Allen Treibitz, the Patchogue-based proprietor of Heritage Gallery Auctions, famously scooped Masset Q.C.I. for $50 from a barn sale in the Hamptons earlier this year. The work’s striking subject ...

At a barn sale in the Hamptons earlier this year, New York art dealer Allen Treibitz plucked a cool-hued painting off the wall and purchased it for $50. In the bottom right corner, a signature and ...

Every barn sale harbors some hidden gems for the eagle eyed shopper, but when New York-based art dealer Allen Treibitz visited one such event in the Hamptons earlier this year, he unknowingly hit the ...

Opening June 11 at Toronto’s Bau-Xi Gallery, the exhibition is free and open to the public ...

An artwork purchased for $50 has been identified as an original painting by Canadian artist Emily Carr. Next month, the piece will go to the auction block, where it’s expected to fetch some $147,000.

Born in 1871, painter Emily Carr resisted her prim upbringing in British Columbia. Instead of flowers and gardens—deemed proper subjects for a lady artist—Carr felt drawn to the region’s lush, ...