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Phillips de Pury & Co.’s new series of theme auctions held in London and New York blends contemporary art and popular culture in an exciting, innovative way. Their third MUSIC theme sale, which will take place on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 21, 2009 at the company’s London galleries, adds a new... Full story
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NEW ORLEANS -
Dreams Come True: Art of the Classic Fairy Tales from the Walt Disney Studio has opened a 17-week run at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA). New Orleans is the only North American venue for the one-of-a-kind show, which is on through March 14, 2010 and features more than 600... Full story
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HOUSTON (AP) -
A jury has affirmed the charity- benefiting will of Houston oilman Alfred Glassell Jr. and rejected a challenge by his daughter. On Monday the jury ruled against 52-year-old Curry Glassell's attempt to break the 2003 will, in an estate estimated at $500 million. Attorney Joe Jamail, representing the... Full story
Wiederseim's holiday auction Nov. 28 constitutes full-course feast
GLENMOORE, Pa. – Wiederseim Associates Inc. has lined up more than 500 lots of furniture and accessories, silver, paintings, clocks, ceramics, jewelry, railroad items, a pocket watch collection and...
Indian baskets, Chinese antiquities highlight Jenack sale Nov. 22
CHESTER, N.Y. - William J. Jenack Auctioneers will present its end of fall sale on Sunday, Nov. 22, beginning at 11 a.m. Eastern. The auction includes a collection of Native American Indian baskets...
Phillips de Pury’s Nov. 21 MUSIC sale a new hybrid in art auctions
LONDON – Phillips de Pury & Co.’s new series of theme auctions held in London and New York blends contemporary art and popular culture in an exciting, innovative way. Their third MUSIC theme...
Superb antiques, fine art at New Orleans Auction, Nov. 21-22
NEW ORLEANS – Nearly 1, 500 lots of antiques and fine art will be sold at New Orleans Auction Galleries’ Winter Sale on Nov. 21-22. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding. Fine...
Modern, contemporary art star in Concept Art Gallery's sale Nov. 21
PITTSBURGH – Modern and contemporary fine art and 20th-century furniture and design will comprise Concept Art Gallery’s auction Nov. 21. Included in the 344-lot sale will be an award-winning work...
Scientist confirms black rock that landed in Kansas is meteorite
LIBERAL, Kan. (AP) - A biophysicist has confirmed that a black rock that fell into a backyard in Liberal during the weekend was a meteorite. Ten-year-old Chandler Harp found the 2-inch-diameter black...
Museum of American Glass seeks $45K to receive matching donation
WESTON, W. Va. – “Match the money and the museum is ours!” That was the rallying cry that launched an ambitious fund-raising drive for the Museum of American Glass in West Virginia at the 19th annual...
Disney Art of Classic Fairy Tales exhibit opens at New Orleans museum
NEW ORLEANS - Dreams Come True: Art of the Classic Fairy Tales from the Walt Disney Studio has opened a 17-week run at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA). New Orleans is the only North American venue...
Don't blame fast food: Experts say mummies reveal heart disease
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) - You can't blame this one on McDonald's: Researchers have found signs of heart disease in 3,500-year-old mummies. "We think of it as being caused by modern risk factors,'' such...
Oilman Glassell's daughter loses in estate fight against Texas museum
HOUSTON (AP) - A jury has affirmed the charity-benefiting will of Houston oilman Alfred Glassell Jr. and rejected a challenge by his daughter. On Monday the jury ruled against 52-year-old Curry Glassell's...
Black Cat movie poster leaps to $334,600 at auction
DALLAS – Anyone doubting the legitimacy of vintage movie posters as an art form might change their opinion after consulting LiveAuctioneers.com’s archive of prices realized from past sales. Movie...
Escherick buffet wows at Sollo Rago, realizing $335,500
LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. - Low reserves and reasonable estimates for top property brought Sollo Rago’s Modern Auction of Oct. 24-25 to a total of just over $3,000,000. (All prices include 22% buyer’s premium.)...
Wall Street players helped push RSL's auction past $1 million mark
TIMONIUM, Md. – Record prices were achieved at RSL Auction’s 477-lot Bountiful Harvest sale held Oct. 17, 2009 in the Baltimore suburb of Timonium, Maryland. The multiple-consignor offering anchored...
