Qing dynasty headdress ruffles bidders’ feathers at ClarkeLARCHMONT, N.Y. – The Summer Sizzler auction at Clarke Auction Gallery on July 16 was topped by a Qing dynasty kingfisher feather headdress that flew past its $1,000-$1,500 estimate to achieve $23,040. Absentee and Internet live bidding was facilitated through LiveAuctioneers.
Rare Alfred Stieglitz images starring in Two Feathers auction Nov. 8RENSSELAER, N.Y. – Ten black and white images by American photographer Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) in the form of glass magic lantern slides are featured in a Nov. 8 auction that will be conducted by Two Feathers Antiques & Auction Services / Schillaci & Shultis. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
Meissen 18th-century porcelain figure collection exceeds $1M at BonhamsPARIS — The first part of one of the finest assemblages of 18th-century Meissen porcelain figures still in private hands generated a premium-inclusive €948,450 ($1,010,480) at Bonhams on April 17. A total of 44 of the 55 lots from the collection formed by German businessman Hadrian Maria Oskar Merkle (1942-2018) were sold. The auction results […]
Kenojuak Ashevak shared all the colors of the ArcticNEW YORK – Outsiders tend to think of the Arctic region in northern Canada, sometimes known as Canada’s Last Frontier, as a mostly white mass of land that is frozen for most of the year. But Inuit artist Kenojuak Ashevak (1927-2013) grasped the beauty and the potential of this seemingly barren landscape. She lived in […]