Auction Block: March 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
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 […]
Real Estate: Alma Thomas Painting Sells for Record D.C. Amount at Weschler’s
While they’re still confirming this, Weschler’s Auctioneers and Appraisers believes they have achieved the highest auction record for any transaction in the D.C. Metro area with the sale of an […]
January 2023 Auction Block
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 […]
Real Estate: Auction Houses Boomed in 2022
It was a good year to be an auction house. They’re celebrating a banner year with the release of their 2022 year-end reports. Christie’s reported global sales at a whopping […]
Auction Block, Dec. 2022
A 1776 George Washington manuscript, Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” from a private collection, a rare U.S. Liberty Head coin that sold for twice its asking price, and a Picasso […]
Auction Block, Nov. 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
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 […]
September Auction Block
Off the auction block this month: a jewelry lot from Doyle, a Kobe Bryant rookie card, an 18th century portrait and a unique disco ball circa 1970s California. DOYLE Group […]
Auction Block: Hindman Offers Historic Portrait in September 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 […]