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A Seal of Kentucky Whiskey tin sign achieved $37,500 plus the buyer’s premium in May 2019. Image courtesy of Showtime Auction Services and LiveAuctioneers.

Collectors raise their glasses to vintage whiskey advertising

August 9, 2022

NEW YORK — By today’s standards, early whiskey advertising…

This miniature stoneware churn from Ohio realized $12,000 plus the buyer’s premium in July 2015. Image courtesy of Crocker Farm and LiveAuctioneers.

The folk-art charm of miniature stoneware vessels

August 5, 2022

NEW YORK — Bigger is not always better. Beautifully crafted…

A Gae Aulenti prototype Saint Moritz table for Pierluigi Ghiandi, never made for production, brought $9,195 plus the buyer’s premium in November 2019. Image courtesy of Viscontea Casa d’Aste srl and LiveAuctioneers.

Gae Aulenti: maverick of Italian Midcentury design

August 2, 2022

NEW YORK — Like the notable 20th-century architects Frank…

Toots Zynsky: ‘painting’ with glass threads

July 29, 2022

NEW YORK — American glass artist Toots Zynsky (b.…

Jaguar celebrates 100 years as the sportiest British luxury car

July 26, 2022

NEW YORK — There are race cars and there are passenger cars,…

This Harry Bertoia hand-forged brooch achieved $32,000 plus the buyer’s premium in November 2016. Image courtesy of Wright and LiveAuctioneers.

Art-loving fashionistas are wild about Harry Bertoia’s jewelry

July 22, 2022

NEW YORK — Harry Bertoia is best known for his furniture…

A Borden’s ice cream porcelain double-sided neon sign achieved $27,000 plus the buyer’s premium in March 2022. Image courtesy of Rockabilly Auction Company and LiveAuctioneers.

Collectors eagerly scoop up ice cream memorabilia

July 19, 2022

NEW YORK — July is National Ice Cream month in…

Magic: The Gathering cards – everyone can be a wizard

July 15, 2022

NEW YORK — Magic: The Gathering is strictly a childhood amusement…

Upcoming Auctions

Swan Mark Registers of Owners, two volumes, both dating to the 16th century, est. £8,000-£16,000

August 11, 2022

Tudor-era swan-keeping book to take flight at Sworders, Aug. 23

ESSEX, U.K. – A Tudor manuscript designed to help with…

August 11, 2022

Centuries of fine Americana offered at Bonhams Skinner, Aug. 13

Howard Chandler Christy World War I poster, est. $300-$500

August 11, 2022

Historical American documents featured in Turner’s Aug. 20 Books & Ephemera sale

1954 poster for the sci-fi film Tobor the Great, est. $1,200-$1,800

August 10, 2022

Sci-fi film and travel posters are top attractions at Potter & Potter, Aug. 20

Pair of 19th-century Chinese carved green jade elephants, est. $700-$900

August 10, 2022

La Belle Epoque rebounds from flood with eclectic Aug. 13 estates auction

Niso Maman, ‘Sequana,’ est. $2,000-$3,000

August 9, 2022

Multiple estates represented in August 13 sale at Roland

Oscar Wilde, ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray,’ signed deluxe first edition rebound in 2019 by Robert Wu, est. $25,000-$35,000

August 8, 2022

Swann secures exceptional material for LGBTQ+ sale, Aug. 18

Alex Prager, ‘Barbara,’ est. $10,000-$15,000. Image courtesy of Bonhams

August 8, 2022

Prager, Dweck and Adams lead Bonhams photography sale, Aug. 23

Auction Results

Hake's Auctions

August 9, 2022

Market-watchers pounced on rare comic art & action figures at Hake’s $2.7M auction

YORK, Pa. – Original comic strip art continues to solidify…

Early U.S. 12-cent postage stamp with a portrait bust of George Washington, $19,520Early U.S. 12-cent postage stamp with a portrait bust of George Washington, $19,520

