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CINCINNATI -
The holiday shopping season gets off to a spectacular start as Cincinnati Art Galleries conducts its Holiday Sale of Art Pottery and Art Glass on Nov. 7-8. Saturday’s session, beginning at 1 p.m. Eastern, consists of more than 600 fine examples of American and European art pottery and art glass. Sunday’s... Full story
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PHOENIX (AP) -
Some of the museums in greater Phoenix that face shutdown or consolidation are stymied about what to do with valuable collections of artifacts and art. The weak economy has taken its toll on the West Valley Art Museum, the Heard Museum West in Surprise and the Phoenix Museum of History, which was acquired by the Arizona Science Center. The fate of... Full story
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ACNI) –
Concert promoter David Gest, who was a longtime friend of the late Michael Jackson, has filed a $200,000 federal lawsuit against Julien’s Auctions of West Hollywood, California. Gest claims that Julien’s, which specializes in high-profile sales of A-list celebrities’ personal possessions and memorabilia, profited from the use of his name in an auction... Full story
Millea’s Nov. 21-22 sale features Doris Duke’s S.E. Asian, European antiques
MORRISTOWN, N.J. – On Saturday, Nov. 21 and Sunday, Nov. 22 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time, Millea Bros. Ltd. will host its fifth annual Fall Estates Auction Weekendat the Morristown Armory in historic...
Treasures picked on world travels at Tepper Galleries sale Nov. 12
NEW YORK - Tepper Galleries will auction the collection of Marjorie J. and Robert L. Lawrence on Nov. 12 beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern. The sale will feature more than 500 lots of rare and exotic objects...
Rago's art auction Nov. 14 is a matinee double feature
LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. - Rago's fall sale of 19th- and 20th-century American and European Art on Nov. 14, beginning at noon Eastern, will be followed at 2 p.m. by a sale of Postwar and Contemporary Art...
Diptych from Dutch Master leads Clars' auction, Nov. 7-8
OAKLAND, Calif. - Clars Auction Gallery will present a strong collection of fine art, furnishings and decorative items in its Nov. 7-8 auction. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding....
Rare Walt Disney ‘Silly Symphony’ letter in Cohasco’s Nov. 12 Auction
YONKERS, N.Y. – When Walt Disney wrote to a Minnesota man on Nov. 29, 1935, he surely never dreamed what that letter might be worth one day to collectors. Its exact value will be revealed 74 years...
Evidence found in US of Spanish explorer's trail
ATLANTA (AP) - An archaeologist says excavations in southern Georgia have turned up beads, metal tools and other artifacts that may pinpoint part of the elusive trail of the 16th-century Spanish explorer...
Vehbi Koc Foundation funds new Ottoman art galleries at Met
NEW YORK - In recognition of a generous gift of $10 million from the Istanbul-based Vehbi Koç Foundation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today the designation of two new galleries for Ottoman...
Feds search RI home connected to Nazi-era art case
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Federal agents are investigating whether a Rhode Island woman broke the law by importing a painting taken from a Jewish art dealer and auctioned by the Nazis. Maria-Luise Bissonnette...
A growing PayPal could soon overshadow parent eBay
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Most people know eBay Inc. for its online marketplace, where deals abound on everything from gadgets to antique furniture. But soon, eBay's biggest business will likely be PayPal,...
Jackson pal David Gest sues auction house over provenance issue
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ACNI) – Concert promoter David Gest, who was a longtime friend of the late Michael Jackson, has filed a $200,000 federal lawsuit against Julien’s Auctions of West Hollywood, California....
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....
New buyers added punch to Dan Morphy's $1.5M Fall Auction
DENVER, Pa. - The most convincing proof that quality Americana finds its buyers in any market condition came on Oct. 8-10 at Dan Morphy Auctions' Fall Sale, which featured the revered Joseph and Lilian...
Pook & Pook's first catalog auction of the season surpasses $1.5 million
DOWNINGTOWN, Pa. - Pook & Pook, Inc. began its fall catalogue auction schedule with a 2-day sale on Oct. 2-3 featuring items from estates, private collections and educational institutions. The 822-lot...
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...
In Memoriam: Roy DeCarava, photographer of Harlem life
NEW YORK (AP) - Roy DeCarava, a photographer whose black and white images captured Harlem's everyday life and the jazz greats who performed there, has died. He was 89. DeCarava died in Manhattan of...
In memoriam: Native-American artist Michael Kabotie, 67
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (ACNI) - Hopi silversmith, painter and sculptor Michael Kabotie has died of complications from H1N1 swine flu. Kabotie's 22-year-old daughter, Meg Adakai, said her father became ill several...
Terry Riley resigns as director of Miami Art Museum
MIAMI - Aaron Podhurst, chairman of the Miami Art Museum (MAM) Board of Trustees, today announced that Terry Riley has resigned as director of the museum, effective immediately. Riley will be resuming...
Kovels - Antiques & Collecting: Week of Nov. 2, 2009
Recycling and reusing is not a new idea. In the 18th century, well-to-do European and American families bought made-to-order dinner sets from China that were sent across the ocean in ships. It took a year...
Live Auction Talk: 'Jurassic Park'
In a remote island off the west coast of Costa Rica a team of scientists has just completed six years of secret research and development enabling them to clone 15 different species of dinosaurs, 200 animals...
Kovels - Antiques & Collecting: Week of Oct. 26, 2009
Skeletons are invited guests at our celebration of Halloween, the Mexican holiday called "Day of the Dead" and a few other ghoulish events. A chair shaped like a skeleton, with boney arms, ribs, feet and...
Cowan's Corner: Making a stand with Gen. Custer items
For the uninitiated, a natural first question is likely to be: "What in the world is Custeriana?" In the lexicon of the collector, Custeriana is anything and everything related to the life and death of...
Furniture Specific: Hands-on evaluation can be a quick read
Usually when the task is to identify a piece of older or antique furniture and to determine its condition, the situation calls for a clear head, an unhurried approach, an open mind and a calm demeanor....
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...
Uncle Remus museum still grapples with race issues
ATLANTA (AP) - Curtis Richardson hops around the front parlor of the 140-year-old house, animatedly recounting the enchanting tales of Brer Rabbit and Brer Wolf. The elementary school students in the...
Jules Leleu: designer and patriarch of The House of Leleu
Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann may have been the father of French Art Deco, but in researching the period I kept coming across the name of another patriarchal designer, Jules Leleu. Last summer a 480 page monograph...
Two revered San Francisco antique shops close - ACN asks why
SAN FRANCISCO (ACNI) - Recently I heard about two San Francisco shops going out of business, Swallowtail and Habité. Although the types of articles they sold were dissimilar, both were beloved by the...
Vintage buttons add special touch to new threads
For a certain kind of crafter, nothing pushes their buttons like, well, buttons. And among button collectors, vintage buttons appear to be a favorite find. While a few button stores still exist - Tender...
