They were the top lot at Fontaine’s Auction Gallery’s Sept. 10 auction, held in Pittsfield, Mass. PITTSFIELD, Mass. – An exceptional set of eight multi-layered glass windows, executed by the Tiffany Studios in New York in 1913 and depicting The 8 Beatitudes of Jesus (from Matthew 5: 3-10), sold for $356,950 to [Read More]
Monthly Archives: September 2016
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Also sold will be exquisite dresses owned and worn by Princess Diana and Whitney Houston. EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – Movie props and costumes from the current smash films Don’t Breathe, Blair Witch and Deadpool, dresses owned and worn by Princess Diana and Whitney Houston, and marquettes (pre-production study models) for Freddy vs. [Read More]
The weekend event will be held in Great Gatsby’s Atlanta gallery at 5180 Peachtree Blvd. ATLANTA, Ga. – An outstanding single-owner mechanical music collection, fine decorative arts and furniture from a Palm Beach, Florida philanthropist, original artworks by noted listed artists and fine antique Asian art and objects will be just part [Read More]
An amazing assortment of pieces is up for bid, at price points for novice and veteran collectors. CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. – A rare, never-used 1966 Batman parachute toy retail display, an equally scarce example of a clear-body toy Hess truck made exclusively for the John Hess family, tin advertising signs, and dozens of [Read More]
Single-Owner Auction Brings in $800,000 more than Pre-Sale Estimates of $5.1-7.6M This past weekend, Hart Davis Hart Wine Co. held a single-owner auction featuring The Aubrey K. McClendon Collection. 100% of the 1057 lots were sold, bringing in $8.44 million against pre-sale estimates of $5.1-7.6M. Nearly 1,000 bidders from 4 continents, 17 [Read More]
On September 24, buyers at the Selkirk Auctioneers and Appraisers gallery and around the world will vie for works by influential St. Louis-born 20th century artists, in addition to European works as unique as a 15th century pair of wedding portraits, and fine Asian porcelain and jade. Baer O’Byrne Estate Headlines Two [Read More]
W. PALM BEACH, FL – The leaves may be showing off their rich autumn hues in New England and other parts of the country, but in sunny South Florida, fall means palm trees, sunshine and the much-anticipated season opener at Palm Beach Modern Auctions (PBMA). The company’s fully curated Sept. 24 Modern [Read More]
BOULDER, CO – Following a sensational summer with monthly sales achieving house-record prices, Artemis Gallery once again steps into the spotlight with a Sept. 22 Exceptional Antiquities & Ethnographic Art Auction to delight collectors. The 407-lot sale showcases museum-worthy examples of classical antiquities, and ancient and ethnographic art from ancient civilizations dating [Read More]
The 600+-lot auction was held by Philip Weiss Auctions on Merrick Road in Lynbrook, N.Y. LYNBROOK, N.Y. – Original Sunday page artwork for the Flash Gordon comic strip, done by the illustrator known as “the artist’s artist,” Alex Raymond (1909-1956) and dated 1/24/1937, sold for $60,375 at an auction of comics, comic [Read More]
The event was held at the historic Scottish Rite Temple and grossed a little under $500,000. SANTA FE, N.M. – A pair of Sioux beaded war shirts combined to sell for $50,000 and were the top two lots at Best of Santa Fe, an annual auction hosted by Allard Auctions, Inc., based [Read More]
The auction will be held in Cottone’s gallery, located at 120 Court Street in Geneseo, New York. GENESEO, N.Y. – Riding a wave of successful auctions, and following a 30th year anniversary sale in March that grossed $1.7 million, Cottone Auctions is back for a curtain call with another Fine Art & [Read More]
The event will be held near the University of New Hampshire, where Hatch taught for 36 years. DURHAM, N.H. – Hundreds of artworks by the late Regionalist-Modernist painter and former University of New Hampshire art professor John W. Hatch (1919-1998) – a beloved figure who instructed more than 5,000 art students over [Read More]
The 5-day, internet-only auction is being conducted by The Renaissance Auction Group, based in Reading, Pa. The seller is Yon Zweibon, owner of Beyond Costumes, Inc., in Yonkers, N.Y. YONKERS, N.Y. – A trove of props and costumes from The Late Show With David Letterman TV show – over 3,000 items, many [Read More]
The auction will be held in the firm’s two New Orleans showrooms, both on St. Charles Avenue. NEW ORLEANS, La. – A visually arresting Parisian street scene by the French painter Antoine Blanchard (1910-1988) and a 19th century porcelain Meissen bronze-mounted dresser box made in the Capodimonte style are two expected top [Read More]
They were top lots at a Summer Collections & Estates Auction held August 27-28 in Atlanta, Ga. ATLANTA, Ga. – A handsome early 19th century mahogany tall-case clock made by Jacob Eby of Mannheim, Pa. (1776-1828) chimed on time for $10,620, and a colorful offset lithograph printed on wove paper by renowned [Read More]