Early 20th C. Sterling and Ivory Golf Trophy.

Kaminski’s July 13 auction features Russian icons, silver, Euro. art

Early 20th C. Sterling and Ivory Golf Trophy.

Early 20th C. Sterling and Ivory Golf Trophy.

BEVERLY, Mass. – Kaminski Auctions’ first summer estate sale on July 13th will feature a selection of Continental fine art, furniture, and decorative arts. LiveAuctioneers will provide the Internet live-bidding services for the sale.

Artists offered in the sale will include Frederico Andreotti, John Arthur Elsley, John Mogford, and Paul Renard. Andreotti’s painting of a mandolin painter is predicted to be the top lot of the sale with an estimate of $10,000 to $20,000. The Florence Academy trained artist originally captured his contemporary audience’s interest with scenes of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries: rosey images of lovers, cavaliers, and idyllic picnickers. The mandolin player, gazing dreamily upwards, revives the romantic delicacy central to Andreotti’s works, and is sure to entice many collectors.

Two Old Master paintings will also feature in the sale. One, previously purchased at Christie’s in 1995, is attributed to Francesco Trevisani, the Venetian painter of the Late Baroque period. His painting pictures the Madonna and child with Saint John the Baptist, and is valued at $3,000 to $5,000. Of the selection of Old Masters to be offered in the sale, a small painting by Jan Josef Horemans the Younger is of particularly good quality. The Flemish painter’s oil on canvas work pictures Abraham receiving three angels in the guise of men. The scene narrates the events of Genesis 18, and is currently estimated at $6,000 to $7,000.

A dynamic shipwreck painting by English landscape artist John Mogford is also among the top lots, and is predicted to sell for between $3,000 and $5,000. Mogford’s soft landscapes of the vast English countryside will be complemented by the urban Parisian scenes of Paul Renard. With a different kind of softness, Renard captured the close atmosphere of a Parisian street in his 24 x 24 inch painting to be offered at Kaminski (estimated $2,000 to $3,000).

Collectors of Russian items will find a beautiful Eighteenth century icon of the Kazan Mother of God inlaid with natural pearls and jewels, estimated at $5,000 to $8,000, as well as an exquisite selection of Russian enamel and silver items. The ornate icon comes from the collection of Peter Denisevich, who served as a military attache in Moscow in 1946.

The auction will present a number of other pieces from Mr. Denisevich’s collection as well, including a set of remarkable Russian and Romanian candlesticks, and an icon of Saint Christopher, inlaid with Rostov Finift sterling silver with an estimate of $1,000 to $1,500. From another collection comes a Russian guilloche enameled card case from St. Petersburg, approximately dated at 1908-1917. The case carries an oval Kokoshnik mark: a Greek alpha, a head facing right, and an 84 mark, and has an estimate of $2,000 to $4,000.

Other silver offerings include a sterling silver German tea set also from the collection of Mr. Denisevich. The set weighs approximately 148.3 troy ounces and is inscribed with a Handarbiet signature. It is estimated at $2,500 to $3,500.

Of particular interest is a early and unusual Twentieth Century ivory golf trophy. The trophy, from the turn of the century, is exquisitely made with rich carving and English sterling silver. It is predicted to sell for between $600 and $800.

Photography enthusiasts will enjoy a selection of Annie Lebovitz images consigned to Kaminski by her personal darkroom assistant. The photographs offered include a nude pregnancy portrait of Demi Moore (estimated $2,000 to $3,000), as well a portrait of Isabella Rossellini and David Lynch (estimated at $800 to $1,200).

In addition to these important artists and striking decorative pieces, the July auction will also include a diverse variety of estate jewelry and continental furniture. Among the furniture highlights are an Italian coffee table with burl walnut legs, estimated at $2,250 and $2,750, and a French style inlaid pier table with ormolu mounts estimated at $600 to $1,000.

The estate jewelry collection includes a selection of 18K gold bracelets, as well as two noteworthy 18K gold and diamond rings, estimated at $3,500 to $4,500 and $7,500 to $8,500.

View the fully illustrated catalog and sign up to bid absentee or live via the Internet at www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

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Early 20th C. Sterling and Ivory Golf Trophy.

Early 20th C. Sterling and Ivory Golf Trophy.

Russian guilloche enameled card case, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917, oval Kokoshnik mark, a Greek alpha head facing right, marked 84, 1 inches h x 2 1/2 inches l x 3 1/4 inches w.

Russian guilloche enameled card case, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917, oval Kokoshnik mark, a Greek alpha head facing right, marked 84, 1 inches h x 2 1/2 inches l x 3 1/4 inches w.

18th century, Russian icon of the Kazan Mother of God, gilded silver oklad chased with foliage, jeweled shroud of natural pearls and jewels, tests silver, approximately 16.95 troy oz tw, 12 1/2 inches h x 11 inches w. Provenance: This Icon was presented to Peter Denisevich by the Moscow Military Attache in 1946.

