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The article provides brief information on two shadowboxes created by the artist Alan Wolfson. Particular focus is given to how the boxes were once owned by the late art dealer Allan Stone and were on view in an exhibition titled "World in a Box," held at the Allan Stone gallery in New York City in spring 2012. Images of the boxes are also included.

The article previews New York City art auctions including an Impressionism and modernism sale at Sotheby's on May 2, 2012, a postwar and contemporary sale at Christie's on May 8, 2012, and a contemporary sale at Sotheby's on May 9, 2012.

The article provides information on the 32nd edition of the International Photography Art Dealers' Photography Show (AIPAD) taking place in New York City from March 29 to April 1, 2012, featuring works by photographers including Weegee, Vivian Maier and Lee Friedlander.

The article offers information on the New York Antiquarian Book Fair, sponsored by the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America and the antiques show management company Sanford L. Smith & Associates, to be held from April 9-11, 2010 in New York City.

The article reports on the rise in the popularity of postwar arts. It reports that auction records were broken in New York when two postwar artworks exceeded the previous $30 million record, grossing a $70 million sales over a single category. These artworks include Mark Rothko's "White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose)" amounting to $72,840,000 and Francis Bacon's "Study from Innocent X" sold for $52,680,000.

The article highlights the sale of Gilman Paper Co.'s art collection at Sotheby's Auction House in New York City. The Pond-Moonlight photograph was sold for an unheard of $2.9 million. Information about the prices of some photographs during the auction is also presented. The author also provides information about the features of some art works.

The article offers information on the IFPDA (International Fine Print Dealers Association) Print Fair to be held in New York City, from November 3-6, 2011.

The article offers information on the 51st Annual New York Antiquarian Book Fair to be held in New York City on April 8 to 10, 2011.

This article presents information on the antique Judaica which will be offered by auction house J. Greenstein & Co. in New York City on November 10, 2008. The works include antique Kiddish cups, menorahs, Torah shields, spice boxes and Yiddish theater posters. Comments from Jonathan Greenstein, founder of J. Greenstein & Co., regarding the antique collection are given.

The article offers information on paintings by Richard Hambleton. The artist created a sensation by painting outlines of fallen bodies on sidewalks in the late 1970s. By the early 1980s, Hambleton painted a series of black silhouette figures he called "Shadowman." The painter is having an exhibition entitled "The Beautiful Paintings," on view at the Woodward Gallery in New York from September 15 to November 3, 2007.

The article presents information about the auction sale Asia Week, which was held in March 2007 in New York City. A bronze wine vessel of late Shang dynasty was sold for $8,104,000, a record for Chinese art at Sotheby's New York. A sixth-century limestone chimera went to an Asian collector for $5,472,000. At Sotheby's Indian and Southeast Asian sale, the top lot was a granite sculpture of the god Shiva as Brahma from the Chola period, which sold for $4,072,000.