Mastro Auctions, the world’s leading Sports and Americana auction house, has announced that it will be offering phenomenal Babe Ruth items acquired by legendary restaurateur, Jimmy Donohue. The historically significant items will be auctioned in several of Mastro Auctions’ upcoming sales. For more than half a century, Jimmy Donohue’s restaurants were well-known [Read More]
Daily Archives: November 6, 2008
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Chagall, Faberge and Burliuk among the greats represented, Nov. 14, at Heritage Auction Galleries Ilya Mashkov, one of the great masters of the Russian avant-garde painting movement, and a founder of the famous “Jack of Diamonds” Group, has long been venerated by Russian art lovers and collectors for his inimitable style and [Read More]
California’s oldest and largest auctioneer, Bonhams & Butterfields, will offer contemporary art from the Golden State in its November 18, 2008 Made in California sale. Though regional in theme, the sale includes artwork by internationally known artists such as Wayne Thiebaud, Ed Ruscha, Mark di Suvero, and Robert Arneson. But with estimates [Read More]
Despite initially strong buzz leading up to the sale, Ronan Clarke was nervous as he stepped to the podium Monday evening to open his Fifth Annual Fine Art Auction October 27th. The day found the stock market swinging wildly again and several bidders had just telephoned to announce they were canceling their [Read More]
A charity art auction held at Paramount Studios October 2 brought in $250,000 to fund art enrichment programs for children in crisis at Hollygrove http://www.hollygrove.org. The 24 large-scale paintings, which were auctioned by Guy Bennett, head of Christie’s Impressionist and modern art, were created by 6- 13-year-olds in treatment at Hollygrove. Hollygrove [Read More]