Latest News Articles by Sheila Gibson Stoodley
Pottery lots took pride of place in penthouse by Central Park
02 October 2026The two early pottery lots destined to tie for top-lot status in the September 19 sale at Roland NY (30% buyer’s premium) in Glen Cove, New York, came from the same consignor, and from the same setting in their home.
Similar but very much singular: Paul Evans design with plenty of wall power
02 October 2026Rago, the Lambertville, New Jersey auction house, began handling pieces by Paul Evans (1931-87) in the 1990s, when the classic sculpture-front furnishings were selling for as little as $25,000.
A bitter pill to swallow for Adolf
02 October 2026Lots of Americans wanted to fight Nazi Germany during the Second World War. Those too young could put a coin in the Poison this Rat trade simulator.
Documents help Bird Bureau to fly to high sum in Detroit
02 October 2026Backing information from the consignor supported a ‘masterpiece’ furniture item by Swedish designer
Unplanned Hockney hotel stop inspired in-demand 1980s prints
02 October 2026Prints from David Hockney’s (1937-2026) Moving Focus series are among the artist’s most sought-after work from the 1980s. The vibrantly coloured images picturing Hotel Acatlán are especially prized.
Bidders cast sober judgment on an Alcoholics Anonymous rarity
25 September 2026The first lot offered in Potter & Potter’s (20% buyer’s premium) auction in Chicago on September 10 was a 1939 first edition, first printing of 'Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism'.
Sex sells: poster promoting the risqué Parisian revue
25 September 2026Josephine Baker (1906-75) was not originally supposed to star in La Revue Négre, the now-legendary Parisian show performed by an all-black US cast recruited from Broadway.
Document demonstrates how Morocco supported the new nation of the United States
25 September 2026In December 1777, Mohammed bin Abdallah (c.1710-90), Sultan of Morocco, became the first head of state to recognise the United States as an independent country.
Shelley’s wanderer Wolfstein comes to a US saleroom
25 September 2026First editions of the British author’s follow-up to his first novella are scarce and in high demand
Works by one of the first female comic illustrators now highly sought after
18 September 2026A trove of original Golden Age comic book art, much of it illustrated by female artists, dominated a recent sale at White’s Auctions (22/27% buyer’s premium) in Middleboro, Massachusetts.
Dior costume jewellery shines in US auction
18 September 2026The Bedazzled sale held at Lunds (25% buyer’s premium) in Victoria, British Columbia on August 11 lived up to its name.
Art Deco knife rests sharpen bidding in Chicago sale
18 September 2026A set of 24 Art Deco Gallia animalier knife rests hammered for $8000 (£5950) against a guide of $3000-5000 at an Objet sale at Wright (28% buyer’s premium) in Chicago, Illinois.
It’s 24th time lucky for American antiques TV show
18 September 2026At last, the US version of Antiques Roadshow has won its first Emmy award.
Dinky toys shop display makes top auction result
18 September 2026Weighing in at over 40kg, a toy showpiece was not so Dinky after all.
‘The greatest movie never made’ sees the light in script form
11 September 2026Film scholars have described Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon as “the greatest movie never made”.
Constitutional crisis then and now
11 September 2026Sale of 14th amendment document from 1867 coincides with Supreme Court case, happily for vendor
Lamp to suit a Lunatick sells at 16 times estimate
04 September 2026The top lot in Stair’s (31% buyer’s premium) Americana sale had a distinctly British profile.
Impressive George I mirrors have survived as a pair
04 September 2026Top-lot honours in a summer sale of European furniture and decorative arts at Freeman’s (28% buyer’s premium) in Chicago went to a 1903 showpiece Martelé silver punch bowl by Gorham.
Photograph makes the connection to an epic rail painting
04 September 2026An oversize 1881 albumen photograph of Thomas Hill’s painting 'The Last Spike', depicting the instant of the creation of the first continental railroad in the US, rolled to a five-figure sum at Freeman’s (28% buyer’s premium) in Chicago.
Wegmann interior brings out the bidders
04 September 2026'Rumsinterior', a signed, undated oil on canvas by Swiss-born Danish artist Bertha Wegmann (1847-1926), hammered for $24,000 (£17,900) at Stair (31% buyer’s premium).