CINCINNATI – Cowan’s two-day American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts auction offered a rare piece of Kentucky history when a portrait of the Commonwealth’s first governor, Isaac Shelby (1750-1826), sold for $112,500. The oft reproduced portrait was painted by famed Kentucky artist Matthew Harri...View Full Article
If you have been stuck inside for too long, dreaming of traveling across the eastern United States and beyond, dream no more! Pook & Pook Auctions has brought the world to you. The esteemed Downingtown, PA auction house’s upcoming two-day sale on October 9th and 10th will have items coming across th...View Full Article
CINCINNATI – This September, Cowan’s Native American, Prehistoric & Tribal Art department paired an auction record sale price with the repatriation of a sacred figure to have perhaps its most meaningful month ever. “Months like this make all the blood, sweat, and tears worth it,” said Danica Farnand...View Full Article
[Ashburn, VA - September 24, 2020] Sporting, racing, shooting, and fighting unite the diverse media to be found in Oakridge Auction Gallery’s Fall Fine Art, Antiques & Collectibles auction this October 17, 2020 at 10am EST. The auction features a selection of fine paintings, military collectibles, a...View Full Article
TOWSON, MD — September 24, 2020 – Baltimore-based Auctioneer Alex Cooper will host a one day auction on Saturday, October 3rd, featuring an expansive collection of modern and contemporary art, fine rugs, period, mid-century modern, quality reproduction and period furniture, and decorative arts. Lot ...View Full Article
The 2020 Smithsonian Craft Show will be held virtually from Oct. 13 to Oct. 25. Originally scheduled for April, the craft show was postponed due to health and safety measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. For nearly two weeks (Oct. 13–25), online Artist Shops will feature over 100 contemporary ...View Full Article
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 - Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present The Joel Harris Collection of Oziana & Children’s Books on Saturday, September 26, 2020. Curated by the Director of Special Publications of the International Wizard of Oz Club - who is also an author, col...View Full Article
TOWSON, MD - September 2, 2020 - Baltimore-based Auctioneer Alex Cooper will host a one day Specialty Asian Auction on Thursday, September 17th, dedicated to the arts of Asia. Lot 200, Highly Important Tibetan Gilt Bronze Seated Buddha, 16th century or earlier The auction is headlined by a highly im...View Full Article
Top Results led by the Lore and Dave Squier Collection, Heralded as the Finest Collection of its Kind in Three Decades CINCINNATI – The finest Japanese arms and armor collection to come to the market in three decades lived up to the presale anticipation at Cowan’s September 2 Arms & Armor auction. ...View Full Article
Guernsey’s is honored to bring to auction The Legendary Vladi Collection of Historical Maps. The auction, scheduled for September 23, will include over 300 examples of the finest quality antique maps, with proceeds benefiting MapAction, an organization that uses maps to aid those in disaster-stricke...View Full Article
JACKSON, WY – The 36th-annual Fall Arts Festival returns to its trusted roots amid the pandemic – highlighting the best works from the best artists in Jackson's world-class galleries. On Friday, The Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce released the 2020 Fall Arts Festival gallery shows and highly-antici...View Full Article
The month of September is full of ideological and historical significance within the Mexican context, as it commemorates the triumph of a relentless struggle for the freedom of the Mexican people. This struggle became the legacy for its political development, but also for human growth, since it not ...View Full Article
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, AUGUST 26, 2020 – Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present The Stephen Zito Collection of Model Trains on Saturday, September 12, 2020, featuring O Gauge trains and accessories from a wide selection of American and international manufacturers. Amassed over 30 years...View Full Article
Snowy landscapes, stormy seas, and awesome waterfalls dominate the scene in Oakridge Auction Gallery’s 4th annual Fall Asian Fine Art & Antiques auction, scheduled for September 19-20, 2020 at 10 am EDT each day. The two sessions, beginning with Ceramics & Works of Art on September 19 at 10am ET, fo...View Full Article
CLEARWATER, Fla. - On September 12, Blackwell Auctions is offering an antebellum lithograph of an African-American musician. The original, titled “The Bone Player,” was painted by New York artist William Sidney Mount (American, 1807-1868) in 1856, only a few short years before the Civil War would --...View Full Article
RENO, Nev. – The Coeur d’Alene Art Auction brought a strong total of over $10.4 million during this year’s sale. The highlight of the 2020 sale was Thomas Moran’s Green River, Wyoming (1883), which fetched over $1.6 million – the highest price for the influential Western landscape artist at auction ...View Full Article
DAY 1: Sale of Old Boston & Historic Nantucket Material plus Americana, Fine Art, Continental & American Furnishings & Décor Estate of Linda Loring, to benefit Linda Loring Nature Foundation, with additions Saturday, August 8, 2020 at 9:30am _____________________________ American Painter, Ralph Euge...View Full Article
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, JULY 24, 2020 – Turner Auctions + Appraisals is very pleased to present The Violet Taaffe Estate on Saturday, August 8, 2020. Mrs. Taaffe, a long-time San Francisco resident, presided over a stately turn-of-the-century home that featured fine art, exquisite jewelry, Asian pi...View Full Article
TOWSON, MD — July 16, 2020 – Baltimore-based Auctioneer Alex Cooper will host a two-day Gallery Auction on Thursday, July 23rd and Saturday, July 25th, featuring an expansive collection of modern and contemporary art, a capsule collection by Nathaniel K. Gibbs, fine jewelry, sterling silver, currenc...View Full Article
July 14, 2020 (Hyannis, MA) – At a time when the region’s art scene has been devastated by the pandemic, the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod (AFCC) is stepping up to raise critical funds for the creative economy through a Silent Art Auction and a Live Art Auction, both of which will be held virtually o...View Full Article
Turner Auctions + Appraisals is pleased to present the Fine Mélange Auction on Saturday, July 25, 2020, featuring 185 lots from the 18th-20th centuries of artworks, posters and lithographs from World Wars I and II, decorative arts, books, and ocean liner memorabilia. Lot 108, John Gould, Harpyopsis ...View Full Article
General Washington leans over his maps in the candlelight of his tent. He hears the despair in the moans coming from the sick tent and feels the oppressive threat of the encroaching British forces bearing down on him after the Battle of Long Island during the New York campaign of 1776. The captures ...View Full Article
JULY 18, 2020 - Rafael Osona Auctions offers fine art, seaside furnishings and décor from the summer Shawkemo Hills, Nantucket Estate of Jennie K. Scaife, formerly of Pittsburgh, Palm Beach, Beverly Hills and Nantucket, with additions. Over 400 lots are included in this capricious, eccentric and pla...View Full Article
On Thursday, July 23, Copley Fine Art Auctions, the nation’s premier decoy and sporting art auction house, will host their Sporting Sale 2020. The sale, consisting of 294 lots, will offer the opportunity to take home world-class paintings and bird carvings. Auctioneer Peter Cocculuto will be conduct...View Full Article