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Upcoming Auctions

June 25, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Grant Zahajko Auctions fields all-star lineup for June 28 sports sale

DAVENPORT, Wash. – Baseball all-stars of the mid-20th…

June 22, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Wickliff Auctioneers draws on fine art, jewelry for June 28 sale

June 22, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Porcelain, sculpture are top attractions at Michaan’s July 7 sale

June 22, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Ronald Reagan heartfelt letter stands out in RR Auction June 28

June 21, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Motoring memorabilia featured in June 26 auction

June 21, 2018/by Catherine Saunders-Watson

Hake’s offers original Frazetta art, rare comics, Star Wars figures July 10-12

June 20, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Mohawk Arms to muster 1,100-lot militaria auction June 30

June 20, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Mapmakers to the world featured in Jasper52 auction June 26

Auction Results

June 18, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Marie Zimmermann necklace sells for record $53,125 at Rago auction

LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. – Rago’s June jewelry auctions brought…

June 25, 2018/by Catherine Saunders-Watson

Exhibition about American Jewish life during WWI to open June 29

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - More than 250,000 Jews served in the American…

June 22, 2018/by Catherine Saunders-Watson

Sotheby’s and Victoria Beckham collaborate on art exhibition

June 21, 2018/by Catherine Saunders-Watson

Illinois arboretum gets giant troll statues

June 21, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

City palace reopens as museum in Belgium

June 20, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

1932 Pablo Picasso painting sells for $36.1 million

June 20, 2018/by Catherine Saunders-Watson

Theft of mammoth proportions: Agency seeks stolen tusk

June 20, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

The Whitney to mount major Andy Warhol retrospective

June 20, 2018/by Catherine Saunders-Watson

Anish Kapoor sues NRA over video use of ‘The Bean’

Columns & International

June 5, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Gallery Report: May 2018

ATLANTA – At the start of each month, ACN columnist Ken Hall…

April 30, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Gallery Report: April 2018

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Gallery Report: March 2018

March 6, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Gallery Report: February 2018

January 31, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

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'Gianni Colombo: The Body and the Space 1959-1980,' exhibition view at Robilant+Voena, London, Oct. 2 – Nov. 20, 2015. Courtesy Robilant+Voena — Art Market Italy: Gianni Colombo
January 14, 2016/by 8178pwpadmin

Nelson Atkins 68-1_Chinese-FoldingArmchaire — Chinese huanghuali furniture: precious wood, elegant design
December 30, 2015/by Tom Hoepf

Alberto Giacometti, "Place", 1948-1949, Bronze, 21 × 63.5 × 44 cm, Emanuel Hoffmann-Stiftung, Depositum in der Öffentlichen Kunstsammlung Basel, © Succession Alberto Giacometti / 2015, ProLitteris, Zurich, Foto: Martin P. Bühler, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel On show at "Future Present", from Jun.13, 2015 to Jan.31, 2016 — Alberto Giacometti: Redefining the human figure
December 18, 2015/by Tom Hoepf

This Special Order Horseshoe 35cm Shiny Electric Blue Birkin in Porosus Crocodile, the most desirable material, brought $81,250 at a 2015 Heritage New York Valentine Signature Auction. Courtesy Heritage Auctions — Hermes: Handbags with a distinguished history
October 14, 2015/by 8178pwpadmin

Neustadt Poinsettia Detail — Tiffany glass continues to make lighting magical
September 24, 2015/by Tom Hoepf

Uniques 6-15 Lot 24 — Piero Fornasetti: Inspired jester of the decorative arts
September 8, 2015/by Tom Hoepf

ponti-105088.001-v4 — Gio Ponti: Grand thinker of Italian design
August 12, 2015/by 8178pwpadmin

June 22, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Lindsay Cooper Martin named to Wexner Center post

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Lindsay Cooper Martin will join the Wexner…

April 27, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

All-star recalls glory days in women’s pro baseball

MILLSTADT, Ill. (AP) – Barbara Hoffmann owns…

March 26, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Texas bluebonnet season means great time for painting

February 28, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Nebraskan Aaron Gunn Pyle paintings hang in hometown library

February 27, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Agatha Christie lived through pain on the Orient Express

Pre-Hispanic pieces adorn the pyramid-shape tomb in the garden at the Frida Kahlo Museum, Mexico City. Photo by Anagoria, taken Dec. 22, 2013. licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license

February 20, 2018/by Catherine Saunders-Watson

On the Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera art trail in Mexico City

February 9, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Female pulp fiction illustrator getting her due

February 7, 2018/by Catherine Saunders-Watson

For winter doldrums: small decor changes wield big impact

February 5, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Wienermobile to be turned into a museum piece