Ebony magazine photo archive to be auctioned to pay creditorsCHICAGO (AP) – The photo archive of Ebony magazine that chronicles African American life is to go on the auction block in July if a Chicago bankruptcy court approves.
Three Flemish Baroque pieces will sell as separate lots at Shapiro September 14MAMARONECK, NY — Likely from the same consignor, three interesting Flemish Baroque-style pieces — a jewelry box and two larger cabinets of varying forms — will come to market as separate lots in the No Reserve Auction of Antiquities and Oddities at Shapiro Auctions on Saturday, September 14. The 174-lot catalog is now open for […]
Maison Odiot-inspired silver and quality French antiques coming to Akiba August 6DANIA BEACH, FL — Twenty lots by Maison Odiot, including 20th-century copies of some of the Paris atelier’s most famous works, will appear at Akiba Galleries on Tuesday, August 6. They carry estimates ranging from $100-$30,000 at the sale titled Exceptional II: Test of Time. A Neoclassical covered silver-gilt soup tureen on stand reproduces a […]
José Formoso Reyes reimagined the Nantucket basketNEW YORK — Since the 1800s, baskets have been handwoven on the island of Nantucket, which lies about 30 miles off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It’s a long way from the Philippines, but in 1945, Philippines-born José Formoso Reyes (1902-1980) and his Massachusetts-born wife, Mary Ham, came to visit her family on Nantucket […]