August 6, 2022

Holabird Wild West auction scores with Washington 12-cent stamp, lawman’s Colt

August 5, 2022

John Moran’s ReDesigned auction achieved ‘stellar’ results

‘Winter Zinger,’ a 1974 oil on canvas by American artist Alden Mason, trounced its $2,000-$4,000 estimate to sell for $162,500 and a new world auction record for the artist. Image courtesy of Revere Auctions and LiveAuctioneers

August 4, 2022

Alden Mason work rockets to record-setting $162K at Revere Auctions

Freeman’s Chairman and Director of Fine Art, Alasdair Nichol, shown at the auctioneer’s podium.

August 2, 2022

Freeman’s savors strong spring and summer auction results

August 1, 2022

Nicholson’s Joker costume runs away with $125K at Heritage

Harmon Hollow Nantucket curlew, $228,000

July 31, 2022

Nantucket decoy flies to $228K at Copley’s Sporting Sale

July 29, 2022

Albert York’s ‘Imaginary Playground’ takes top honors at Sarasota Estate Auction

Mary Cassatt, ‘Young Lady in a Loge Gazing to the Right,’ circa 1878-1879, est. $3 million-$5 million. Part of the Ann and Gordon Getty collection. Image courtesy of Christie’s Images Ltd. 2022

August 11, 2022

Christie’s tours selections from Ann and Gordon Getty collection ahead of October auctions

NEW YORK – Christie's has unveiled the first set of highlights…

Footed dish, 1880. Dominick & Haff, New York, sterling silver, mixed metal. Private collection, RT19. L2022.0403.016

August 11, 2022

Heyday of Japonisme revisited at SFO Museum

An elementary school-age Mark Zuckerberg pictured on a souvenir baseball card printed in 1992 and signed by the future Facebook founder has been consigned to auction in September, with bidding to start at $1. Image courtesy of ComicConnect.

August 10, 2022

How much is Zuckerberg worth? Card collector could find out

Undated photo of Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, one of the great treasures of the Louvre museum in Paris. A sophisticated cooling system helps protect the 16th-century oil on poplar wood painting from the ravages of heat. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Musee du Louvre. Wikimedia Commons regards this work as being in the public domain in the United States.

August 10, 2022

Why Louvre’s Mona Lisa keeps a smile: Paris’s cooling system

Emory Douglas. (b. 1943-), ‘Martin Luther King, Jr.,’ 1993. Cover illustration for the Sun-Reporter, 1993. © 2022 Emory Douglas / Licensed by AFNYLAW.com

August 10, 2022

Norman Rockwell Museum explores illustrations of race

The Palos Verdes Art Center will host a Royal Jubilee Tea Party in honor of Queen Elizabeth II on August 14, with guest speaker Emily Waterfall, director of the Bonhams jewelry department.

August 9, 2022

LA museum to host Aug. 14 Royal Jubilee tea party honoring Queen Elizabeth II

A memorial bronze bust of a king’s mother dating to the 16 th century, from the Benin Kingdom in what is now Nigeria, photographed on display at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin in November 2014. Germany and Nigeria recently made an agreement for the European nation to return several Benin bronzes to Nigeria, but other countries have been less receptive to African requests for the return of their art and artifacts. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Daderot. Shared under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.

August 9, 2022

Africa sees some artifacts returned home but seeks far more

Genesis Baez, ‘The Sound of A Circle,’ 2018. Pigment print. Courtesy of the DIA

August 9, 2022

Detroit Institute of Arts explores how photographers tell their tales

Columns & International

August 3, 2022

Gallery Report: Tiffany Poppy lamp flourishes at Morphy’s

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

July 2, 2022

Gallery Report: Historic 17-star flag flies to $46K at Morphy’s

June 1, 2022

Gallery Report: Ed Clark abstract sells for record $740K at Hindman

May 1, 2022

Gallery Report: Loie Hollowell painting crests $1M at Clars

April 1, 2022

Gallery Report: Clementine Hunter’s ‘Fish Fry’ sizzles at Crescent City

March 2, 2022

Gallery Report: Vietnamese art prevails at Doyle New York

February 2, 2022

Gallery Report: Hale Woodruff abstract sells for record $665K at Swann

January 3, 2022

Gallery Report: Newly discovered Mucha study achieves record $965K

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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 9, 2022

