Treasures from South American leaders enliven Auctions at Showplace, May 8NEW YORK – Auctions at Showplace will present the estate of former Prime Minister of Peru Pedro Gerado Beltran and property from the former President of Venezuela Antonio Guzman Blanco on Sunday, May 8. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Fine and folk art mix with Americana at New England Auctions Jan. 10BRANFORD, Conn. — Fred Giampietro’s New England Auctions kicks off its 2024 season with a Fine Americana, Folk Art & Native American sale, an interesting 457-lot auction mixing fine and folk art with classic Americana. The sale is scheduled for Wednesday, January 10 and the catalog is now available for bidding at LiveAuctioneers. The sale’s […]
Rediscovered Gold Rush sketchbook earns $25K at UK auctionLONDON – A previously unknown sketchbook of watercolors and pencil drawings relating to the California Gold Rush and the famous Forty Niners sold at auction on August 4 for $25,000. The 76-page document records the places and characters seen by the amateur artist and adventurer Joseph Goldsborough Bruff (American, 1804-1889) as part of an expedition […]
Fantastic beasts found in abundance at Curated Auctions, July 13LONDON – From floating giraffes to dodo bones, extinct bird feathers to flying beasts, as well as taxidermy, curiosities, natural history and so many more delights that tickle and test the imagination, the Curated Auctions sale taking place Wednesday, July 13 and dubbed Objects of Wonder & Relics of Extinct Beasts, is set to astonish. View the fully […]