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U.S. history

A pristine red cowboy hat hangs off a fencepost in the American west

Sotheby’s Marks America’s Semiquincentennial With an Exhibition of 250 Years of Art, Culture and Mythmaking

Timed to the nation’s 250th anniversary, a new Breuer exhibition traces American identity through art, literature, sports, history and a 67-million-year-old exhibition-ready Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton.
By Elisa Carollo

A Bronze Lady Liberty Cast From Bartholdi’s Original Model Is Coming to the Hamptons Fine Art Fair

As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, the appetite for objects that connect Americans to their founding mythology has sharpened considerably.
By Christa Terry
Auctioneer at Christie’s gestures from the rostrum during a sale, with a screen showing an $11 million bid and an image of a Frederic Remington painting displayed nearby.

11 Record-Breaking Auction Lots That Reshaped the Americana Market

Once grounded in furniture, folk art, silver, ceramics, stoneware and samplers, this expansive collecting category's highest prices suggest that American identity itself has become a trophy asset.
By Elisa Carollo
A stained document

A Rare Declaration of Independence Broadside Printed by a Secret British Loyalist Is Up for Auction

By Christa Terry
A man hold a framed historical document.

Sotheby’s Is Selling a Rare Printing of the Declaration of Independence

By Elisa Carollo
Andrew Jackson.

Meet Donald Trump’s 19th Century Muse

By Camille Sweeney and Josh Gosfield
George Washington would look dimly on Twitter.

What George Washington Has to Say About Donald Trump’s Tweets

By George Washington
A visitor snaps a photo of a sculpture by Will Kurtz at the Portal art fair.

George Washington’s Former Stomping Grounds Host Art Made of Trash

By Alanna Martinez
George Washington Battersea Box.

Oddball Campaign Memorabilia From the Elections of Washington and Lincoln for Sale

By Jas Chana
1829: General Andrew Jackson (1767 - 1845) standing on a coach waving to supporters, on his way to Washington to become the 7th President of the United States in 1829. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Pols STILL Behaving Badly: Political Viciousness in the Young Republic

By Howard Weir
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