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To Preserve and Protect

To Preserve and Protect

April Hann Lanford is the Principal of Artifact, a Chicago firm specializing in the preservation and protection of works of art and historical artifacts. Her story is one of curiosity and passion.April Hann LanfordThe American singer Tony Bennett is qu…

Frazetta’s “Princess” Makes her Auction Debut

Frazetta’s “Princess” Makes her Auction Debut

Legendary fantasy artist’s stunning original work “The Princess of Mars” highlights Heritage Auctions Comics & Comic Art event in September. A personal favorite of the artist, the masterpiece was held by Frazetta’s family for five decades.DALLAS – …

Tiffany Lamps: How to tell real from fake

Tiffany Lamps: How to tell real from fake

If you’re keen to source a genuine Tiffany lamp for your home or art collection, you need to know your stuff. Here are ten clues to tell a real Tiffany lamp from a fake one.By Dakota MurpheyTiffany Studios Leaded Glass and Bronze Turtleback Table Lamp,…

African-American Art Soars

African-American Art Soars

African-American sculptures, quilts blow past estimates at Case Antiques AuctionsWilliam Edmondson’s “Lady with a Book” sold for $144,000 – more than three times its estimate – and was the top lot.KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Work by self-taught sculptor William…

African-American Art Soars

African-American Art Soars

African-American sculptures, quilts blow past estimates at Case Antiques AuctionsWilliam Edmondson’s “Lady with a Book” sold for $144,000 – more than three times its estimate – and was the top lot.KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Work by self-taught sculptor William…

FBI Nabs Art Forgery Ring

FBI Nabs Art Forgery Ring

Federal agents shut down massive Michigan operation that allegedly forged noted American artists and crafted counterfeit sports and Hollywood memorabilia. Self-described artist who orchestrated conspiracy fooled experts for years.A concerned art buyer …

I Heart Milton Glaser

I Heart Milton Glaser

Renowned New York graphic designer Milton Glaser embraced the world around him and left us with a message of love — and Dylan’s psychedelic hair. An artist remembered.Here’s a love story for you. It takes place in New York during the ’70s, a time when…

Classic Kitsch is Back!

Classic Kitsch is Back!

Colorful, campy and oodles of fun, Mid-Century kitsch, from spaghetti poodles to bluebird-themed housewares, is more popular than ever. Yasmina Greco explains the importance of looking back while moving forward.There’s something utterly charming about …

Thumbs Up!

Thumbs Up!

Sale of acclaimed illustrator Joseph Christian Leyendecker’s 1943 war-time classic gives birth to a heartwarming story at Heritage Auctions event.DALLAS – It was meant to be Joseph Christian Leyendecker’s final cover for The Saturday Evening Post – the…

Waving The Flagg

Waving The Flagg

Illustrator James Montgomery Flagg’s recruiting poster featuring Uncle Sam exhorting “I Want You for U.S. Army” so resonated with the public that it became one of the most enduring images of the 20th century.James Montgomery Flagg was 39 when the Unite…

Newly Discovered Keith Haring Painting Comes to Auction

Newly Discovered Keith Haring Painting Comes to Auction

Created in 1986 and stashed away for decades by an owner who didn’t know what she had, a Keith Haring original emerges at auction at EJ’s Auction & Appraisal. The whimsical and vibrant work could be worth nearly $1 million.GLENDALE, Ariz. – In Dece…

Edmonia Lewis a Pioneer for Women, Minority Artists

Edmonia Lewis a Pioneer for Women, Minority Artists

Sculptor Edmonia Lewis beat odds and shattered expectations.Edmonia Lewis had many odds against her and she beat every one to shatter expectations about what women and minority artists could accomplish.Edmonia Lewis, albumen print, c.1870.Lewis was the…

Rockwell Kent: A Force of Nature

Rockwell Kent: A Force of Nature

The artist’s world was of an uncompromising Nature—frozen wastelands, steep rocky cliff, and violent tides—drawn from his own extensive travels. Kent’s figures were heroic, almost mythic characters who exhibited grace yet loneliness.”The Faller,” wood …

The Wonderfully Odd World of French Artist J. J. Grandville

The Wonderfully Odd World of French Artist J. J. Grandville

With its dreamy images and diverse cast of anthropomorphic characters, Grandville created a world like no others and his work was a major precursor to the Surrealist movement.“The Wanderings of a Comet,” from Another World, 1844. Another World is one o…

The Artful Life of Georgia O’Keeffe

The Artful Life of Georgia O’Keeffe

Best known for her paintings of the natural environment, pioneering artist Georgia O’Keeffe stripped her subjects to their purest forms and colors to heighten their expressive power.Georgia O’Keeffe next to her painting Horse Skull with White Rose at a…

Painting Sells For Almost $30 Million

Painting Sells For Almost $30 Million

The Splash is one of the most iconic Pop Art images of the Twentieth Century.LONDON — It was a thrilling night in London as Sotheby’s recent Contemporary Art Evening Auction saw a selection of iconic and powerful works go under the hammer, achieving a …

Heritage Auctions Reports 2019 Sales of $824.7 Million

Heritage Auctions Reports 2019 Sales of $824.7 Million

The auction house achieved strong results with many high-profile, world-record setting sales in several departments.The very first published Tintin cover ever offered at auction: The Adventures of Tintin Vol. 1: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, by He…

Love At First Slope

Love At First Slope

After more than two decades, Nicholas Lowry’s long-term romance with travel posters continues to sizzle at Swann Auction Galleries.Nicholas LowryNicholas Lowry has his hands full.It’s Take-Your-Dog-To-Work Day at Swann Auction Galleries and Lowry, the …

Architect of Love

Architect of Love

Robert Indiana created perhaps the most recognizable and beloved piece of pop art in the world when in 1970 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art he unveiled his 12-foot-tall steel sculpture called, simply, LOVE.Robert Indiana with his LOVE sculpture in Ne…

Claude Monet: 
A brilliant artist whose influence colors the world

Claude Monet: A brilliant artist whose influence colors the world

Monet’s impact on modern art is tremendous and the artist continues to define both the public’s appreciation of it and the perception of beauty in its purest form.Claude Monet (1840-1926).Most well-known today for his series of serene water lilies pain…