Fine Art

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MONUMENTAL CLASSICAL PAINTING ATTRIBUTED TO CHINESE ARTIST QUI YING (1494-1552) SOARS TO $112,500 AT AHLERS & OGLETREE’S MARCH 25-26 AUCTION

The Spring Salon Auction was held at Ahlers & Ogletree’s showroom located in Atlanta, Georgia ATLANTA, Ga. – Asian lots took center stage at Ahlers & Ogletree’s March 25-26 Spring Salon Auction, as a monumental classical painting attributed to Ming painter Qiu Ying (Chinese, 1494-1552) soared to $112,500, and a pair of [Read More]

10 BIRGER SANDZEN ARTWORKS, PLUS FRENCH CAMEO, MINIATURE LAMPS, NIPPON, LOETZ, ROOKWOOD AND MORE WILL BE SOLD BY WOODY AUCTION, FEBRUARY 18th

The 380-lot auction will be held in Woody Auction’s gallery, at 120 East 3rd Street in Douglass, Kansas. DOUGLASS, Kan. – The massive single-owner collection of Emerson and Freda Moore of Wichita, Kansas, consisting of ten artworks by the Swedish-born American painter Birger Sandzen (1871-1954), plus fine examples of French cameo, miniature [Read More]

NEARLY 1,500 LOTS, PULLED FROM ESTATES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF ATLANTA, WILL BE SOLD AT AHLERS & OGLETREE’S NEW YEAR’S AUCTION, JANUARY 14-16

The Signature Estates Auction will be held in the firm’s Atlanta showroom, at 715 Miami Circle. ATLANTA, Ga. – A gilt bronze sculpture signed by Italian artist Arnaldo Pomodoro (b. 1926), a hand-modeled redware figure of a reclining whippet by noted Shenandoah Valley potter Solomon Bell (1817-1882), a dazzling GIA-certified 6.68-carat brown [Read More]

IMPORTANT OIL PAINTING BY THE RENOWNED HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL ARTIST WORTHINGTON WHITTREDGE (1820-1910), WILL BE SOLD JAN. 14-16 IN ATLANTA

The painting is an expected top lot at Ahlers & Ogletree’s New Year’s Signature Estates Auction ATLANTA, Ga. – A stunning oil on canvas painting by the renowned Hudson School artist Worthington Whittredge (Am., 1820-1910), titled Campers in the Blue Ridge Mountains, artist-signed lower right, is an expected top lot at Ahlers [Read More]

ARTWORKS FROM THE ESTATE OF CHRISTIAN BUCHHEIT (1885-1974), FORMER BUILDING SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE IN NEW YORK, WILL HEADLINE BURCHARD GALLERIES’ NEXT BIG AUCTION, NOV. 12th & 13th

The auction will be held at Burchard Galleries’ spacious showroom in St. Petersburg, Florida ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A trove of nearly 100 artworks from the estate of Christian Buchheit (1885-1974), who served for 50 years as Building Superintendent for The Art Students League in New York, will headline a two-day auction [Read More]

300 FRESH ESTATE ORIGINAL WORKS OF ART WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION ON FRIDAY, NOV. 4th, AT THE HISTORIC EXETER INN IN EXETER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

The auction will be conducted by John McInnis Auctioneers, beginning at 5 pm Eastern time. EXETER, N.H. – A gorgeous oil on canvas marine rendering by Thomas Buttersworth (Br., 1768-1842) and a diminutive watercolor work by Childe Frederick Hassam (Am., 1859-1935), mounted to the flyleaf of his 1899 book Three Cities, are [Read More]

HUNDREDS OF ARTWORKS BY THE LATE REGIONALIST-MODERNIST PAINTER JOHN W. HATCH (1919-1998) WILL BE EXHIBITED, SOLD, AUCTIONED ON OCT. 1st

The event will be held near the University of New Hampshire, where Hatch taught for 36 years. DURHAM, N.H. – Hundreds of artworks by the late Regionalist-Modernist painter and former University of New Hampshire art professor John W. Hatch (1919-1998) – a beloved figure who instructed more than 5,000 art students over [Read More]

MORE THAN 1,100 LOTS FEATURING TWO PRIVATE COLLECTIONS WILL COME UP FOR BID AT GREAT GATSBY’S AUGUST 27th & 28th AUCTION IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA

The weekend event will be held in Great Gatsby’s showroom, at 5180 Peachtree Boulevard. ATLANTA, Ga. – Over 1,100 lots of 19th and 20th century art, fine furnishings, Asian objects and works of art, gorgeous Persian rugs, garden accents, and fine collectibles will come up for bid the weekend of August 27th [Read More]

ARTWORKS BY RENOWNED AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTISTS, PLUS ITEMS FROM THE COLLECTION OF A SAUDI PRINCE WILL BE AUCTIONED JUNE 25th AND 26th

They’re part of Ahlers & Ogletree’s 1,204-lot Notable Private Collections Auction in Atlanta ATLANTA, Ga. – A 1,204-lot, two-session auction featuring items from the collection of Saudi Arabian Prince Faisal M. Saud al Kabir, plus an important collection of African-American fine art, as well as Mid-Century Modern furniture, Asian objects, antique furniture [Read More]

SHANNON’S TO HOST ONLINE DISCOVERY AUCTION OF PAINTINGS, SCULPTURE AND FINE PRINTS IN A TWO SESSION SALE, JUNE 16, 2016 STARTING AT 12PM EST

MILFORD, Conn. – Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers is hosting a two-session Online Discovery Auction of Fine Art, including paintings, prints and sculptures, on Thursday, June 16th, with Session I starting at 12 o’clock noon Eastern time. Session II will start at 3 pm. All lots will be offered at little or no [Read More]