ONE AUCTION TWO EXTRAORDINARILY RARE AND IMPORTANT PAINTINGS Until now, only twenty-two icons were known to have been signed by the artist, Angelos, the late Byzantine Master working in Crete in the first half of the 15th century. The inscription ‘angelus pinxit’, which we read on this icon, is very rare. There is only one other icon, Christ Man...

Dick Button is widely considered one of the premiere male figure skaters of all time. He dominated the world of figure skating for a seven-year period, winning two Olympic gold medals (1948 and 1952), five consecutive World Championships, seven U.S. National titles, and four North American and European Championships. His illustrious, fifty-year...

In 1917, John Singer Sargent was staying as a guest at Vizcaya, the work-in-progress villa being built for James Deering in Miami.  It presented almost infinite opportunities for painting, which Sargent took full advantage of and had no intention of leaving for some time. When James and his brother Charles invited Sargent on a fishing trip aboard...