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Showplace Antique + Design Center will present an important estate sale of the late Japanese-American master artist Norio Azuma on Thursday, May 17...Full story
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MERIDEN, Conn. –
Nest Egg Auctions’ Spring Art and Antiques Auction on Saturday, May 5, had many pieces soaring above estimates. “We are thrilled with...Full story
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LONDON –
One of the greatest royal portraits of the 20th century, Pietro Annigoni’s 1954-5 painting of the queen is to go on public display for the first time...Full story
American Indian collection fresh to Caddingan auction May 19
BRAINTREE, Mass. – Caddigan Auctioneers Inc. will conduct an important estates auction on Saturday, May 19, beginning at 10 a.m. EST. Leading this sale will be an impressive private collection...
A.H. Wilkens to sell Art Deco Noritake collection June 1-2
TORONTO – Art Deco Noritake porcelain, with its lively, bold colors and high style, has become immensely attractive to collectors in recent years. For anyone who is drawn to this porcelain, A.H....
Hewlett's auction to feature William Coulter artwork May 20
LE GRAND, Calif. – Hewlett’s Antique Auction Co. announces a fabulous Central Valley Estates Auction will take place on Sunday, May 20, starting at 10 a.m. Pacific Time. LiveAuctioneers.com...
Old Toy Soldier Auctions issues a call to muster for June 2-3 sale
PITTSBURGH – Armchair generals and commanders of upscale bathtub fleets worldwide will show their firepower over the weekend of June 2-3 during a very special Old Toy Soldier Auctions event containing...
Trinity International's May 19 art auction spans centuries
AVON, Conn. – Trinity International Auction will auction a complete range of works from old masters to contemporary works on Saturday, May 19, beginning at noon EDT. Bidding will be live, phone/absentee...
Michaan’s Auctions will sell Charlie Parker alto sax June 8
ALAMEDA, Calif. – A saxophone identified as belonging to jazz legend Charlie Parker is being offered at Michaan’s Auctions on June 8. The 1930s E-flat alto sax is expected to sell for $30,000-$35,000. LiveAuctioneers.com...
TV reality show appearance leads to suspect's arrest
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (AP) – Police say a reality TV show appearance has led to the arrest of a Colorado man accused of stealing an antique gun from a private collection in New Mexico. Police in...
Mucha masterpiece 'Slave Epic' unveiled at Prague palace
PRAGUE (AFP) – The Slav Epic by Alfons Mucha, a Czech Art Nouveau gem, went on display in Prague on Thursday, fulfilling the wish of the artist who spent 18 years on the series of paintings from...
Jake Chait co-stars in new Discovery series 'Final Offer'
NEW YORK – Buying and selling may seem like simple tasks, but when it comes to valuable antiques and rare collectibles, the stakes are higher than ever. In Discovery's new series hosted by Michael...
Dead Sea Scolls exhibit opens under careful scrutiny
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Inside a climate-controlled storage room with a guard posted at the door, Tania Treiger unzips a purposely nondescript case and lifts out one of the world's oldest and most significant...
Cowan’s Auctions tops $1.6M in historic firearms sale
CINCINNATI – Cowan's Auctions Inc. Historic Firearms and Early Militaria Auction, May 2-3, realized $1.6 million in sales. Nearly 2,600 people from over 15 different countries bid on the telephone,...
Sol LeWitt sculpture hits $118,000 at Nest Egg Auctions
MERIDEN, Conn. – Nest Egg Auctions’ Spring Art and Antiques Auction on Saturday, May 5, had many pieces soaring above estimates. “We are thrilled with the results. The Auction did really...
Sterling Associates auctions Chinese bronze for 25 times high estimate
CLOSTER, N.J. – In the March 31 follow-up to their December estate art and antiques auction debut, the New Jersey estate specialists Sterling Associates again saw proof that their “hybrid”...
Bertoia’s March 23-24 antique toy auction reaches $1.3M
VINELAND, N.J. – Bertoia’s March 23-24 ‘Made to Be Played’ auction, a 1,400-lot offering highlighted by the Grover Van Dexter European tin toy collection, closed the books at an impressive...
Intense bidding pushes art to record highs for Hindman
CHICAGO – With a filled auction room of private collectors, dealers and very active telephone and online bidders Leslie Hindman Auctioneers spring auction of Contemporary, Modern, American and...
Santa Fe festival will honor Navajo artist Tony Abeyta
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Artist Tony Abeyta just can't help himself. Pushing up his sleeves and letting his fingers make one more run through his deliberately tousled hair, he reaches for a bit of...
Annigoni portrait of Queen Elizabeth added to exhibit
LONDON – One of the greatest royal portraits of the 20th century, Pietro Annigoni’s 1954-5 painting of the queen is to go on public display for the first time in 26 years at the National Portrait’s...
O'Keeffe museum curator Barbara Buhler Lynes resigns
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Few people in the world know as much about the life and art of Georgia O'Keeffe as Barbara Buhler Lynes, who resigned Friday after years as curator and director of the research...
In Memoriam: children's author Maurice Sendak, 83
NEW YORK (AP) — Maurice Sendak didn't think of himself as a children's author, but as an author who told the truth about childhood. "I like interesting people and kids are really interesting people,"...
Top photographers auction work for slain journalist
NEW YORK (AFP) – Renowned photographers will sell signed prints at an auction hosted by U.S. television news mainstay Christiane Amanpour to raise funds for the family of Anton Hammerl, a photojournalist...
Kovels - Antiques & Collecting: Week of May 14, 2012
Furniture has been made from carved and joined pieces of wood for centuries, but in every century there are a few designers who are intrigued by the forms of nature and use them to create furniture....
Furniture Specific: Cleverly concealed
Watching a good craftsman work is always an entertaining way to spend some time. Have you ever studied the way an expert mason lays brick? The practiced moves and the economy of motion are striking....
Reading the Streets: Art along the High Line
NEW YORK – The city has been fostering public art since organizing the group outdoor exhibit “Sculpture in Environment” in 1967. Since then, more than 1,000 works ranging from the experimental...
Kovels - Antiques & Collecting: Week of May 7, 2012
Iron doorstops are among today's top-selling collectibles. They are probably not propped against a door to keep it open but are instead displayed like rare porcelain figurines on a prominent shelf....
Live Auction Talk: Titanic Memorabilia
Opulence is what attracted passengers to the Titanic. The ship was a palace, a ship of dreams and in the end, nightmares. The first-class passenger list read like a who’s who of the rich and...
Winterthur's 'Uncorked' celebrates history, business of wine
WINTERTHUR, Del. - Winterthur’s new exhibition, Uncorked! Wine, Objects & Tradition will have collectors lifting their glasses in a toast. The show comprehensively covers the influence of wine...
Napoleon and the Empire style in focus at Hillwood
WASHINGTON - The journey of Napoleon from successful general to decorative arts icon is a fascinating chapter in art history. While his attempt to engineer political unification on the scale of ancient...
Western Colorado gold mining flume clings to its secrets
MONTROSE, Colo. (AP) – There is something about the tattered remnants of a 121-year-old mining marvel that keeps drawing the curious back to this remote canyon along Colorado 141. Those who keep...
Garden sculpture has long, illustrious history
Putting up sculpture in the great outdoors is one of man’s oldest compulsions. Religious devotion may have been the first motivation, but politics, aesthetic impact and human ego soon crept in....
Thornton Dial: Transcending the boundaries of self-taught art
The art world has divided its creative cast into artists with academic training in their craft and what might be called spontaneous artists, who paint or sculpt or fashion works just because they...
