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ARTWORKS BY WILLIAM AIKEN WALKER AND WILLIAM HEMMERLING, GEORGE OHR POTTERY, MEXICAN STERLING SILVER COFFEE AND TEA SERVICE ARE A FEW EXPECTED TOP LOTS AT CRESCENT CITY’S WINTER ESTATES AUCTION, JAN. 27-28

The auction will be held online and in the firm’s gallery on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, La. – Original paintings by renowned Southern artists William Aiken Walker and William Hemmerling, a mug and a vase from the studios of George Ohr (the “Mad Potter of Biloxi”), and a [Read More]

HOLABIRD WESTERN AMERICANA COLLECTIONS, LLC PREPARES FOR ITS FIRST BIG AUCTION OF 2018 – A TWO-DAY AFFAIR, JANUARY 20-21, IN RENO, NEVADA

The auction will be held online, via several bidding platforms, and in Holabird’s Reno gallery. RENO, Nev. – Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC is on the cusp of presenting its first big auction of the New Year – a two-day affair slated for the weekend of January 20th and 21st, featuring nearly [Read More]

NYE & COMPANY AUCTIONEERS COLLECTORS PASSION AUCTION WILL BE HELD JAN. 31st IN BLOOMFIELD, N.J., RIGHT AFTER AMERICANA WEEK IN NEW YORK

And exhibitions will be held starting January 22nd, making for a convenient and short side trip. BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – Folks pouring into New York City for Americana Week beginning January 15th would be wise to consider sticking around for Nye & Company Auctioneers’ big Collectors’ Passion Auction planned for Wednesday, January 31st, [Read More]

MEMORABILIA FROM FORMER PRESIDENTS AND THEIR WIVES WILL HEADLINE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES’ INTERNET-ONLY AUCTION ON WEDNESDAY, JAN. 17th

All 218 lots can be seen now at www.universityarchives.com; online bidding via Invaluable.com. WESTPORT, Conn. – Former United States presidents and their wives will take center stage in University Archives’ online-only auction of autographs, books and relics slated for Wednesday, January 17th, at 10:30 am Eastern time. Bidders can view all lots [Read More]

LUMINIST LANDSCAPE PAINTING ATTRIBUTED TO THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL ARTIST JASPER F. CROPSEY HITS $38,400 AT WOODSHED ART AUCTIONS, DEC. 28

It was the top lot in a sale that also featured works by Van Gogh, Monet, Renoir and Chagall. FRANKLIN, Mass. – A stunning late autumn Luminist style landscape painting attributed to the renowned Hudson River School artist Jasper F. Cropsey (Am., 1823-1900), sold for $38,400 in Woodshed Art Auctions’ internet-only Private [Read More]

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]