Yearly Archives: 2017

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PART 1 OF THE ESTATE OF NOTED FRENCH-TRAINED AMERICAN ARTIST JOHN DOUGLAS PATRICK (1863-1937), WILL BE SOLD IN AN ONLINE AUCTION, JAN. 15th

The auction will be conducted by KC Auction & Appraisal Company. Up for bid will be dozens of oil paintings, graphite drawings, finished works, studies, sketches, personal effects and more. KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Dozens of original artworks and other personal effects from the estate of John Douglas Patrick (1863-1937), who studied [Read More]

ARTWORKS BY TWOMBLY, MONET, BOTERO, CAMPIGLI AND OTHER FINE ART LUMINARIES ARE IN WOODSHED ART AUCTIONS DECEMBER 28th ONLINE SALE

All lots in the Private Collections Discoveries auction can be seen at woodshedartauctions.com. FRANKLIN, Mass. – An original oil on board abstract floral painting by artist Cy Twombly and works attributed to Claude Monet, Fernando Botero and Massimo Campigli are just a few of the highlights in Woodshed Art Auctions’ internet-only Private [Read More]

VERY RARE, MUSEUM-QUALITY DORFLINGER CRANBERRY CUT TO CLEAR EWER, 17 INCHES TALL, SOARS TO $75,000 AT WOODY AUCTION, NOV. 18th in KANSAS CITY, MO

True collectors of American Brilliant Cut Glass will remember the date as the Grabb-Chandler auction KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An exceedingly rare, museum-quality Dorflinger cranberry cut to clear glass ewer, 17 inches tall, soared to $75,000 at a sale featuring two major collections of American Brilliant Cut Glass, held November 18th by [Read More]

PAINTING BY WAYNE THIEBAUD, ART GLASS VASE BY ERCOLE BAROVIER AND SUPERB VICTORIAN FURNITURE WILL BE PART OF NADEAU’S JAN. 1st AUCTION

It’s Nadeau’s annual New Year’s Day auction, and this one could end up grossing $3 million. WINDSOR, Conn. – An oil on board painting by Wayne Thiebaud (Am., b. 1920) titled Lollipop Tree, a lovely art glass vase by Ercole Barovier (It., 1888-1974), and one of the finest collections of Victorian furniture [Read More]

MERCHANDISE FROM A PAIR OF PROMINENT NEW YORK ESTATES, UNSEEN AND OFF THE MARKET FOR DECADES, WILL HEADLINE NYE & CO.’S DEC. 13th-14th SALE

The holiday auction will be held at Nye & Company Auctioneers’ showroom in Bloomfield, N.J. BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – Quality items from collections in Southampton and Gramercy Park, N.Y, unseen and off the market for decades, will co-headline a Collectors’ Passion & Estate Treasures Auction slated for Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 13th -14th, [Read More]

AN OIL ON CANVAS LANDSCAPE PAINTING BY WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) SOARS TO $11,875 AT BRUNEAU & CO.’S THANKSGIVING WEEKEND SALE

The auction was held online and in Bruneau’s gallery, at 63 Fourth Avenue in Cranston, R.I. CRANSTON, R.I. – An oil on canvas landscape painting by the Scottish-born abstract modernist William Gear (1915-1997), titled Paysage, Mai 50 (May Landscape, 1950), sold for $11,875, and a large oil on canvas maritime seascape work [Read More]

BAT SIGNED BY RUTH AND AARON, FRANCIS GARY POWERS’S LIFE RAFT, ITEMS FROM LINCOLN, WASHINGTON, JFK, REAGAN AT UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, DEC. 6th

All 211 lots can be seen now, at www.universityarchives.com; online bidding on Invaluable.com. WESTPORT, Conn. – A baseball bat signed by both Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron, a baseball signed by Jackie Robinson, the life raft from Francis Gary Powers’s downed U-2 spy plane and several pieces of dishware from Ronald and [Read More]

NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN TYPE 1 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF BABE RUTH AND JIM THORPE WILL COME UP FOR BID ON SATURDAY, DEC. 2nd, AT RIPLEY AUCTIONS

The 1920s photos were discovered hidden away, presumably for decades, in a storage locker. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – A group of never-before-seen photos of sports legends Babe Ruth and Jim Thorpe, plus one of former major league baseball catcher Wally Schang, will come up for bid on Saturday, December 2nd, at Ripley Auctions, [Read More]

WESTERN AND EASTERN SODA BOTTLES DOMINATE THE LIST OF TOP LOTS IN AMERICAN BOTTLE AUCTIONS ONLINE AUCTION #64, WHICH ENDED OCT. 22nd

The auction featured the largest and finest selection of Western sodas the company has ever sold. SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A rare and beautiful Indian Queen bitters bottle patented in 1868 sold for $14,375 and a Lafayette DeWitt Clinton half-pint lime green flask brought a record $10,925 in Auction #64, an internet and [Read More]

ARTWORKS ATTRIBUTED TO CROPSEY, CHASE, TWOMBLY, CHAGALL AND LAM COULD TOP SIX FIGURES IN WOODSHED ART AUCTIONS’ ONLINE-ONLY AUCTION

The auction, ending November 29th, is now online for viewing at www.woodshedartauctions.com. FRANKLIN, Mass. – An oil on canvas painting attributed to the renowned Hudson River School artist Jasper Francis Cropsey is expected to realize $200,000-$300,000 and several other works have estimates in the six figures in Woodshed Art Auctions’ next Prestige [Read More]

HOLABIRD WESTERN AMERICANA COLLECTIONS, LLC GEARS UP FOR A MAJOR THREE-DAY AUCTION EVENT, DECEMBER 1st-3rd IN RENO, WITH OVER 2,200 LOTS

The auction will be held online, via several bidding platforms, and in Holabird’s Reno gallery. RENO, Nev. – Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC is gearing up for a huge three-day auction event December 1st, 2nd and 3rd, one that’s packed with over 2,200 lots of railroad passes, Express collectibles, Western and postal [Read More]