American and English art, antiques, and silver enliven Ahlers & Ogletree April 3-4ATLANTA — Nearly 780 lots of fine American and English art, along with Continental and Asian art, will be offered at a massive two-day sale at Ahlers & Ogletree on Wednesday, April 3 and Thursday, April 4. The catalogs are now available for review and bidding at LiveAuctioneers. Day 1’s highest-estimated lot is an untitled […]
Ann and Gordon Getty collection performed admirably at StairHUDSON, N.Y. – Finding antiques with the wow factor was Ann Getty’s forte, and she did it with great dedication, some good advice, and a formidable bank balance. When Stair Galleries sold more lots from the remarkable Ann and Gordon Getty collection on January 23-25, it meant more of the sumptuous English and European furnishings […]
Gorham Circa 70 sterling silver coffee and tea set leads our five lots to watchGorham Circa 70 Sterling Silver Coffee and Tea Set NEW ORLEANS – In the late 1950s, the promise of outer space tantalized the public. Spooked by the launch of the Soviet satellite dubbed Sputnik, Americans were determined to catch up and best their Communist counterparts in what became known as ‘the space race.’ The contest […]
Colonial Williamsburg reprises British design collectionWILLIAMSBURG, Va. – When the first curators at Colonial Williamsburg began to buy objects for the collection 90 years ago, they acquired what they believed at the time to be appropriate for furnishing the buildings being restored in the historic town. These pieces of historical importance and intrinsic beauty were assembled into what is now […]