North America

THIS rare c.1912 Märklin fire engine toy topped the sale of the second part of the Donald Kaufman toy collection at specialist saleroom Bertoia Auctions in Vineland, New Jersey, on September 25-26.

A long-running complaint brought against the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts by the owner of a work twice denied by their authentication board has been granted class action status.

WELL-known Americana dealer Leigh Keno has established a “full-service” auction business in Manhattan.

It was, wrote Chicago Now, website of the Chicago Tribune, 'The greatest flea market find'.

ATLANTIQUE City, for many years one of North America’s key antiques and collectables fairs, has been axed.

IN January next year, Christie’s are planning to open a high-tech storage facility in New York.

Speculation of financial turmoil at Ritchies continues after the established Toronto auctioneers closed their doors for a fortnight, laying off their entire staff.

The partnership between Toronto auctioneers Ritchies and Sotheby’s has been dissolved after payment deadlines were missed following a joint sale of Canadian art on May 25.

THE Antiques Are Green campaign in the UK has spawned its first ‘antiques are green’ fair – in America.

THE so-called Frog Service made by Wedgwood for Catherine the Great was one of the most prestigious creations by the Staffordshire entrepreneur and one that helped forge his international reputation.

July saw the final sale to liquidate the enormous inventory that constituted Merritt’s Antiques.

The latest survey conducted by the Society of London Art Dealers (SLAD) shows a doubling of members who now have a gallery presence abroad, mostly in New York.

FLORIDA-based fairs entrepreneur David Lester has set his sights on a pivotal role in the future of the Olympia International Art & Antiques Fair.

SOTHEBY’S New York hold the W. Graham Arader sale on June 19, offering 204 lots from the well-known American prints and maps specialist.

TURN the leaves of ‘A sketchbook belonging to Lady Julia Conyers...’ and you will find some 80 drawings and watercolours by Lady Julia and her society friends that are for the most part unexceptional and predictable.

Washington, D.C. auctioneers Sloans & Kenyon found this English period work by the Italian Baroque painter Sebastiano Ricci (1659-1734) in the basement of a local home.

Conservative estimates tailored to new realities enabled the New York flagship sales of post-War and contemporary art to set solid selling rates. But, for both major houses, the financial gulf between this year and 2008 was enormous.

Thin catalogues and thin demand for aggressively-priced works by Modern masters characterised the recent sales of Impressionist and Modern Art in New York.

NEW York specialists in high-end English furniture, paintings and objects Dillingham and Co have closed their shop at 217 East 60th Street.

FLORIDA fairs impresario David Lester and his wife Lee Anne will launch the Miami International Art Fair at the Miami Beach Convention Center from January 6 to 10 next year.