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The portrait’s power was unquestionable: In shades of rose, beige and taupe, it captured a young Joan Didion, angst furrowing her brow.

I will confess that early last week, in an act of deadline avoidance disguised as research, I spent hours lurking at the auction of Joan Didion’s estate organized by Stair Galleries in New York, attempting to rationalize...

As we go to press, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought much commerce to a standstill.

The enduring appeal of the paintings of the Hudson River school lies not only in the majesty of the landscapes that artists such as Albert Bierstadt, Sanford Robinson Gifford, and John Frederick Kensett...

The Financial Times looks at crisis in “brown furniture” as it remains over-shadowed by a taste for mid-century modern or design pieces.

Cornelia Guest, the steel heiress, actress, former horseback riding champion, author, accessories and clothing designer, caterer and animal rights act

Found in a Rhinebeck, New York attic, this treasure soars to record price in 15 minutes during intense bidding to a packed sales room in Hudson,

An attic treasure soared to a record price in 15 minutes during intense bidding in a packed sales room in Hudson, New York, on October 26th.

When he wasn’t busy buying, selling and hustling art, dealer Larry Salander loved to paint. Recently sentenced to six to 18 years in prison for fraud and larceny, he may now have time to indulge his hobby.

Total sales in the first half of 2009 were $96.7 million, and rose in 2010 to $270 million – an increase of 180 per cent.

Ten days before art dealer Lawrence Salander is scheduled be sentenced to prison for fraud and grand larceny, the contents of his Millbrook, New York, home

Lawrence Salander, who once sold Old Masters from a lavish Manhattan gallery, faces years pacing the few feet of a prison cell.