May 12, 2025 - Antiques And The Arts Weekly

  • Three-Day Auction Totals $564,000 — McInnis Sells 400-Plus Dolls From Hatch Collection
    May 12, 2025

    AMESBURY, MASS. — Can you successfully sell more than 400 cloth dolls in one sale? As it turns out, yes. As part of a three-day sale, April 25-27, auctioneer John McInnis and gallery director Dan Meader devoted one full day to the Pat Hatch collection of cloth dolls, most of which dated to the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries.

  • All Smiles At The Second Annual All-Holidays Show
    May 12, 2025

    PARK RIDGE, N.J. — According to Days Of The Year, April 27 is World Design Day, World Pinhole Photography Day, Morse Code Day, National Pet Parents Day and National Gummi Bear Day.

  • Philadelphia Show: Shining Bright Even In Uncertain Times
    May 12, 2025

    PHILADELPHIA — Spring takes many forms in Philadelphia: rowers and scullers take to the Schuylkill River, daffodils, tulips and cherry blossoms bloom and dance along Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and a large white tent appears on the East Terrace of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

  • Q&A: Madalina Lazen
    May 12, 2025

    For those that pay attention to the staffing of specialists at auction houses, it can sometimes feel like a game of musical chairs, with experts changing firms as markets evolve.

  • Fashion Influencers:The Chicago History Museum Celebrates A Century Of Style
    May 12, 2025

    CHICAGO — When the Costume collection manager at the Chicago History Museum (CHM), Jessica Pushor, decided to take a pair of Nike Air Jordan 1 men’s basketball shoes out of collection storage and up into the galleries, she knew immediately from her colleagues’ reactions that it was a very a good choice.

  • Lion Lung Tester Roars At Morphy Auctions
    May 12, 2025

    LAS VEGAS – Morphy Auctions took a trip from its Denver, Penn., home base to set up shop in Las Vegas for its Coin-op & Advertising Auction from April 30 to May 3.

  • Wifredo Lam Portrait Sits Well At Shannon’s
    May 12, 2025

    MILFORD, CONN. — On May 8, Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers offered 168 lots of paintings, drawings, sculpture, prints and mixed media works.

  • Hector Michaut Display Cabinet Closed Doors At Collective Hudson
    May 12, 2025

    KINGSTON, N.Y. — On May 4, Collective Hudson conducted its Exceptionnelle auction, a 555-lot sale, which, among others, included part two of the property from the Basagic collection of French Art Nouveau furniture and decorations, including works sourced from businesses such as Lillian Nassau, and other private party works.

  • Washington Portrait Commands Americana At Freeman’s | Hindman
    May 12, 2025

    PHILADELPHIA — A portrait of General George Washington, depicted on the 1777 battlefield at Princeton-Nassau Hall, was the top lot of more than 250 offered at Freeman’s | Hindman on April 29.

  • 18th Century Chinese Jar Earns $67,100, Tops Tremont’s Spring Sale
    May 12, 2025

    SUDBURY, MASS. — A Chinese tou tsai ware porcelain covered jar, which bore the Chien Lung (1735-1796) mark and was of the period, was the star of Tremont’s Annual Spring Fine Arts & Antiques auction on May 4.



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