Friday, October 25, 2013

Ice-Skating Archive Seeks a New Home

A historian prepares a book of Staten Island scenes, and World War II-era Venetian glass will be the focus of a show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Part Ostentatious, Part Intimate

Dozens of dealers show works at the International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show at the Park Avenue Armory.

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Friday, October 18, 2013

Garage-Sale Arbitrage

The $1,000 comic book with the 25-cent price tag.

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Posters Lost to Nazis Are Recovered, and Up for Sale

Premier poster collections that were forfeited when the Nazis came to power in Germany and Austria are gradually going on the block after being returned to the owners’ families.

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

For Some, an Appliance; for Others, Art

Whether for nostalgia, utility or aesthetic appeal, vintage mixers are widely admired and obsessively acquired.

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Saturday, October 12, 2013

A Little Slip of a Thing

First cousin of the fainting couch, the slipper chair hasbroken out of the boudoir and proven remarkably versatile.

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Forgotten Faberg� Comes Out of the Attic

A Faberg? figurine of Empress Alexandra’s Cossack bodyguard that was found in an attic will be auctioned at Stair Galleries in Hudson, N.Y.

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