Auction Block: Works by Eakins, Dubuffet and Goldin
• August 31, 2026

This month’s Auction Block features a self-portrait by contemporary photographer Nan Goldin, works on paper by artists Jean Dubuffet and Thomas Eakins, an embroidered Fendi handbag, an Arts & Crafts-style […]

Auction Block: 2 Paintings, a Needlework Picture, a Desk and a Passport
• July 30, 2026

This month’s Auction Block features a famous spy’s passport, a view of San Francisco when it was a village, a Scandinavian modern desk, a portrait of a Zapotec girl and […]

Auction Block
• July 6, 2026

In last month’s Auction Block: a pastel of a British horse race by artist Paul Lucien Maze, an Andy Warhol “Marilyn” print, an Art Deco Movado watch, a Louis Vuitton trunk owned by Ambassador Chuck Bohlen and a print of a John Lennon poem.  Doyle  The Trundle, […]

At Marcel, You Can Order Duck Confit — and Buy a Calder   
• May 12, 2026

At Sotheby’s New York, dinner now comes with a side of Warhol — and maybe a six-figure impulse purchase.  On April 16, the auction powerhouse unveiled Marcel, a glossy new […]

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 […]

May 2024 Auction Block  
• May 8, 2024

May’s Auction Block features a spectacular yellow diamond ring at Doyle, a John Nieto painting at Bonhams and a bureau-cabinet at Christie’s that sold for more than $200,000 above its […]

February 2024 Auction Block
• February 14, 2024

 First some auction news: One of the dresses Judy Garland wore in the 1939 classic “The Wizard of Oz” can now be auctioned through the Catholic University of America. Also, […]

December Auction Block
• December 6, 2023

Our last auction block of the year includes a Matisse painting, Tahitian pearl necklace, cabinet plates, a photograph by Ruth Orkin and nine loose diamonds that sold for well over […]

July 2023 Auction Block
• July 12, 2023

July’s auction block includes a unique stamp from H.R. Harmer, a $1 million Bulgari Kashmir sapphire and diamond ring, a 19th century Chinese carved wooden figure, a Western-Americana Daguerrotype portrait […]

May 2023 Auction Block
• May 10, 2023

A signed Hermès bag, a 1963 autographed Beatles Fan Club card, a Modern American painting by John Marin, a Fabienne Verdier abstract ink work, and even an authentic 1906 seven-passenger […]