2020Waddington's Auctioneers and AppraisersRobert John Thornton (B. circa 1768–1837) (AfterSee Sold Price
20 Audubon prints lead off Arader Galleries auction June 8NEW YORK – Arader Galleries’ auction on Saturday, June 8, features stunning examples from John James Audubon’s Birds of America as well as natural history prints and watercolors by noted artists such as Thornton, Besler and Howitt, as well as an outstanding offering of maps and views. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
Preserving Civil War graffiti at W.Va. chapel a priorityBUNKER HILL, W.Va. (AP) – Neither William Briggs nor Andrew Shute ever made the history books, but their names are causing a stir at the Morgan Chapel where their signatures—along with various other soldiers’ drawings, doodles and even some personal messages, collectively referred to as Civil War graffiti—dot the old Episcopalian church’s interior walls. Although […]