On the creation and collection of daguerreotypes
The London Season
The start of the season this year
Downsizing at the International Fine Art Fair
The biggest thing about this year’s International Fine Art Fair (May 1 – 5) was the grand arrangement of cherry blossoms and white lilies flanking the entry to the Armory Drill Hall. Inside there were fewer exhibitors—thirty-nine down from sixty last year. But size and quantity are not the measure of anything when it comes to fine art, and as …
This Week’s Top Lots: April 24 – May 1
Top Lots in the world of antiques
Rare Kentucky Derby trophy to be auctioned
A trophy and a missing cup up for auction at Skinner
Seeing green at historic garden estates
A selection of our favorite gardens
National Trust lists America’s most endangered historic sites for 2009
The most endangered historic places in the U.S.
Failed design at the Bard Graduate Center
On the Failed Design conference at Bard Graduate Center
This Week’s Top Lots: April 19 – 24
Top Lots in the world of antiques
Old master and nineteenth century drawings
Works from the Held collection