Yearly Archives: 2017

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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]

TWO MAJOR COLLECTIONS OF AMERICAN BRILLIANT CUT GLASS WILL CO-HEADLINE AN AUCTION SLATED FOR NOVEMBER 18th BY WOODY AUCTION IN KANSAS CITY, MO.

True collectors of American Brilliant Cut Glass will remember the date as the Grabb-Chandler auction KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two major collections of American Brilliant Cut Glass – from Tom Grabb of Indiana and Bill Chandler of Tennessee, whose collections include many rare patterns such as Pueblo, Waldorf, Bellevue, Crystal City, Atom, [Read More]

HOLABIRD WESTERN AMERICANA COLLECTIONS, LLC GEARS UP FOR A MAJOR FIVE-DAY AUCTION EVENT, OCTOBER 19th-23rd, FEATURING NEARLY 3,000 LOTS

The auction will be held online, via several bidding platforms, and in Holabird’s Reno gallery. RENO, Nev. – A massive, five-day auction featuring nearly 3,000 lots spanning many collecting categories – to include minerals, mining, Native Americana, bottles and glass, gaming, cowboy, tokens, numismatics (coins), railroad and Express items, postal history and [Read More]

A LARGE CYCLADIC MARBLE HEAD FROM 2,500 BC SOARS TO $188,800 AND AN ALEXANDER CALDER STABILE HITS $153,400 AT COTTONE AUCTIONS, SEPT. 22-23

Day 1 featured the lifetime collection of philanthropist Annette McGuire Cravens (1923-2017). GENESEO, N.Y. – An outstanding Cycladic marble head dating from 2,500 BC with impeccable provenance soared to $188,800 and an elegant sculpture of black-and-red-painted sheet metal circa 1946 by Alexander Calder (Am., 1898-1976), titled Crayfish, sold for $153,400 at a [Read More]

PAINTINGS ON PAPER ATTRIBUTED TO ANDY WARHOL OF ELIZABETH TAYLOR AND OTHER FIGURES WILL BE OFFERED OCT. 4th BY WOODSHED ART AUCTIONS

They’re part of Woodshed’s star-studded, online-only Prestige Signature Collection, 111 lots. FRANKLIN, Mass. – Mixed media paintings on paper attributed to Andy Warhol (Am., 1928-1987) of Elizabeth Taylor, John Lennon, George Harrison and several other subjects are part of Woodshed Art Auctions’ online-only Prestige Signature Collection, a 111-lot sale that’s already available [Read More]