-healed patrons were there not only to support the Botanical Garden, but also to enhance their own home. Read More...
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| 5/11/2004 | Collectors Glass Show and Sale The multitude of variations possible in glass makes it a lifelong study for many of the 60 dealers at the show. Read More...
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| 5/11/2004 | Jenkins Management Buys Farmington Polo Grounds The purchase had been rumored for more than a year, and, in fact, Jenkins said "the negotiations were protracted - over two year's worth." Read More...
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| 5/11/2004 | Springfield Museums Receive Currier & Ives Collection The more than 750 hand-colored lithographs were amassed by Silver Springs, Md., collectors Lenore B. and Sidney A. Alpert. Read More...
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| 5/11/2004 | Off the Wall The Bruce Museum presents a rare chance to see selections from the renowned JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, which includes both classic modern as well as the best contemporary works of art. Read More...
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| 5/11/2004 | Talking Peace in London Somerset House and King's College commemorate the fourth centenary of the Treaty of London between England and Spain. Read More...
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| 5/11/2004 | Here in Friendship New work by Ralf Feyl is being shown on the twelfth anniversary of the artist's first exhibition at The Cooley Gallery. Read More...
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| 5/11/2004 | Exhibits Highlight Museum's 90 Years in Provincetown The shows coincide with the reopening of PAAM's refurbished galleries in the Provincetown Art Colony. Read More...
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| 5/11/2004 | A High Water Mark Sotheby's made history this past week as it became the first auction house to sell a work of art for a price in excess of $100 million. Read More...
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| 5/4/2004 | Maserati Spider Races to $588,000 in Massachusetts The spectacular red Maserati Tipo A6G was one of eight known. Read More...
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| 5/4/2004 | De Camp Portrait Highlights Thomaston Sale The painting, executed in 1907, was in the original frame and had a label from a 1916 "BMFA" exhibit on the verso. It reached $187,000. Read More...
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| 5/4/2004 | Made in the Shade: A $115,000 'Russian' Lamp at Grogan Made in 1910 and consigned from a Needham estate, the Tiffany creation sailed out of the gallery. Read More...
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| 5/4/2004 | Americana, Folk Art from the Inventory of Raccoon Creek 'Dries up' at William Bunch While three antiques shows were all vying for attention in Philadelphia, a short drive away Bill Bunch was gearing up. Read More...
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| 5/4/2004 | International News Briefs Gerard C. Wertkin will retire....Alleged New Hampshire antiques thief arrested in Florida....Looters raid ancient Indian pottery from sites in Arizona....A new mystery surrounds the Mona Lisa Read More...
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| 5/4/2004 | The Philadelphia Antiques Show "I think it's our best show in the past ten years in terms of quality and presentation," said manager Josh Wainwright. Read More...
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| 5/4/2004 | Antiques at the Center "Everything about this show was brand new - new name, new facility, new size, new hours, even new exhibitors," said Frank Gaglio. At 132 exhibitors, the show was the largest of the three Antiques Week in Philadelphia events. Read More...
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| 5/4/2004 | Center City Antiques Show -Philadelphia This was the seventh annual show for Barry Cohen at the 23rd Street Armory, a facility that holds his 31 exhibitors comfortably and is only a short walk away from the 33rd Street Armory, site of The Philadelphia Antiques Show. Read More...
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| 5/4/2004 | Telling the Story of the Hudson at the Albany Institute of History & Art Paintings by Thomas Locker showcase the majestic history and timeless beauty of this well-known river. Read More...
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| 5/4/2004 | Crane Reveals Its 'Perennial Favorites' Fourteen contemporary artists in the show present an array of landscapes, figurative works, still life paintings and bronze sculpture. Read More...
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| 5/4/2004 | Decades for a Decade: The International Poster Gallery The Boston gallery will celebrate its tenth anniversary with an exhibition featuring poster bests from every decade since the art form's first flowering in the Belle Epoque. Read More...
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| 5/4/2004 | Contemporary Marine Art in Greenwich Quester Gallery will present the works of numerous leading figures in Twentieth Century maritime fine art. Read More...
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| 5/4/2004 | Sculpting Nature: The Favrile Pottery of L.C. Tiffany While Tiffany windows, Tiffany lamps and Tiffany silver are widely known, few scholars and collectors have made a study of Tiffany ceramics within the context of the art pottery movement. Read More...
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