Bridging Eras brings 20th-century decorative arts to Jasper52 September 10NEW YORK — Jasper52 has announced its next decorative arts sale focused on fine 20th-century items for any home, Bridging Eras, which will be held on Tuesday, September 10, starting at 6 pm Eastern time. The 255-lot catalog is now open for bidding exclusively at LiveAuctioneers. The first highlight is a stick reed rattan double-strand […]
Allan Rohan Crite’s ‘Late Afternoon’ leads our five auction highlightsAllan Rohan Crite, ‘Late Afternoon,’ $100,800 WILLISTON, VT — Allan Rohan Crite (circa-1910-2007) was a gifted artist born to a middle-class family in New Jersey. He found work during the Great Depression as a Public Works Administration artist, and later would spend decades as a draftsman for naval ship design at Charleston Navy Yard. Today, […]
Bid Smart Recap: Summertime FunNEW YORK – Some celebrate the arrival of summer on June 21, the official date of the summer solstice. For others, it doesn’t truly start until the kids are out of school, or when they open their summer house, or when they plant their bare feet on a beach. Regardless of when it starts, summer […]
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 […]