(Hillsborough, N.C.) – An original oil painting by New York artist Arthur Parton (1842-1914), titled “Eventide Landscape,” sold for $13,800 at a multi-estate sale held June 14 by Leland Little Auction & Estate Sales, Ltd. The oil on canvas rendering, signed lower left, was a pastoral landscape, depicting a stream meandering through [Read More]
Daily Archives: June 20, 2008
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Voorhees, NJ – As the real estate market continues to trudge along, buyers and sellers are finding themselves turning to an age old method of real estate transfer… auctions. Traditionally, auctions were used as a way to sell distressed properties and to manage high-demand communities. The real estate industry is undergoing change [Read More]
Bloomsbury Auctions’ June 25th Bibliophile Sale consists of over 500 carefully selected works that encompass a full range of children’s books and original illustration artwork, a distinguished group of library sets, early printed and art books, and a fine selection of 19th and 20th century literature. The sale features original illustrations by [Read More]
Two paintings by the visual poet of the industrial landscape, Laurence Stephen Lowry R.A. (British, 1887-1976), belonging to the environmentally conscious Co-operative Financial Services (CFS), will go under the hammer in Bonhams next sale of 20th Century British Art on 2 July, New Bond Street. LS Lowry’s The Footbridge, (estimated at £120,000-180,000) [Read More]
Determined, competitive bidders did not let the sweltering 98-degree heat deter them from vying for the rare collector motorcars and automobilia Bonhams offered on Sunday, June 8th, at the site of the Greenwich Concours d’Elegance event in Connecticut. Spirited action kept the standing-room only crowd riveted to the podium where chief auctioneer [Read More]
Pasadena, CA – International 20th Century design, décor and art will take center stage at John Moran Auctioneers’ July 22nd, 2008 Antiques and Fine Estates Sale. Items by Georg Jensen, Tiffany, and Pairpoint, and artistic works by Lyonel Feininger, Claude Vernard and Cesare Lapini are expected to command enthusiastic bidding from an [Read More]