EditorialView of Torah finials, Iraq, 1741-42, gilt silver, formerly in the Sassoon Family Collection, at the Jewish Museum in New York, March 1, 2023. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)
EditorialAmerican black-painted and gilt-stenciled side chairs from Joan Didion’s estate sale auction hosted by Stair Galleries, in Hudson, N.Y., Oct. 18, 2022. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)
Editorial“Gilt: Trophy 3,” 2022, by Hew Locke, displayed on the facade of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, on Sept. 14, 2022. (Lila Barth/The New York Times)
EditorialCourt-ordered Tom Girardi and Erika Jayne estate sale includes Steinway piano worth up to $60,000 and bronze sculpture valued at up to $40,000