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December Auction Block
• December 9, 2025
We round out December’s auction highlights with a U.S. flag from Doyle and a Picasso vase from Christie’s, each selling for over twice the high estimate; an abstract, beveled-edge painting […]
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 […]
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. […]
