Two superbly documented fragments of the original Star Spangled Banner, which inspired America’s national anthem in 1814 as it flew in defiance of the British over Ft. McHenry in Baltimore, MD, and were later in the collection of a Philadelphia museum, are expected to bring $60,000+ when they come up for bid [Read More]
Daily Archives: May 31, 2011
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Ruoh-Ling Keong, Head of Christie’s Southeast Asian Modern and Contemporary Art, commented, “The success of this auction exemplifies the exceptional breadth and diversity of the Southeast Asia category. The highly positive reception of the sale shows it struck a solid balance between the two pillars of modern and contemporary art, with significant [Read More]
The June 18 auction will be held at Winstead’s Auction Company in Yanceyville, North Carolina The June 24-25 sale will be conducted on-site, at Mr. Jefcoat’s home in Raleigh, North Carolina (YANCEYVILLE, N.C.) – Hundreds of rare and prized items from the living estate of Brady C. Jefcoat – a collector so [Read More]
Sotheby’s Hong Kong concluded the sale of The Mei Yun Tang Collection of Paintings by Chang Dai-chien with a triumphant total of HK$680 million / US$87.3 million, against a pre-sale estimate of HK$130 million / US$16.7 million. All the 25 masterpieces on offer were sold in just over an hour, and the [Read More]
Phil Weiss Auctions will present a large collection of collections at auction June 11 in Oceanside New York with bidding online and on the phone. Music Memorabilia will be featured. An 1948 concert program signed in by Armstrong and a 1947 program signed by Gillespie in Boston, a Birdland Menu signed by [Read More]