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


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 […]