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From $4 to $191,000: Thrift Store and Yard Sale Finds That Turned Out to Be Real Treasures
An N.C. Wyeth bought for $4, a Ming bowl found at a $35 yard sale, a Roman bust from Goodwill: the thrift-store art finds that held up, and how to spot one.
The $1 Million Harry Bertoia Sculpture Found in a Mall Basement, and the Questions Over Its…
Lost for decades in a Michigan mall basement, a 1970 Harry Bertoia sculpture was restored and bought by General Motors for a reported $1 million. Now its restoration is under question.
Trump’s 250-Foot Triumphal Arch Wins Final Approval, Then a Judge Halts It: What the Monument Would…
A federal judge paused construction of the arch at Memorial Circle an hour after the National Capital Planning Commission approved it. Here is what the design includes.
A Teenage Rembrandt Estimated at $800 in a New Jersey Auction Sold for $870,000
Catalogued as an anonymous painting with a $500–$800 estimate, Unconscious Patient (Allegory of Smell) turned out to be one of Rembrandt’s earliest works.
Prince George’s Kingfisher Drawing Appears in Country Life, Continuing a Royal Art Tradition
A kingfisher drawn by Prince George, 13, appears in the Country Life issue guest edited by Prince William. He joins a long line of royal amateur artists.
Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1: The Story Behind Georgia O’Keeffe’s $44.4 Million Record Painting
What Georgia O’Keeffe’s 1932 Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 shows, how it sold for $44.4 million at Sotheby’s in 2014, and where to see it today.
Winston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize 2026: Katie Hitchcock-Smith Wins With Moroccan “Cowboys”
Katie Hitchcock-Smith has won the £15,000 Winston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize 2026, formerly the Taylor Wessing Prize, at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
French Court Orders Return of Nazi-Looted Pissarro Sold at Sotheby’s London for £1.2 Million
A French court has ordered a 1902 Pissarro view of Dieppe returned to the heirs of Jewish banker Salomon Flavian and declared its 2024 Sotheby’s sale void.
Trump Declares the Oval Office a National Monument. Here’s What That Changes
A proclamation under the Antiquities Act puts the Oval Office, Outer Oval Office and Cabinet Room under Interior Department management, but still allows redecorating.
Daniel Sikkema Sentenced to Life for Murder-for-Hire Killing of Gallerist Brent Sikkema
A Manhattan federal judge sentenced Daniel Sikkema to life in prison for paying a hitman to kill his estranged husband, the New York art dealer Brent Sikkema, in Rio de Janeiro.