Monthly Archives: March 2018

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A VAST ARCHIVE OF MATERIAL PERTAINING TO THE 1976 ENTEBBE HIJACKING IS AN EXPECTED STAR LOT IN UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES APRIL 10th ONLINE AUCTION

All 255 lots can be seen now at www.universityarchives.com; online bidding via Invaluable.com. WESTPORT, Conn. – An extensive archive of material pertaining to the 1976 hijacking of Air France flight 139 from Tel-Aviv, Israel to Paris – a news story so important it was the inspiration for five movies, including the one [Read More]

FRANK SINATRA’S SIGNED FINGERPRINT CARD FROM HIS ARREST IN 1938 ON MORALS CHARGES AND A JIMI HENDRIX MULTI-TRACK MASTER 2-INCH TAPE WITH 8 SONGS AND MORE WILL HEADLINE WEISS AUCTIONS APRIL 19th SALE

The Thursday auction will be held online and at the firm’s gallery in Lynbrook, N.Y., at 10 am. LYNBROOK, N.Y. – Frank Sinatra’s original signed fingerprint card from his arrest in New Jersey in 1938, pre-fame, on a morals charge, and a studio multi-track master two-inch tape with eight different songs and [Read More]

THREE ARTWORKS ATTRIBUTED TO POP ART ICON ANDY WARHOL, DEPICTING CHANEL No. 5, ABSOLUT VODKA AND ELVIS, HAMMER FOR A COMBINED $50,400

They were all top lots in Woodshed Art Auctions’ Private Art Collections & Estates Discoveries Auction, an online-only auction held March 15th. In all, 163 fine art lots came under the gavel FRANKLIN, Mass. – Three artworks attributed to Pop Art icon Andy Warhol (Am., 1928-1987) – stylized renditions of the products [Read More]

MASSIVE 19th CENTURY CHINESE ARCHAIC POEM SCROLL PAINTING, 24 FEET WIDE, BRINGS $72,500 AT BRUNEAU & CO. AUCTIONEERS MARCH 3rd AUCTION

The auction was held online and in Bruneau’s gallery, at 63 Fourth Avenue in Cranston, R.I. CRANSTON, R.I. – A gigantic 19th century Chinese archaic poem scroll painting – 24 feet wide by 29 inches tall – sailed past its estimate of $800-$1,200 to command $72,500 at Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers’ March [Read More]

CRESCENT CITY AUCTION GALLERY’S IMPORTANT TWO-DAY ESTATES AUCTION WILL BE HELD SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, MARCH 24th & 25th IN NEW ORLEANS, LA.

The auction will be held online and in the firm’s showroom located at 1330 St. Charles Avenue. NEW ORLEANS, La. – A portrait painting of George Washington done in the manner of Edward Savage (Am., 1761-1817), an oil painting titled Native American Bow Hunting by H. Irving Marlatt (Am., 1860-1925), and an [Read More]

FOUR OIL PAINTINGS BY BIRGER SANDZEN (1871-1946) SELL FOR A COMBINED $371,000 AT WOODY AUCTION’S GRAND OPENING SALE IN THEIR NEW GALLERY, FEBRUARY 24th

The paintings were the superstar lots in a hugely successful auction that also featured Royal Bayreuth, Daum Nancy, Galle, Tiffany, Pairpoint, Mt. Washington, art glass, period American furniture and more. DOUGLASS, Kan. – Woody Auction celebrated the grand opening of their new Douglass auction hall with a major antique and fine art [Read More]

SET OF THREE PASTEL DRAWINGS BY CLAUDE MONET WILL BE OFFERED AS A SINGLE LOT IN WOODSHED ART AUCTIONS ONLINE ART AUCTION, MARCH 15th

All 163 lots in the Private Art Collections & Estates Discoveries Auction can be viewed now, at woodshedartauctions.com. People can register and bid right on the website, too (a new feature). FRANKLIN, Mass. – A group of three pastel on brown paper drawings by the renowned French artist Claude Monet (1840-1926), several [Read More]

BRUNEAU & CO. AUCTIONEERS IS SEEKING QUALITY CONSIGNMENTS FOR ITS FIRST-EVER POP CULTURE ART AUCTION PLANNED FOR SATURDAY, MAY 12th

The auction will be held online and in Bruneau’s gallery, at 63 Fourth Avenue in Cranston, R.I. CRANSTON, R.I. – Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers is actively seeking quality consignments for its first-ever sale dedicated entirely to Pop Culture, Street Art, Urban Art and Unusual Art, slated for Saturday, May 12th, online and [Read More]

A MAJOR 4-DAY AUCTION HIGHLIGHTING THE GOLD RUSHES OF GEORGIA AND NORTH CAROLINA (1799-1840s) WILL BE HELD MARCH 15th-18th IN RENO, NEVADA

The auction will be held by Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC, online, via several bidding platforms, and in Holabird’s gallery located at 3555 Airway Dr. (Ste. 308) in Reno, Nev. RENO, Nev. – Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC will conduct a major Gold Rush Sale – celebrating America’s gold rushes from Georgia [Read More]