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 […]

December Auction Block
• December 11, 2024

We round out 2024’s auction highlights with a Louis Vuitton steamer trunk, a painting by Jean Dufy, a print by William Henry Johnson, an Art Deco bracelet and a ceramic […]

November 2024 Auction Block
• November 13, 2024

 November’s Auction Block column includes: a religious portrait that passed through George Washington’s family; a gold, sapphire and diamond necklace; and a copy of Anne Rice’s “Interview with the Vampire,” […]

October 2024 Auction Block
• October 9, 2024

In this month’s report, a Surrealist painting by Gertrude Abercrombie sold for $469,900 at an auction by the merged Freeman’s and Hindman auction houses. Other noteworthy items sold included a […]

September 2024 Auction Block
• September 9, 2024

September’s auction results are a spectacular blend of furniture, jewelry and artwork. Noteworthy items include a snuff bottle from Bonhams and a gold-and-diamond cigarette box from Weschler’s.   Bonhams   A Ruby […]

March 2024 Auction Block
• March 13, 2024

March auction items include a pair of pearl, platinum and diamond earrings from The Potomack Company, a Fiat beach car from Bonhams, a Mario Sanchez painting from Christie’s, and more. […]

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, […]

Real Estate: January Auction Block 
• January 8, 2024

Our new year kicks off with an eclectic mix of highlights, including a mid-19th century oil painting by Vincent De Vos, Pee-Wee Herman’s “treasured bike,” a Tiffany lamp from Christie’s, […]