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COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO 2025 AUCTIONS
While Christie's 2022 sale Visionary: G. Paul Allen Collection, which made $1.6 billion, still reigns supreme as the most lucrative single-owner auction of all time, 2024 had exciting moments of its own.
VERSUS
An exhibition at Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden juxtaposes concepts of Modernism and modernity
HEALING THE NATION
President Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office for the second time on March 4, 1865.
A Plot to Kill President the
For several months, actor John Wilkes Booth’s band of conspirators had plotted to capture President Abraham Lincoln and hold him hostage in exchange for Confederate prisoners.
AND IN OTHER 1865 NEWS
A group of African Americans stop at the White House’s annual public reception on January 1, where they shake hands with President Abraham Lincoln.
A Significant Discovery
J. Kenneth Fine Art unveils a collection of small oil studies by Lynne Mapp Drexler
ENDURING ALLURE
Works by the Wyeth family steal the show at Bonham's American Art sale
ART OF AN ERA
A January sale at Swann Galleries showcases artists of the WPA
Let the Thing Be Pressed
In June 1864, Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant began a nearly 10-month campaign in Virginia.
A TRAILBLAZING COLLECTION
Swann Auction Galleries hosts Abstract Beauty: the Collection of Patricia Scipio-Brim this February
CURATED SELECTIONS
Two major private collections lead Christie's January American art sale
AN AMERICAN VISION
Sotheby's presents a two-session sale featuring significant works of traditional and Western historic art
ENDURING STRENGTH
Christie's American Art Specialist reflects on the state of the market
FORT FISHER'S FALL
Outnumbered Confederate soldiers inside Fort Fisher were unable to withstand the approach of Union troops by land and the constant Union naval bombardment from the sea.
WAR SHERMAN-STYLE
As far as Union Major General William T. Sherman was concerned, the Civil War had gone on long enough.
Cultivating Home
A wide variety of fine antiques, art and garden design are showcased in Nashville
Putting the Pieces Together
Americans needed to begin to put the past behind them, come together, and plan for the future in the spring of 1865. But Abraham Lincoln, the man best equipped to lead them and who had hoped to restore the country as smoothly and peacefully as possible, had been assassinated.
A Helping Hand
The spring season is hard in any agricultural society. Plants and animals are too small to eat.
Getting Started
Beginning in April 1861, two armies— both made up of American soldiers—began fighting each other in the Civil War.
PEACE TALKS
The fall of Fort Fisher made clear that the Confederacy’s days were numbered. Southerners were tired and hungry.
LAST SHOTS
The last Confederate forces in the Civil War didn’t surrender in the spring of 1865 or on a battlefield.
Luxury, Rarity, Exclusivity
The Palm Beach Show stuns West Palm Beach, Florida, with remarkable displays of fine art, antiques and jewelry
RECASTING THE PAST
The Smithsonian explores how American sculpture has shaped the ways generations visualize and conceptualize
Preserving a Legacy
The 70th anniversary of the Washington Winter Show is set for January 10 to 12 in Washington, D.C.
A World of Culture
The Winter Show prepares for its 71st edition, featuring high caliber fine art, antiques and design
Tangible Light
The Mattatuck Museum showcases works of American Tonalism soon to become part of the institution's collection
LIFE AS A MILLENNIAL STAGE MOM
A journey into the CUTTHROAT and ADORABLE world of professional CHILD ACTORS.
Art, Basil
Manuela is a farm-to-table gallery for hungry collectors.
Apex Stomps In
The $44.6 million mega-Stegosaurus goes on view (for a while) at the American Museum of Natural History.
THE NEXT DRUG EPIDEMIC IS BLUE RASPBERRY FLAVORED
When the Amor brothers started selling tanks of flavored nitrous oxide at their chain of head shops, they didn't realize their brand would become synonymous with the country's burgeoning addiction to gas.