Search Stories
Now showing 40-50 of 9754 result(s)
(Auction)The Collection of Patricia Scipio-Brim
Swann Auction Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Auction Galleries
Swann Auction Galleries held a single-owner estate sale on February 6 that according to the auction house achieved a sell-through rate of 98%, with only two out of the 82 lots unsold. The sale totaled $1,210,195 (includes buyers’ premiums).
“Abstract Beauty: The ... (Read More)
|
(Issue Story)Hand-Me-Downs
Beneath the Surface
At the end of every year, we spend time sorting through the house, moving along things that can be used by someone else to make room for the things that are coming in the form of holiday gifts. There is a whole process of evaluating and assessing that ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)Heritage Auctions Celebrates Its Most Successful Year
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas, reached $1,867,023,603 in total sales in 2024, the highest ever for the 49-year-old company, the firm stated in a press release. That’s almost $1 billion more than the auction house recorded only four years ago, when sales totaled $873 million.
CEO and cofounder Steve Ivy said, “While ... (Read More)
|
(Show)The 71st Winter Show
New York City
For 71 years during the last ten days of January the great drill hall at the armory on Park Avenue between 66th and 67th Streets has been filled with the finest objects, paintings, books and manuscripts, textiles, and jewelry that the exhibitors can muster. This year, from January ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Tiffany Lamps Shine at Fontaine’s
Fontaine’s Auction Gallery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Fontaine’s Auction Gallery
If loving Tiffany lamps is your jam, one stop that needs to be added to the itinerary is Fontaine’s Auction Gallery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where numerous online events offer outstanding examples of this genre. The total for the company’s two-day fine and decorative ... (Read More)
|
(Show)Nameless Art + Design Show 2025
New York City
The second iteration of Nameless Art + Design Show opened the evening of January 31 and spilled into the first weekend of the month, February 1 and 2, enticing collectors and those curious to see what the event was about. The show is held in a gallery space ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)The Carole Carpenter Wahler Collection
Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland
Photos courtesy Crocker Farm
“It was the highest-grossing single-owner stoneware and redware auction of all time,” wrote Brandt Zipp in a follow-up email after the sale of the Carole Carpenter Wahler collection. The total gross for the 302-lot sale was $1,338,810 (including buyers’ premiums). All lots were sold ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)“Americana Week” Auction
Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, Massachusetts
Photos courtesy Bonhams Skinner
The Bonhams Skinner “Americana Week” auction on January 31 was held live in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and online, tying into the annual Americana Week in New York City. Some 219 lots of antiques crossed the block, giving old and new collectors a shot at ... (Read More)
|
(Issue Story)Hanging with Colin Stair
Photos by Sean Cochran, Stair Galleries
Colin Stair of Stair Galleries literally grew up in the business of art and antiques. His great-grandfather, who was an architect, and his grandfather established Stair & Co. in Mayfair, London, branching out in the 1950s and 1960s to five other locations. “They had a ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)Sandy Smith’s Collection
Stair Galleries, Hudson, New York
Photos courtesy Stair Galleries
The January 30 sale of art and antiques from the estate of show promoter Sanford “Sandy” Smith (1939-2024) brought a total of $604,648.88 (including buyers’ premiums) for 160 lots of folk art, figural shooting gallery targets, marine paintings, bronze sculptures, Grenfell hooked rugs, ... (Read More)
|
1 (800) 752-8521 • PO Box 1429 • Waldoboro, ME 04572
