• Aug 31,2018 | 16:00 EDT By Jessica Helen Weinberg
    A Monumental Portrait of John Wayne by Norman Rockwell at Jackson Hole Art Auction There are certain moments in history where the cliché desire to "be a fly on the wall" has turned out to be an undeniably true statement. For instance, when John Wayne, the legendary actor best known for his portrayals of unconquerable American Western heroes, swaggered into Norman Rockwell’s art studio to have his portrait painted, I’ll bet there wasn’t a single insect brave enough to let out a bothersome buzz. Equally matched in the iconic roles they played in reverberating and depicting idealistic American values to the masses, the famed illustrator Norman Rockwell and John Wayne solidified their joint significance by underscoring one mans... Read More
  • Aug 01,2018 | 15:00 EDT By Christopher D. Fox at Skinner
    Americana Exceptionalism Skinner’s tradition of notable Americana sales continues with auctions on August 12 & 13 and an online auction August 6-14. The two-day and online sales comprise nearly 1500 lots of fine American folk art, furniture, ceramics, and maritime antiques. Day 1 kicks off the auction with two outstanding collections, the Collection of Gail and Don Piatt and the Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art, Part I. The Piatt collection features a delightful array of fine country antiques with an emphasis on early New Hampshire painted furniture, samplers, lighting, decorative arts, and painted miniature smalls. Highlights include: • Rare cupbo... Read More
  • Jul 10,2018 | 14:00 EDT By Jessica Helen Weinberg
    The Coeur d'Alene Art Auction is on Bidsquare's Horizon Amid the return of summers' humid haze and oppressive drought, a wind as sharp as an arrowhead punctures through with a familiar, howling signal - turning every Western art lovers attention toward the same place. On July 28th, The Coeur d'Alene Art Auction will hold their 33rd annual Fine Western & American Art auction from the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno. The catalog will include 315 selections of unparalleled quality that represent the most revered names the genre has to offer. Online bidding will only be available exclusively through Bidsquare.  Panoramic depictions of canyons, golden prairies and majestic mountainsides are met with an ass... Read More
  • May 24,2018 | 16:50 EDT By Jessica Helen Weinberg
    The Crushing Appeal of John Chamberlain It has never fully satisfied me to hear how mountain ranges like the Alps or Sierra Nevada’s came to be. The Alps, for instance, began forming 65 million years ago when African and Eurasian tectonic plates blindly pushed against one another in an unrelenting, upward act of crushing determination. While a scientist could continually explain how and why this happened, a profound disconnection remains. How could such an enormous calamity unfold to then exist in relative silence? For when you approach a beautiful mountain, all of the random, shattering violence has already occurred; they are simply there for us to admire and absorb in grand total... Read More