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Upcoming Auctions

August 17, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Turner Auctions offers Native American collection Sept. 9

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Turner Auctions + Appraisals…

August 17, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates to offer great Americana Aug. 24-25

August 17, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Gianguan’s Sept. 8 sale strong on Chinese bronzes, ceramics

August 16, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Woody Auction to sell incomparable glass collection Sept. 7-8

August 16, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Firsts by noted authors featured in vintage book auction Aug. 22

August 15, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Nye & Co. to auction estate jewelry of former Cartier designer, Aug. 29

August 15, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

John McInnis picked to sell Americana collection Aug. 24-25

August 14, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Famous faces grace Jasper52 photo auction Aug. 22

Auction Results

August 13, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Highlight of Elvis Week, Auction at Graceland records $800K

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – With tens of thousands of fans in the…

August 10, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

De Gaulle letter to FDR posts $33,689 at RR Auction

August 9, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Banner day at Case’s new gallery as art, historical items fly high

August 8, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Bruneau & Co. rings up impressive prices for historic phones

August 7, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Hopewell Culture artifacts surpass estimates at Cowan’s auction

August 6, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Nye & Company unearths treasures from Gilded Age mansion

August 2, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Chinese chairs achieve $375K at Moran Auctioneers

July 30, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Malcolm X manuscript sells for $7,000 at Guernsey’s auction

August 17, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers anticipates selling Renoir painting

CRANSTON, R.I. – A fresh-to-the-market oil painting by…

Columns & International

July 31, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Gallery Report: July 2018

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

July 2, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Gallery Report: June 2018

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April 30, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

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Gallery Report: January 2018

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Gallery Report: December 2017

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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

August 16, 2018/by Catherine Saunders-Watson

In Memoriam: Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul, 76

NEW YORK (AP) — Aretha Franklin, the undisputed "Queen…

August 13, 2018/by Catherine Saunders-Watson

Art museum to feature paintings by rocker Mellencamp

August 10, 2018/by Catherine Saunders-Watson

Rapper ‘Killer Mike’ joins board of Atlanta’s High Museum of Art

August 10, 2018/by Catherine Saunders-Watson

Lisa Marie Presley to take part in Elvis Week celebration

August 7, 2018/by Catherine Saunders-Watson

In Memoriam: Auctioneer, noted appraiser Ernest DuMouchelle, 76

August 3, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Changing of the guard: Retired admiral sells DC bookstore

August 2, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Heritage Auctions signs Chris Cavalier to sports memorabilia post

July 27, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

New director steering Indiana classic car museum

August 10, 2018/by Catherine Saunders-Watson

What do you do with 1,500 washing machines? ‘You tell me’

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - One of my pet peeves is how we so casually…

August 2, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

Deep origin of rare blue diamonds revealed in their flaws

July 11, 2018/by Catherine Saunders-Watson

Zsa Zsa and Elvis lived here and so can you, for $23.45M

April 27, 2018/by Tom Hoepf

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

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