and 19th-century watercolor sketches were snapped up by bidders. But the rare, pre-Civil War portrait of the formally-dressed Black man that was expected to sell for $300,000 to $500,000 was ...

In r/Antiques, one person shared a unique find that could be worth more than what they paid. They uploaded a photo of a ...

The figure of Bélizaire was painted over approximately 50 years later, but after a century ... Although the portrait’s painter was a White man, a few prominent freed Black artists lived ...

As we scroll through our social media feeds, we come across hundreds of photos edited with photo editors. However, people ...

Yet the photographic portrait has long been seen as one of the most accurate ways of capturing someone's true likeness. The Library of Congress The president's eldest son, Robert Todd Lincoln ...

Some two decades ago, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery acquired a 19th-century album featuring 2,000 paper portrait silhouettes, including those of George Washington and Thomas ...

A beautiful yet unassuming 19th-century portrait of a mixed race woman believed to be Mary Ann Tritt Cassell went on view at the Baltimore Museum of Art late last month. It is making headlines for ...

Executive producer Marsha Bemko shares her tips for getting the most out of ANTIQUES ROADSHOW. Value can change: The value of an item is dependent upon many things, including the condition of the ...