Monthly Archives: October 2017

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SHIP’S PAGES FROM CALIFORNIA’S “BEAR FLAG REVOLT”, PLUS A SET OF 1720 SOUTH SEA BUBBLE TRADING CARDS, UP FOR BID AT UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES

All 226 lots in the Tuesday, Nov. 7 auction can be viewed now at www.universityarchives.com. WESTPORT, Conn. – Pages from a ship’s log from June 1846 describing California’s famous “Bear Flag Revolt” that led to the state’s breakaway from Mexico and eventual statehood, and a set of Thomas Bowles 1720 South Sea [Read More]

SESSION II OF THE PORTZLINE COLLECTIONS OF HIGH-END COSTUME JEWELRY WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6th, BY RIPLEY AUCTIONS, AT 3pm CST

The 239-lot auction will be conducted in Ripley Auctions’ Indianapolis gallery, as well as online. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Session II of the Portzline Collections – a spectacular single-owner collection of high-end costume jewelry from designers such as MB Boucher, Corocraft, Reja, Mazer, Trifari & TKF, Eisenberg, Nettie Rosenstein, DeRosa, Mosell, DuJay, Sandor [Read More]

THE ESTATE OF THOMAS RUBEN JONES (1929-2014) WILL BE SOLD ON-SITE, IN AN AUCTION SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11th, BY AHLERS & OGLETREE

Mr. Jones was a prominent Atlanta businessman, a patron of the arts and avid lifelong collector. ATLANTA, Ga. – The estate of Thomas Ruben Jones (1929-2014), a prominent Atlanta businessman, patron of the arts and avid lifelong collector of 18th and 19th century American and European antiques, fine art and decorative arts, [Read More]

COVER ART FOR THE SATURDAY EVENING POST BY JOSEPH LEYENDECKER (Am., 1874-1951), DEC. 30, 1922 NEW YEAR’S ISSUE, WILL BE SOLD BY WEISS AUCTIONS

The painting is expected to soar to $100,000-$150,000 at the two-day auction event, Nov. 15-16, being held online and in Weiss Auctions’ gallery located at 74 Merrick Road in Lynbrook, N.Y. LYNBROOK, N.Y. – A never-before-seen cover painting for The Saturday Evening Post from Dec. 30, 1922 – the New Year’s issue [Read More]

AROUND THE WORLD IN 350 LOTS – 3 GREAT ESTATES IS THE TITLE OF AUCTION LIFE’S SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12th AUCTION, FEATURING QUALITY MERCHANDISE

It will be primarily an online auction, with limited seating and RSVP required for live bidders. LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. – Quality items pulled from a pair of prominent living estates, around 20 pieces of original Native American, American and Southwestern art by noted, listed artists, and Part 3 of property from the estate [Read More]

FRENCH PERIOD FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE ITEMS, AMERICAN AESTHETIC MOVEMENT PIECES AND ITEMS TO BENEFIT GREENWWOOD GARDENS IN NEW JERSEY WILL BE SOLD BY NYE & COMPANY AUCTIONEERS

The auction will be held at Nye & Company Auctioneers’ showroom in Bloomfield, New Jersey BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – Nye & Company Auctioneers’ upcoming Fall Estate Treasures Auction on Wednesday, November 1st, will feature French furniture and decorative items from a private collection on Park Avenue in New York City, a large group [Read More]

ARTWORKS ATTRIBUTED TO ROTHKO, MONET, VAN GOGH, WARHOL, NORMAN LEWIS, ETC., IN WOODSHED ART AUCTIONS PRESTIGE SIGNATURE COLLECTION

The 109-lot online-only art auction, ending November 1st, is now online for viewing and bidding. FRANKLIN, Mass. – Three oil and enamel paintings attributed to renowned American-Russian Federation artist Mark Rothko (1903-1970) – two untitled abstract compositions and one untitled (Blue Square) work – all framed, signed verso and dated 1948 – [Read More]

A TIFFANY STUDIOS MAGNOLIA FLOOR LAMP, AN OIL PAINTING BY RAFAELLO SORBI AND AN ENORMOUS TIFFANY CUT GLASS PUNCH BOWL WILL BE SOLD

The auction will be held Oct. 27-28 by John McInnis Auctioneers in Amesbury, Massachusetts. AMESBURY, Mass. – A Tiffany Studios floor lamp with a Magnolia shade is conservatively estimated at $300,000-$600,000, while an oil on canvas painting by Raffaello Sorbi (It., 1844-1931) and an exceptionally large brilliant period cut glass punch bowl [Read More]

Harry Moore-Gwyn – British and Continental Pictures and Prints, Arnaud Delas – Photographs. Auction on 25th October at 25 Blythe Road

This October Harry Moore-Gwyn’s British and Continental Pictures and Prints auction of over 200 lots, includes a particularly engrossing group of prints, etchings, lithographs and a linocut by well-known 18th to 20th century artists. Highlights in this group include the seminal linocut by the great 20th century British printmaker Claude Flight entitled [Read More]

AN ASTOUNDING COLLECTION OF ’60s-ERA HASBRO G.I. JOE FIGURES, AND A COPY OF AMAZING FANTASY #15 – THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF SPIDER-MAN – SIGNED BY STAN LEE, WILL HEADLINE BRUNEAU & CO.’S OCTOBER 28th SALE

The auction will be held online and in Bruneau’s gallery, at 63 Fourth Avenue in Cranston, R.I. CRANSTON, R.I. – An astounding collection of Hasbro G.I. Joe action figure dolls from the collection of a former Hasbro employee in Rhode Island, plus a copy of Marvel Comics Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962, [Read More]

SHANNON’S WILL HOST AN INAUGURAL FALL FINE ART AUCTION AT ITS NEW GALLERY LOCATION, AT 49 RESEARCH DRIVE IN MILFORD, CT., OCTOBER 26th

Nearly 300 lots to be offered in this special 20th anniversary auction, including works by William Glackens, Abbott Fuller Graves, William Mason Brown, Dale Nichols and Norman Rockwell. MILFORD, CT. – Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers will celebrate its 20th anniversary on Thursday, October 26th, with a special inaugural auction in their new [Read More]

BOB DYLAN SHARES CENTER STAGE WITH MUNCH, CHAGALL, KLIMT, VAN GOGH AND OTHER FINE ART STARS AT WOODSHED ART AUCTIONS, SEPT. 20th

A collection of 25 giclees signed by Dylan preceded a Prestige Signature Collection auction. FRANKLIN, Mass. – It’s not often Bob Dylan shares center stage with anyone – certainly not 19th and early 20th century painters – but that’s exactly what happened on September 20th when a collection of 25 limited edition [Read More]