Auction Block: March 2023
• March 8, 2023

This month’s auctions brought luxe jewelry to the fore as well as paintings from Matisse and Maik.    The Potomack Company  A Panoramic View of Pilgrims Visiting Holy Sites at the […]

February 2023 Auction Block
• February 8, 2023

Luxury abounds in this month’s Auction Block. An Italian table sold at Christie’s for over $1 million, Bonhams sold a painting for more than five times its estimate and fine […]

February 2023 Arts Watch
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New leaders have been appointed at the National Portrait Gallery, Museum of African American History and Culture, Hindman Auctions and the Phillips Collection. Have an ArtsWatch tip? Email editorial@georgetowner.com with […]

January 2023 Auction Block  
• January 11, 2023

 A new year full of new items auctioned from Doyle, Christie’s, Weschler’s, Potomack, Hindman and Sotheby’s. This month, a Tiffany flatware set sold for well over asking price, a baby […]

Auction Block, Nov. 2022
• November 14, 2022

Our November Auction Block features a Van Cleef & Arpels diamond brooch that sold for over $50,000, a sugar and honey bowl set gaveled at 40-times its asking price, a […]

October Auction Block 
• October 17, 2022

A sparkling necklace with an interesting past, a unique French sculpture, a priceless whisky collection by Macallan and a gorgeous Chinese brushpot: this month in Auction Block.  WESCHLER’S   Claude-LaLanne-sculpture-apple.jpg   Claude […]

Auction Block: Hindman Offers Historic Portrait in September 2022
• August 29, 2022

This issue, the auction block looks a bit different. We’re featuring Hindman Auctions’ portrait of actor and abolitionist Ira Aldridge, to be auctioned in their “American Furniture, Folk and Decorative […]

June 2022 Auction Block
• June 15, 2022

Off the auction block this month are a Chanel bag, Roman marble portrait, an unburnable book and a magnificent diamond.   DOYLE   Chanel Black Suede and Gold Python Double Flap Bag   […]

April 2022 Auction Block
• April 14, 2022

The beginning of 2022 included a host of fascinating sales including luxury jewelry, 20+ year-old rye whiskey and even a Steinway grand piano. Also, don’t miss the Potomack Company’s auction […]

Auction Block: January 12, 2022 Issue
• January 19, 2022

Over the holiday season, auction houses were busy with a host of interesting sales including a nearly 30-year-old bottle of wine, a sapphire and diamond ring, a first edition of “Leaves of […]