Antiques And The Arts Weekly

A diverse array of antiques were really on the move in a spate of recent auctions that saw a ship sailing off the coast of Gloucester take top lot status at Eldred’s Marine Sale at $50,400 while an early Lionel model train chugged down the auction block at Cordier for $24,000 and a Mobil Pegasus child’s coin-op ride-on toy galloped to $109,250. Highlights across the board wer...

Top-lot status was awarded to “A Fox Hunt in Full Cry” by John Nost Sartorius (British, 1759-1828), circa 1792, oil on canvas, 40 by 63⅛ inches framed, which was deaccessioned from the Yale University Art Gallery and brought $17,550 ($10/15,000).

Review by Kiersten Busch

LITCHFIELD, CONN. — On ...

The auction series’ high point was reached when this “Madame Butterfly” woodcut in colors executed in 2000 by Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928-2011), housed in a floating frame measuring 50½ by 91½ inches, achieved $325,000 ($100/200,000).

Review by Carly Timpson

AMESBURY, MASS. — You’ve hea...

The top lot of the auction was “The Return of the Loupe-Garou” by George Rodrigue, featuring his renowned “Blue Dog” in a cemetery setting that sold for $73,800 to a private collector bidding online ($38/42,000).

Review by Andrea Valluzzo

KNOXVILLE, TENN. — Case Auctions’ 1,320-lot Summer Fine ...