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The article presents auction events in New York City for February 1991. "American Folk Art" by Sotheby's auctions folk games, needlework, paintings, quilts, scupture and stoneware. 300 lots of prints from Butterfield & Butterfield auctions simulcast between San Francisco and Los Angeles rooms. Duplicates from the Library of the New York Historical Society are auctioned by Swann Galleries. Christie's London presents British decorative arts from 1880 to the present. Christie's and Sotheby's sell important jewels and precious objects in Saint Moritz.

The article reviews art auctions to be held in September 1990, including auctions at Bonhams, Phillips West Two, and Bentley Priory in England, and Christie's and Sotheby's in New York City. Royal Commemorative China, Fine Toys and Trains, and Fine American Indian Art are some of the many items which will appear in the various auctions.

The article offers information on auctions in 1990. While major New York houses are dark in July, the British have most of the stage to themselves, the article says. The auction begins on the 3rd with Christie's session of Old-Master Drawings. Auctions discussed include Sotheby's Old-Master Paintings session, Christie's annual sale of Important Clocks, and Dolls, Toys, & Collectibles by Butterfield & Butterfield.

The article discusses upcoming art sales and auctions around the world. The Kniga collection of contemporary Soviet art, which include 120 works, will be put up for sale in New York City, beginning May 5, 1990. At Christies New York, high quality Latin American paintings, drawings, and sculptures will be sold on May 1, 2, and 23, 1990. On May 8, 1990 in Los Angeles, California, Butterfield & Butterfield, currently known as Bonhams & Butterfields, will present a coin-operated collectibles auction including pinball machines, vintage jukeboxes, and slot machines.