June 2010
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Metropolitan Museum Announces 5.24 Million Annual Attendance, Highest Since 2001
Attendance at The Metropolitan Museum of Art reached 5,240,000 visitors during the fiscal year that ends…
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Three Years of Urban Art & Antiques
Three years ago this web site, Urban Art & Antiques came into existence. The first post…
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Rare bottle hits $64,960 at American Bottle Auctions’ 50th sale
A Powell & Stutenroth “Favorite Bitters” bottle, one of only a few known and graded 9.7…
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Original or Repro? Bronze Grille Brings $1100 in Austin
A bronze art-deco panel said to be from the Texas and Pacific railroad station in Fort…
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Go Again Grif
If at first you don’t succeed, try try again. This Grif Teller painting failed to bring…
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Mary Todd Lincoln Archive of Commitment Papers Sells to Museum for $37,600
On June 11, 2010, Cowan’s in Cincinnati offered an archive of documents detailing the 1875 insanity…
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Master Drawings London Celebrates 10th Anniversary
This year Master Drawings London celebrates its 10th anniversary. The inspiration of Crispian Riley-Smith, the event…
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Cortes Painting Hits $34,500 at Leland Little
An oil on canvas Paris street scene by the renowned French painter Edouard Cortes (1882-1969), titled…
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Heading To Highwood, Real Life Picker Gives Analysis of Popular Antiques TV Shows
Real life picker Frederick Klass Jr. is heading to the inaugural Highwood Street Market June 26…