MESA, ARIZ. — Saddles used by John Wayne and other movie stars, firearms owned by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, and photographs of Buffalo Bill comprised just a part of Brian Lebel’s Old West Auction…

DOWNINGTOWN, PENN. — It was a lively three days at Pook & Pook from January 18 to 20, which saw the collection of Margaret Berwind Schiffer come to auction, followed by two sessions of Americana…

BRANFORD, CONN. — “We had very solid sales. In a nutshell, items that are not readily available at shops and shows do very well. With rarity brings emotion and changes the behavior of buyers…

Trending categories in American decorative arts and sterling silver continued in this week’s auction roundup, with a few surprises. An early painted yellow stand bid to success at Farrin County […]

LOS ANGELES — A time capsule of more than 550 lots of fine art and antiques was opened to bidders on January 15-16 as Andrew Jones Auctions offered California plein air paintings, Americana, clocks, silver, antiques, Native American works and decorations amassed over 50 years by Jack and Ellen Phillips of San Diego County, Calif. The sale eclipsed its presale estimate by more than one and a half times, totaling $1.487 million and achieving “white glove status.” “It was our 12th ‘white glove’ sale in a year and a half!’ exclaimed Aileen Ward, vice president and senior specialist for decorative arts, furniture, objects of vertu and silver.

LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. — Rago posted outstanding results for early Twentieth Century design, a sale conducted on January 19 that included new world records for Newcomb College Pottery vessels by Leona…

ST PETERSBURG, FLA. — The Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney estate auction featuring 22 sculptures by the Whitney Museum founder and great-granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt from her landmark Old Westbury, N.Y., studio, was simulcast live online on January 21 by Richard Stedman Estate Services. Included were six of the large bronze garden statues, the sculptor’s personal examples from her Italianate villa, and they were led by her 7-foot-tall bronze “Shepherd” sculpture, which sold for $137,500 to an undisclosed American buyer in the Northeast. The “Shepherd” was one of 22 Whitney sculptures in the auction, of which a total of 54 lots in the sale, including the 22 sculptures, brought the majority of the sale’s $575,000 total.

LONDON — On January 18, Chiswick Auctions offered more than 160 rare and historic artifacts, mostly from the sciences. However, the top lot was a large blue and gold silk banner proclaiming…

MILFORD, CONN. — “We are very pleased with the overall results of the sale, which was more than 80 percent sold and doubled the high presale estimates. Half of the top lots sold to new buyers…

LARCHMONT, N.Y. — Clarke Auction Gallery started 2023 strong with its New Year’s Estate Auction on January 22. Of almost 600 lots, about one third of those were of the furniture category, however, it was fine art that led the sale overall. Israeli art attracted much attention, as well as Chinese and European art. The auction totaled approximately $1.2 million with a 95 percent sell-through rate.