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Skinner was founded by dealer Robert W. Skinner Jr. (1932-1984), who believed that New England, with its long history as an international arts center, was a fitting location for a world-class auction house. The company began operations in the 1960s and was incorporated in 1971 in Bolton, Massachusetts. Skinner's Boston gallery opened in 1978.
A single mahogany secretary bookcase made by Christopher Townsend (John's father) in 1740 sold at auction in New York for $8.25 million. John Goddard made a famous six-shell desk-bookcase for Providence merchant Nicholas Brown, Sr. It was sold by the Brown family in 1989, for $12.1 million — a record for a piece of American furniture at auction.
This rare armchair, crafted in the mid-1700s, fetched a jaw-dropping £20,400 (about $25,609) at a 2006 auction due to its intricate carvings, rarity, and historical significance. Featuring a high ...
Doyle New York is an American auction house and appraiser of fine art, jewelry, furniture, decorations and other items. It offers auctions throughout the year at its premises on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The firm was founded in 1962 by the late William Doyle as William Doyle Antiques. In 1973, it was incorporated as William Doyle ...
The reproduction was one of more than 150 items auctioned off at the Carter Center’s annual charitable auction that year. It went on to sell for $88,000. It went on to sell for $88,000.
In 1980, after a drop in sales, [68] Sotheby's relocated its North American headquarters from Madison Avenue to a former cigar factory [38] at 1334 York Avenue, New York. In 1982, the auction house closed its Madison Avenue galleries at East 76th Street, and its Los Angeles galleries were sold and West Coast auctions moved to New York. [69]
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