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At the Delaware Antiques Show: Elle Shushan had a wall of English wax portrait miniatures. This one by Joachim Smith (c. 1737-1814) was sculpted in wax circa 1785. They were $1500 to $15,000 https://t.co/vnCBuvEyhA #antiques #antique #art #miniatures #portraits #wax #English
@MountVernon, a sandpaper & watercolor image, 20¼" x 23½", depicts George Washington’s residence as it appeared around 1840. It sold for $3472 (est. $800/1500) at New England Auctions https://t.co/HS1jrF9AZ7 #antiques #antique #art #Americana #MtVernon #folkart #watercolor
"The Last Sight of Fiammetta," 32 5/16" x 24 7/16", the watercolour and bodycolour work by Marie Spartali Stillman (1844-1927) that sold for $328,700 at @bonhams1793 London https://t.co/kLBau4i7fR #antiques #antique #art #artist #watercolor #Stillman #Fiammetta
Unsigned New England folk-art portrait of a young girl with a flower basket, circa 1840, 14½" x 11½" (sight), restored, sold to a floor bidder for $2160 (est. $1000/1500) at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries #antiques #antique #vintage #appraisal #folkart #artist #Americana #art
"Study for Pause Café" by Ernie Barnes (1938-2009), 1983, sold for $40,695 (est. $15,000/25,000) at @bonhams1793. The acrylic wash, graphite, and ink on paper measures 29 7/8" x 22¼" https://t.co/YTWmvpudLv #art #artist #Barnes #ErnieBarnes #study #fineart #painting
Gertrude Abercrombie (1909-1977), "Self and Cat (Possims)," 1953, brought $375,000 at @HindmanAuctions The 34" x 24" oil on canvas was acquired in 2003 for $17,000 https://t.co/cME1kYNi5I #art #artist #Abercrombie #surrealism #surrealist #cat #cats #CatsofTwittter #painting
16 velvet fruit pincushions, 19th century, together with bird with berry in its beak & a splint basket tray, 19½" wide, sold for $6200 (est. $1000/1500) at @pookandpook https://t.co/mTmkwk4tUY #antiques #antique #vintage #folkart #Americana #pincushion #velvet #fruit #bird
"East River View (Fulton Fish Market)" by Alice Hirsh (1888-1935), oil on canvas laid down on masonite, sold for $5100 (est. $1500/2000) at @bonhams1793 . The 24 1/8" x 30 1/8" painting sold at Bonhams in 2011 for $1220 https://t.co/YTWmvpcCTX #art #artist #NYC #Hirsh #painting
"Blood on Biscayne Bay" by Robert E. McGinnis (b. 1926), watercolor & gouache on board, 18½" x 13 9/16", was the cover of the 1960 murder mystery of the same name by Brett Halliday. It sold for $14,400 (est. $2500/3500) at @Barridoff https://t.co/BYo6KXeKTP #art #artist