Over the course of 30 years, one of the most public and distinguished figures in Indianapolis, the Honorable Paul H. Buchanan Jr. (1918-2008), quietly assembled a truly outstanding private collection of 19th and early 20th-century American painting. This momentous collection will form the centerpiece of Heritage Auction Galleries’ June 10-13, 2009 American [Read More]
Daily Archives: June 10, 2009
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Kaminski Auctions, one of Massachusetts’ premier antiques and fine art auction houses, announces its Summer Estates Auction. The two-day auction features antiques, fine art and collectibles from estates spanning Massachusetts to Kaminski’s second location in California. The auction takes place Saturday and Sunday June 27-28 next to the Windward Grille at 109 [Read More]
Christie’s London, Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale will take place on 30 June 2009 and will offer 41 lots including exceptional and significant works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Peter Doig, Lucio Fontana, Andreas Gursky, Damien Hirst, Yves Klein, Jeff Koons, Richard Prince, Gerhard Richter, Cy Twombly and Andy Warhol. The first auction [Read More]
preliminary drawing from the hand of Alberto Vargas, for what would become the very first Vargas Girl in the December 1940 issue of Esquire Magazine, will be one of the highlights of the July 15 Signature® Illustration Art Auction at Heritage Auction Galleries. This is the first auction to feature major Illustration [Read More]
Halls Auction Company (www.HallsAuctionCompany.com) announces the two-day auction of estate collectibles from the collection of Ruby Gano on June 13 and 14, according to Scott Hall, auctioneer. “Ruby Gano began acquiring pottery and glassware as a department store employee in the 1930’s,” explained Hall. “The store sold a line of Fiesta Ware [Read More]
Sotheby’s London forthcoming sale of Impressionist & Modern Art on the evening of Wednesday, June 24, 2009 will be led by rare works by Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Pablo Picasso’s Homme à l’épée, a striking and monumental depiction of a musketeer from the artist’s [Read More]
Sotheby’s London Contemporary Art Evening Auction on Thursday, June 25, 2009 will be spearheaded by three exceptionally rare Andy Warhol paintings from an important European collection – Mrs McCarthy and Mrs Brown (Tuna Fish Disaster), Hammer and Sickle and Diamond Dust Shoes – and features Peter Doig’s painting Almost Grown, which ranks [Read More]