Miniature portrait of Peter the Great sells for $1.3M in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) - A miniature portrait of Czar Peter the Great in a diamond-encrusted frame - owned for decades by an Arizona family that didn't realize its historic significance - was auctioned for $1.3...
Pair of Buttersworth paintings sailed to new shores at Converse sale
WAYNE, Pa. – A pair of marine oil paintings by the noted British artist Thomas Buttersworth (1768-1842) sold for a combined $33,925 at a multi-estate sale held Oct. 21 by Gordon S. Converse & Co....
In Memoriam: Southwestern artist Jose Cisneros
EL PASO, Texas (AP) – Artist Jose Cisneros, known for his vivid depictions of the people and culture of the Southwest, has died in El Paso. A funeral mass was held on Wednesday for Cisneros, who...
Cindy Sherman to receive Jewish Museum's Man Ray Award
NEW YORK- The Jewish Museum will present photographer Cindy Sherman with a special award for her distinguished accomplishments in advancing understanding of the limitless possibilities of identity and...
NAA elects first woman vice president, Christie King
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Christie King, CAI, AARE, of Gadsden, Ala., was recently elected to serve as vice president of National Auctioneers Association's (NAA) Board of Directors. King is the first woman...
Christopher Brownawell appointed director at Farnsworth Art Museum
ROCKLAND, Maine - Richard Aroneau, president of the board of trustees of the Farnsworth Art Museum, has announced the appointment of Christopher J. Brownawell as director. Brownawell, who will join the...
Allmans acquire Antique Shows of Florida, launch Naples event
NAPLES, Fla. - Judy and Steve Allman, owners of Allman Productions LLC, have acquired all of the shows previously managed by Yvonne and Jim Tucker of Antique Shows of Florida. The acquisition will provide...
Auktionshaus Kaupp verplant die größte Versteigerung in der Geschichte des Auktionshauses, 26-28 Nov.
SULZBURG BEI FREIBURG IM BREISGAU, DEUTSCHLAND - Die diesjährigen Herbstauktionen bedeuten für Karlheinz Kaupp und sein Team die größte Versteigerung in der Geschichte des Auktionshauses. Erfolgreicher...
Gallery Report: November 2009
A monumental mahogany front and back bar made around 1893 by Brunswick, Balke & Collender Co., the desirable Los Angeles model, with an original matching liquor cabinet, sold for $302,500 at a sale...
London Eye: November 2009
During the 19th century, the East Midlands city of Nottingham was Britain's leading center of lace production, an industry that brought great wealth to its mercantile classes but misery to its laboring...
Kovels - Antiques & Collecting: Week of Nov. 16, 2009
The wealthy and the almost-wealthy of the late Victorian era chose to take the Grand Tour of Europe to show off their sophistication, education and good taste. The tour could take a year or more. Young...
Ceramics Collector: Green grows the Grueby, ripe for picking
During the Arts and Crafts period at the turn of the 20th century, Grueby in Boston produced elegant and organic handmade pottery that won medals at home and abroad. Now that the art pottery market...
Vintage Sears Roebuck Christmas catalogs find buyers online
OREM, Utah – The eBay market research company HammerTap looked into sales of holiday-theme books sold on eBay this month and found that the clear winners were vintage Sears Roebuck Christmas catalogs...
Art restorers uncover unknown Duncanson work worth $300K
CINCINNATI - On the surface, there was nothing remarkable about the dingy, dirty canvas that arrived at Doug Eisele’s Old World Restorations for a cleaning in March of this year. The owner of the...
Art 101: The wrong frame does an artwork no favors
Choosing the right frame for paintings and prints enhances both appearance and value, but choosing the wrong frame does an artwork no favors. Frames are rather like film stars' dresses on the Red Carpet....
Washington man crafts guitars out of old cigar boxes
WALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP) – For his pay-the-mortgage job, Kurt Schoen flies cargo for UPS. For his live-the-dream work, the Walla Walla man drives to a somewhat-secret location to play a different...
Colorful bottle tree a spirited Southern tradition
SKIPPERVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Before Cheryl Leatherwood's father died last year,his greatest pleasure was to sit out back of the family's Skipperville home and watch the hummingbirds in flight, fighting each...
