Monthly Archives: November 2017

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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]

474 LOTS OF AMERICAN, EUROPEAN, CHINESE AND ASIAN ITEMS WILL BE SOLD ONLINE AT CONVERSE AUCTIONS EAST MEETS WEST AUCTION FRIDAY, DEC. 1st

The auction will begin promptly at 10 am Eastern. MALVERN, Pa. – An English repousse silver pitcher made by R&S Garrand of London around 1861, a seven-piece sterling silver tea service made in Germany, and a fine selection of Tibetan Buddhist thangkas (religious paintings) are key lots in Converse Auctions’ next East [Read More]

AN OIL ON CANVAS LANDSCAPE PAINTING BY WILLIAM GEAR (1915-1997) WILL HEADLINE BRUNEAU & CO.’S THANKSGIVING WEEKEND SALE, NOVEMBER 25th

The auction will be held online and in Bruneau’s gallery, at 63 Fourth Avenue in Cranston, R.I., starting at 12 noon Eastern. It will be preceded by a live-only DiscoverIt sale (no online bidding) CRANSTON, R.I. – An oil on canvas landscape painting by the Scottish-born abstract modernist William Gear (1915-1997), titled [Read More]

17th CENTURY CHINESE CARVED WOOD FIGURE OF SEATED BODHISATTVA SAILS PAST ITS ESTIMATE TO FINISH AT $60,000 IN A.B. LEVY’S OCTOBER 30th AUCTION

The 300-lot auction was held in A.B. Levy’s gallery at 211 Worth Avenue in Palm Beach, Fla. PALM BEACH, Fla. – A 17th century Chinese polychrome-decorated, carved wood figure of a seated bodhisattva (in Buddhism, a spiritually enlightened person) sailed well past its pre-sale estimate of $8,000-$12,000 to sell for $60,000 at [Read More]

New auction records for artworks by Richard Hayley Lever, Henry Martin Gasser and William Tolman Carlton are established at Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers 20th anniversary fall auction, held Oct. 26th

Top lots by American Impressionists, American Watercolorists and American Genre Painters were highlights. MILFORD, CT – Strong prices were reported at Shannon’s 20th anniversary fall art auction held October 26th. Nearly 300 lots went under the hammer, grossing over $2.3 million, with 72 percent of lots sold. Shannon’s set a world record [Read More]

COPY OF AMAZING FANTASY #15 – THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF SPIDER-MAN – SIGNED BY STAN LEE, REALIZES $13,750 AT BRUNEAU & CO.’S OCT. 28th SALE

The auction was held online and in Bruneau’s gallery at 63 Fourth Avenue in Cranston, R.I. CRANSTON, R.I. – A rare copy of Marvel Comics Amazing Fantasy #15 from August 1962 – the first appearance of Spider-Man in a comic book, signed by the legendary artist-illustrator Stan Lee – sold for $13,750 [Read More]

PART 2 OF THE ZUMTHURN COLLECTION OF FIGURAL NAPKIN RINGS, PICKLE CASTORS AND OTHER ITEMS WILL BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE ON DEC. 2nd BY WOODY AUCTION

This important auction will be held online and live at Woody Auction’s showroom in Douglass, Kansas. DOUGLASS, Kan. – Part 2 of the Fred and the late Maxine Zumthurn collection out of California – which features figural napkin rings and quality pickle castors but also includes art glass pieces, Wave Crest, Mount [Read More]