NEW YORK CITY — The Manhattan described by Russell Shorto in his bestselling 2004 book The Island at the Center of the World was a broadminded place thrumming with new ideas, one welcoming a diverse...
When Ted and Jill Wiederseim started an auction business in the mid 1990s, neither of them had a lot of money. They had something better — complementary skills.
LOS ANGELES — “Diane von Furstenberg: Woman Before Fashion” is currently on view at the Skirball Cultural Center, a renowned repository for thousands of artifacts and contemporary objects related...
SPARKS, MD. — Cataloged as “highly important,” a circa 1895 face jug incised “The Hon. Fred Dougless” by J. A. Roberts of Cookeville, Tenn., was the highlight of Crocker Farm’s January 31 302-lot...
NEW YORK CITY — An exceedingly rare Stradivari violin, crafted in 1714 by Antonio Stradivari during his renowned “Golden Period,” achieved $11.3 million, including premium, at Sotheby’s New York;...
LITCHFIELD, CONN. — More than 600 lots were featured in Litchfield Auctions’ February 5 antiques and design sale, which featured a large selection of lots from the Cornwall, Conn., estate of Thomas...
LARCHMONT, N.Y. — On February 9, Clarke Auction Gallery conducted its February Estates Auction, offering more than 500 lots of fine art, lighting, fountain pens, sterling and jewelry from a New Milford,...
POUND RIDGE, N.Y. — On February 7, Butterscotch Auction conducted a 212-lot auction of various Art Deco and vintage jewelry, perfume bottles, art glass and book form objects from the collection of Lynn...
ATLANTA — A full-length oil portrait painting of Lady Bridget by Thomas Gibson, and a bust oil portrait painting of a young man done by a French School artist in the late Eighteenth or early Nineteenth...
ALAMEDA, CALIF. — Michaan’s January Gallery Auction concluded on January 17, where the fine art department saw multiple successful sales, with the jewelry and timepieces and furniture and decorations...
VIENNA, VA. — Betty C. Monkman, a former White House curator, who, during 35 years under eight presidents, was entrusted with the conservation and care of thousands of artistic and decorative treasures...
Bidders in recent auctions had deep pockets, taking one of three known Allen Iverson trading cards to $701,500 at Heritage, while a Chinese blue and white dragon basin at Doyle topped off at $108,450....