TWO-DAY AUCTION PACKED WITH FINE CHINESE CARVINGS AND WORKS OF ART, PORCELAIN, ARTWORK & DECORATIVE ARTS WILL BE HELD JUNE 23-24

May 23, 2012 – 8:27 am |

The auction will be conducted by Elite Decorative Arts at the firm’s gallery in south Florida. (BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – A weekend auction packed with Chinese carvings and works of art, fine porcelain, artwork and decorative arts will be held June 23-24 by Elite Decorative Arts, at the firm’s gallery located in the Quantum Town Center in Boynton Beach (1034 Gateway Blvd., Stes. 106-108). The first gavel will come down at 1 p.m. (EST) both days. The Saturday, ... Read More

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EUROPEAN DECORATIONS AND ORIENTAL RUGS FEATURED AT GROGAN’S MAY AUCTION

May 5, 2012 – 7:23 am |

Dedham , MA – A large collection of European decorative works of art and an impressive selection of Fine Oriental Rugs and Carpets will be featured at Grogan and Company’s upcoming May auction. The auction, which will begin at 12 noon on Sunday, May 20th, will be comprised of over 600 lots of American and European Paintings, Prints and Sculpture of the 18th, 19th and 20th century, Old Master Drawings, American and Continental Furniture, Decorative Works of ... Read More

OVER 400 LOTS OF ANTIQUE CLOCKS, ASIAN OBJECTS, FINE ART, VINTAGE TOYS AND MORE WILL BE SOLD THURSDAY, MAY 24th, BY GORDON S. CONVERSE & CO

May 5, 2012 – 7:19 am |

The auction will be held at the Peoples Light & Theater Company in Malvern, Pa., at 10:30 a.m. (MALVERN, Pa.) – Over 400 quality lots of important antique clocks, Asian objects, fine art, toys and toy trains, period furniture, Native American and African objects, decorative accessories and porcelain will be sold at auction Thursday, May 24, by Gordon S. Converse & Company, at the Peoples Light & Theater Company in Malvern, starting at 10:30 a.m. ... Read More

Newly discovered Henry F. Farny masterwork makes $362,500 at Bonhams Los Angeles auction

May 4, 2012 – 10:03 am |

The May 1, 2012 auction of California and Western Paintings and Sculpture at Bonhams offered a wide array of important Western scenes, Plein Air, Society of Six and land and cityscapes. Simulcast to San Francisco. The highly-anticipated auction featured “Southern Plains Indian Warrior” by Henry F. Farny, which was discovered at an estate sale. The work sold for more than three times the pre-sale estimate at Bonhams last night for $362,500 (est. ... Read More

Skinner May Discovery Sale to Feature Antique Dolls, Toys, Ephemera, Books, and Collectibles on May 16 – 17

May 4, 2012 – 6:51 am |

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – Skinner, Inc. will host a Discovery auction on May 16th and 17th in its Marlborough gallery. The sale presents a varied assortment of antique dolls, vintage toys, collectibles, ephemera, and books, as well as furniture and decorative objects with more than 1200 lots on offer. Antique Dolls Over 200 lots of antique, vintage & collectible dolls will be featured at the sale, highlighted by a French Bru Jne 5 bisque head doll (lot 184, ... Read More

PAIR OF LIFE-SIZE BRONZE SCULPTURES BY DYLAN LEWIS COULD BRING UP TO $250,000 OR MORE AT ELITE DECORATIVE ARTS AUCTION SLATED FOR MAY 19th

May 3, 2012 – 2:02 pm |

The weekend auction will be held at the firm’s spacious gallery, located in Boynton Beach, Fla. (BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) – A pair of life-size bronze sculptures by renowned South African artist Dylan Lewis (b. 1954), titled Leopard Crushing Serpent, is the expected top lot at an auction planned for Saturday, May 19, by Elite Decorative Arts, starting at 1 p.m. (EST). The sale will be held in Elite Decorative Arts’ gallery at 1034 Gateway Boulevard in Boynton ... Read More

Rago’s to Host Auction Open House on May 8

May 3, 2012 – 1:54 pm |

Rago Arts and Auction Center hosts an open house on Tuesday, May 8, featuring a talk by Dr. Robert Cozzolino, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Senior Curator and Curator of Modern Art. Dr. Cozzolino will discuss the distinctive character of Pop in Chicago during the 1960s. In exploring popular culture source material, artists trained in that city, such as Roger Brown, Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke, Christina Ramberg and Ray Yoshida built on the region’s deep tradition ... Read More

Bonhams announces inaugural contemporary evening and day sales

May 3, 2012 – 1:52 pm |

Bonhams new Contemporary Art Department announce their inaugural sale on May 10 and May 11, which will include works sold to benefit the Missing Peace Project. The two auctions, Contemporary Part 1 and Contemporary Part 2, both have been finely curated by the two new leaders of the New York department—Jennifer Yum, U.S. Head of Sales and Jeremy Goldsmith, U.S. Director of the Contemporary Department. El Anatsui (born 1944) Harbinger, 2012 found aluminum and copper ... Read More

U.S. & WORLDWIDE BANKNOTES, SCRIPOPHILY AND SECURITY PRINTING EPHEMERA WILL BE AUCTIONED ON TUESDAY, MAY 15, BY ARCHIVES INTERNATIONAL AUCTIONS

May 3, 2012 – 9:57 am |

Historic U.S & Worldwide Banknotes, Stocks and Bonds to be Auctioned (FORT LEE, N.J.) – Archives International Auctions will offer 1,070 lots of U.S. and worldwide banknotes, scripophily (the collecting of stock and bond certificates) and security printing ephemera at auction on Tuesday, May 15, at 10 a.m. (EST), at the firm’s new offices located in Fort Lee, N.J.. The auction will offer live gallery bidding as well as phone and live Internet bidding at ... Read More

Skinner Auction of Prints, Photographs, Paintings, and Sculpture on May 18 to Feature Works by Old Masters through Contemporary Artists

May 3, 2012 – 7:23 am |

Boston, Mass – May 2, 2012 – Skinner, Inc. will auction prints, photographs, paintings and sculptures on Friday, May 18th in two sessions at its Boston gallery. The prints and photography portion of the sale will begin at 12 p.m.; paintings and sculptures at 4 p.m. Fine Prints Skinner continues to experience strong growth with multiples and works on paper. The upcoming sale will present an excellent assortment of prints and photography. A fine selection of modern ... Read More

OVER 675 GEMSTONES, SOME WITH OPENING BIDS OF JUST $30, WILL BE SOLD IN A GEMSTONES-ONLY ONLINE AUCTION HELD MAY 7th BY UNIVERSALLIVE.COM

May 2, 2012 – 3:58 pm |

All of the stones in the outstanding single-owner lifetime collection will be sold without reserve. (NORTHBROOK, Ill.) – More than 675 gemstones from a single-owner lifetime collection will be offered without reserve (everything sells, regardless of price) in an Internet-only auction now online and slated to begin at 2 p.m. (CST) on Monday, May 7. It is the first-ever gemstones-only auction ever conducted by UniversalLive.com, based in Northbrook, Ill.Ametrine ... Read More