Arts & Society
Kennedy Center Adds ‘Trump’ to Its Name
Fashion
The Georgetowner’s Best Boutique Gifts for the Holidays
Downtown Observer
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Arts
Shakespeare Theatre Company’s ‘Guys and Dolls’
Arts
Georgetown Resident Exhibits Art by Her Students, D.C. Inmates
December Auction Block
• December 9, 2025
We round out December’s auction highlights with a U.S. flag from Doyle and a Picasso vase from Christie’s, each selling for over twice the high estimate; an abstract, beveled-edge painting […]
November Auction Block
• November 11, 2025
This month’s featured auction lots include paintings by Jacques Martin-Ferrières, Andrew Wyeth and TV personality Bob Ross, along with a yellow gold wristwatch that Max Schmeling gave to Jack Dempsey […]
The Potomack Company Auctions Estate of Georgetowner Jane Stanton Hitchcock
• November 3, 2025
The late Jane Stanton Hitchcock, who died last summer, was like many Georgetowners—she split time between her homes in New York City and Georgetown. She was also a bestselling mystery […]
October Auction Block
• October 7, 2025
A letter from Frank Sinatra about the kidnapping of his son sold for over $20,000. Other items: paintings by Alice Neel, Zeinab Al Sageny and Max Weyl; and a pair […]
September Auction Block
• September 9, 2025
This month’s Auction Block features a lithograph by Roy Lichtenstein, a pastel by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, an oil painting on silk by Vietnamese and French artist Le Pho, a pair […]
August Auction Block
• August 13, 2025
This month, the Auction Block brings a Warhol screenprint, a terrazzo stool designed by David Wiseman, a signed FDR photograph, a collection of Iris Apfel’s rings and, speaking of rings, […]
June Auction Block
• June 10, 2025
This month’s Auction Block features a fascinating array of items. Pop culture lovers will recognize the “M” from “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” History buffs will be intrigued by the […]
April Auction Block
• April 9, 2025
April’s auction items include a Salvador Dalí etching, a pair of Art Nouveau candelabra, a Buddhist terracotta, an oil painting related to a Lorenzo Lotto work in the Louvre and […]
March Auction Block
• March 11, 2025
This month’s Auction Block features a Stickley dining table, a grasshopper vase, a 40-year-old bottle of whisky, a necessaire (tea caddy) and a Helen Frankenthaler painting that sold for $2.1 […]
February Auction Block
• February 24, 2025
February auction highlights include a pair of mirrors from Dublin glass sellers Francis and John Booker, a dessert service set, diamond bracelet and more. Bonhams A French Polychrome Parcel […]