In Memoriam: Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake, 84

TOKYO (AP) – Issey Miyake, who built one of Japan's biggest…

August 6, 2022

Max Hollein will be the Met’s next CEO, effective July 2023

August 3, 2022

Bonhams welcomes Bianca Cutait to Post-War & Contemporary Art dept.

Dodgers broadcasting legend Vin Scully, photographed in September 2013. He died on August 2 at the age of 94. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Floatjon. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

August 3, 2022

In Memoriam: Vin Scully, Dodgers broadcaster for 67 years, age 94

Nichelle Nichols, shown speaking at the 2013 Phoenix Comicon in May 2013. The original ‘Star Trek’ cast member died July 30 at the age of 89. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Gage Skidmore. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

August 1, 2022

In Memoriam: Nichelle Nichols, Lt. Uhura on ‘Star Trek,’ 89

Heritage Auctions has hired sports collectibles and memorabilia expert Joe Orlando as executive vice president of its sports department. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions

July 31, 2022

Heritage hires Joe Orlando as exec VP of sports department

July 29, 2022

Brian Manifor appointed Firearms Acquisitions & Promotions Specialist at Morphy Auctions

July 28, 2022

In Memoriam: Tony Dow, sculptor and big brother on ‘Leave It to Beaver,’ 77

Charles M. Schulz, Self-caricature. © Schulz Family Intellectual Property Trust. Mark J. Cohen and Rose Marie McDaniel Collection, The Ohio State University, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

June 8, 2022

Exhibits honor Peanuts creator Charles Schulz’s centenary

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – In a series of Peanuts comic strips…

Phil and Joan Castle made the discovery of their lives in October 2018, when they swept their metal detectors over what proved to be a so-called “purse hoard” of 14th-century British gold coins. Image courtesy of Noonans

May 19, 2022

British metal detectorists make the find of their lives: medieval gold coins

April 10, 2022

Colonial Williamsburg exhibition to reveal secrets of restoration

A circa-1820s original Kill Devil fishing lure, the only known surviving example, will be auctioned on March 25 in England. Described as the most important antique fishing lure to come to auction, it is estimated at £4,000-£6,000. Image courtesy of Mullock’s Specialist Auctioneers & Valuers

March 17, 2022

What makes the ‘Kill Devil’ the world’s most important fishing lure?

An Ettore Sottsass UFO lamp, designed for Arredoluce, realized $3,250 plus the buyer’s premium in September 2020. Image courtesy of Toomey & Co. Auctioneers and LiveAuctioneers

March 8, 2022

Home lighting trends: designers get creative, clever, cozy

A late 19th-century quilt featuring a Windmill Blades pattern sold for $11,000 plus the buyer’s premium in September 2020. Image courtesy of Freeman’s and LiveAuctioneers.

February 18, 2022

Quilt artists create textiles to display or cozy up with

On January 27, selections from the collection of the late film critic Joel Siegel will be offered at Leland Little Auctions. Siegel is shown here with a Navajo rug that he acquired.

January 21, 2022

Profile: Joel Siegel – film critic, TV personality, author and collector

A scarce set of 1908 Rose Company postcards, one featuring E.J. Coleman, president of the Scranton Miners baseball club, sold for $660 at Robert Edward Auctions’ spring 2018 sale. Image courtesy of Robert Edward Auctions.

September 5, 2021

Collector seeks rare Scranton baseball cards to complete collection