Your Body Sizes Up Art
By Shirley M. Mueller, M.D. We like to think we buy art using our brain only, but evidence indicates otherwise. Our bodies are involved too. How do we know this? Red, 1968, by Mark Rothko (b. 1903, Dvinsk, Russia; d.…
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A Masterpiece of Communal History: Examining an Early 17th-Century Oak Refectory Table
with Jessica Rickman CPPA, Certified Personal Property Appraiser In the vast landscape of antique furniture, few forms command as much respect and dominate a room quite like the refectory table. Born of necessity and refined by centuries of tradition, these…
It’s My Party! Vintage Seasonal Decorations
Article and photos by Donald-Brian Johnson Halloween and Thanksgiving and Christmas. HalloweenandThanksgivingandChristmas! HALLOWEENANDTHANKSGIVINGANDCHRISTMAS!!! The holidays sure come at us in a rush, don’t they? Before you know it, all those grinning pumpkins are gone, replaced by plump turkeys, then by…
Selmer Reference 54 Tenor Saxophone and a Massive 43” Antique Buddy L Outdoor Locomotive & Tender from the 1920s
by Jessica Kosinski $3,051 (Bids 100, Bidders 21) Selmer Reference 54 Tenor Saxophone Bb w/ Case. Plays Beautifully with no leaks top to bottom (checked with leak light). Sounds like my old Selmer Mark VI. Beautiful Raw Brass Finish. Great…
Potter & Potter Auctions to Hold Coin Op, Advertising and Carnival Sale on October 15
Top lots include a restored Coca-Cola Roll-O-Vend trailer, a Donkey Wonder fortune telling arcade machine, and a rare White Star Pure Rye Whiskey sign Chicago, IL — October 2026 — Potter & Potter Auctions will present its 698-lot Coin Op,…
Nadeau’s Auction Gallery to Hold Benchmade Furnishings, Guitars, Art, and Decorative Accessories Auction
Highlights include benchmade dining furniture, a John Lennon Epiphone electric guitar, fine art, and decorative accessories Windsor, CT — September 2026 — Nadeau’s Auction Gallery, a family-owned house based in Windsor, Connecticut, will hold its Benchmade Furnishings, Guitars, Art, and…
Hake’s to Auction Part 1 of the Lawrence Klein Collection of Vintage Comics and Original Comic Art, Sept. 28-Oct. 21
Top lots include original Todd McFarlane artwork for Amazing Spider-Man #302 and #304, a first-printing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 graded CGC/JSA 9.8, and Neal Adams cover art for World’s Finest #209 York, PA — September 2026 — Hake’s is…
Milestone Auctions to Hold Premier Antique & Vintage Toy Auction Oct. 17
Top lots include a 1960 Machine Man Robot, Gigantor Tetsujin #28, a 1926 Felix Frolic, a working Marklin steam plant, a windup Popeye Speedboat, a 1939 prototype Buck Rogers Rocket Ship, and a rare Turner 28-inch Yellow Cab Willoughby, OH…
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Quinn’s Auction Galleries to Present Fine and Decorative Arts Auction, Sept. 25
Top lots include an oil on canvas by Daniel Ridgway Knight, a tempera on cloth by Jamini Roy, and a 19th-century Japanese six-panel folding screen Falls Church, VA — September 2026 — Quinn’s Auction Galleries will present a 400-lot online-only…