Arts & Society
Kennedy Center Adds ‘Trump’ to Its Title
Fashion
The Georgetowner’s Best Boutique Gifts for the Holidays
Downtown Observer
A Conversation with the Chief Retail Officer for the White House Historical Association Luci Shanahan
Arts
Shakespeare Theatre Company’s ‘Guys and Dolls’
Arts
Georgetown Resident Exhibits Art by Her Students, D.C. Inmates
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 […]
July Auction Block: Harry Winston, Babe Ruth & Cabaret
• July 28, 2025
This month’s group of noteworthy auction lots includes a portrait daguerreotype, a 1915 Red Sox postcard on which Babe Ruth appears, a platinum-and-diamond bracelet from Harry Winston, an original rendering […]
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 […]
May Auction Block
• May 14, 2025
This month’s Auction Block includes a porcelain vase, a restored Porsche 911 and a diamond ring worth half a million dollars. Weschler’s Gerhard Heilmann for Royal Copenhagen Glazed Porcelain Vase […]
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 […]
