(Show)
Poolesville, Maryland
This spring was the sixth installment of the Mid Atlantic Antique & Garden Festival. Over the course of its relatively short run the show’s overall character has been taking shape. The footprint of the venue now appears to be near completion. The booth spaces and their arrangement have been ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)
Farrin’s Country Auctions, Randolph, Maine
“My grandmother bought it on a cruise in 1957,” said the consignor of a Brazilian folk painting that was the top lot at Farrin’s Country Auctions in Randolph, Maine, on April 26. “It’s been in my house, sometimes just leaning against a wall,” she said, sitting ... (Read More)
|
(Show)
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas
Photos courtesy Heritage Auctions
Important artifacts and memorabilia from American and political history dating back to the Colonial era prompted competitive bidding for the coveted treasures up for sale at Heritage Auctions’ Americana and political “Signature” sale April 25 and 26.
The George Washington “Pater Patriae” inaugural button, the ... (Read More)
|
(Show)
Liberty Antiques Festival, Staley, North Carolina
Remembering a developing hurricane that passed over the September 2024 Liberty Antiques Festival in rural Randolph County, North Carolina, regulars were a bit leery because of rain in the forecast for Friday, April 25. Instead, it was a gorgeous sunny day, and sales started promptly ... (Read More)
|
(Issue Story)
When asked by someone outside of the art and decorative arts world what museums to see in New York City, I always tell them about the American Folk Art Museum. “It’s fantastic, and it’s free,” is my stock recommendation.
“Access, Scale & Market Share,” a recent report by Remuseum, a think ... (Read More)
|
(Issue Story)
Stanley Whitney (b. 1946), untitled, 2020, gouache on paper. The Medford and Loraine Johnston collection, promised gift to the High Museum of Art. © Stanley Whitney. Photo courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery, New York.
—Through May 25 —Atlanta, Georgia
Thinking Eye, Seeing Mind: The Medford and Loraine Johnston Collection at the High Museum ... (Read More)
|
(Fragment)
Paul Revere’s engraving The Bloody Massacre is one of the most familiar images related to the American Revolution. The event depicted, commonly referred to as the Boston Massacre, took place in the evening of March 5, 1770, and is considered one of the seminal moments that solidified Colonial resistance to ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)
Christie’s, New York City
Photos courtesy Christie’s
Female Modernists occupied some of the real estate in Christie’s 99-lot modern American art sale April 17 in New York City. The live auction, which attracted over two dozen attendees, totaled $14,228,382 and had an 84% sell-through rate. Christie’s reported that 18% of the buyers ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)
Doyle, New York City
Photos courtesy Doyle
Auctions are unpredictable. Sales depend on estates that must be settled and downsizing by collectors who change their focus. In these times of economic and political chaos, consignors were cautious as they watched the middle market settle down to lower values and saw sectors once ... (Read More)
|
(Auction)
Swann Auction Galleries, New York City
Photos courtesy Swann Auction Galleries
A 386-lot sale of old master through modern prints, filled with color woodcuts of flora, fauna, figs, fish, flamingos, and phlox, was held at Swann Auction Galleries, New York City, the morning of April 15. The 63 lots of color woodcuts ... (Read More)
|