3 days LeftDawsons AuctioneersA 19th-century Mi'kmaq porcupine quill and birch bark basket, of oval form with fitted lid, 11.5 cm£180
Early Steiff Peter Rabbit toy hopped away with almost $12K at CottoneGENESEO, N.Y. – The January 24 sale at Cottone Auctions was eclectic in the best possible way, posting healthy numbers for lots from several different categories of collecting. Complete results are available at LiveAuctioneers. The overall top lot was a circa-1905 Tiffany Studios 10-light Lily lamp in favrile glass and bronze, retaining its original patina, […]
American regional impressionism leads series of sales at Clars Jan. 18-20, 22OAKLAND, Calif. – Paintings demonstrating the regional variation of American Impressionism lead the January series at Clars Auction Gallery. The group of sales span Sunday, January 18 through Tuesday, January 20, and also Thursday, January 22. The Monday, January 19 session includes works by leading Impressionist artists from Kentucky, Utah, and Pennsylvania. While the majority […]
Krampus figures: European folklore gave Santa Claus a dark sideNEW YORK – There’s a dark side to Christmas. It’s kind of inevitable, really; darkness is at its heart. The holiday’s origins go back more than 10,000 years, created to mark the time when those living in the northern hemisphere experience the shortest days of the year and thereafter begin to gain a little bit […]
From Americana to Renoir paintings, Thomaston Place’s Nov. 10-12 sale has itTHOMASTON, Maine – A printed silk broadside recording Thomas Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address to Congress of March 4, 1801 forms part of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ Autumn Majestic Sale, taking place Friday, November 10 through Sunday, November 12. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers. Printed by in Boston by William Pechin, it is one […]