About Rosemary O'Connor McKittrick

I'm a storyteller and everything has a story. 

I retell the tales of Harry Houdini, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Cher, Truman Capote, Amelia Earhart, Abraham Lincoln and Randolph Hearst.  I do it through the books they’ve written, the songs they’ve sung, the planes they’ve flown, and the empires they’ve built. All of which sold on the block. 

Many of these legends are gone now but the objects that touched their lives come up for auction and educated eyes are everything in the collecting world.  You get to glimpse inside their private worlds and their private treasures.

You'll find a collection of current and archived work on this site.

I’ve spent much of my 30-year career in the trenches working as an art and antique appraiser and columnist appraising an endless assortment of stuff from museum quality oil paintings to everyday chatskies.  I’ve written about everything from a lock of Abraham Lincoln’s hair to Michael Jackson’s famous white sequined glove.

All of which sold at auction.

I’m co-author of The Official Price Guide to Fine Art, a 1000-page book published by Random House listing auction sale results for over 50,000 works of art.  I’m also co-author of four volumes of McKittrick’s Art Price Guide. 

I hold an M.A. degree from the University of Colorado and have lectured and taught courses in the art, antique and collectibles field.