18th century, Russian icon of the Kazan Mother of God, gilded silver oklad chased with foliage, jeweled shroud of natural pearls and jewels, tests silver, approximately 16.95 troy oz tw, 12 1/2 inches h x 11 inches w. Provenance: This Icon was presented to Peter Denisevich by the Moscow Military Attache in 1946.

Attributed to Fracesco Trevisani (1656-1746), Madonna with child and St. John the Baptist, oil on canvas, 29 inches h x 38 inches w (view). Provenance: Purchased from Christies, New York in 1995.

Attributed to Fracesco Trevisani (1656-1746), Madonna with child and St. John the Baptist, oil on canvas, 29 inches h x 38 inches w (view). Provenance: Purchased from Christies, New York in 1995.

Federico Andreotti (1847-1930), Italian School painting of a mandolin player, oil on canvas, 28 3/4 inches h x 23 inches w (view).

Federico Andreotti (1847-1930), Italian School painting of a mandolin player, oil on canvas, 28 3/4 inches h x 23 inches w (view).

Reconstruction of a Hadrosaurus foulkii at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia. Image by Jim the Photographer of Springfield, Pennsylvania; licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Fundraising begins to keep rare fossil in North Dakota

Reconstruction of a Hadrosaurus foulkii at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia. Image by Jim the Photographer of Springfield, Pennsylvania; licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Reconstruction of a Hadrosaurus foulkii at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia. Image by Jim the Photographer of Springfield, Pennsylvania; licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A fundraising effort has begun to keep an extremely rare fossil found in North Dakota at the North Dakota Heritage Center in Bismarck, where it was restored and is being exhibited.

John Hoganson, state paleontologist with the North Dakota Geological Survey in Bismarck, said the duck-billed dinosaur or hadrosaur called “Dakota” is an extremely rare fossil. He said the fossil is rare because it is nearly a complete skeleton and also because much of the carcass has skin preserved.

“There has been only about six duck-billed dinosaurs that have been found that have been mummified in this manner,” Hoganson told the Minot Daily News.

Tyler Lyson, from Marmarth, discovered the fossil and is its owner, Hoganson said. He said Lyson has finished his doctoral studies in paleontology at Yale University and now has a post doctorate position at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

Lyson found the fossil in 1999 on his uncle’s ranch near Marmarth in southwest North Dakota.

The work on the fossil was done over five years in Bismarck.

“The arrangement that we have with Tyler regarding Dakota is that we will prepare the fossil here in the North Dakota Geological Survey Paleontology Laboratory at the Heritage Center. In exchange we have Dakota until July 2015,” Hoganson said.

Duck-billed dinosaurs lived in North Dakota about 65 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period, Hoganson said.

“Dakota was about 25 feet long and weighed about 3 tons in life. These animals were abundant and probably lived in herds,” he said.

A crocodile is fossilized with Dakota.

“Duck-billed dinosaurs were herbivores and did not eat meat so the crocodile was not prey of this animal. I suspect that the crocodile just ended up being fossilized with Dakota,” Hoganson said. The fossilized crocodile includes its “hand” and part of the arm.

Dakota has been at the Heritage Center for several years, with the exception of a short time when the fossil was exhibited in Japan at the Dinosaur Expo 2009, an international expo.

The entire specimen arm, tail and body block were sent to Japan for the expo, with the exception of a few small pieces that were being restored at the time at the Heritage Center. It was the first time dinosaur specimens from the Dakotas were shown in Japan. Hoganson and Lyson also went to Japan in July 2009 for setting up Dakota and also for the ribbon cutting and grand opening of the dinosaur expo. After three months of being on exhibit in Japan, Dakota was shipped back to the North Dakota Heritage Center.

Lyson decided to send the fossil to the expo in Japan because he thought it would be good for it to get international exposure, Hoganson said.

Beginning this fall, Dakota will be exhibited in the Heritage Center expansion, a new area in the facility. This will be the first time Dakota’s main body has ever been shown. Only the tail and one arm was exhibited in the Heritage Center previously. The tail and arm also will be exhibited in the new area of the museum.

The fundraising effort is being done to raise money so Dakota can stay in North Dakota at the Heritage Center.

“Tyler, and all of us, would like to see Dakota remain in North Dakota and the Heritage Center permanently. In order for this to happen we have begun a fundraising effort to keep the fossil here,” Hoganson said.

The money raised will go to Lyson, the owner and finder of Dakota, for continued collection and research of fossils in the Marmarth area through his foundation called the Marmarth Research Foundation.

Hoganson said officials have not yet specified an amount of money that must be raised.

“But it is a lot because of its value and other major museums outside of North Dakota and globally have shown interest in having it. We hope that we will be able to get corporate and other sponsors to keep this rare iconic fossil in North Dakota,” he said.

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Information from: Minot Daily News, www.minotdailynews.com

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Reconstruction of a Hadrosaurus foulkii at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia. Image by Jim the Photographer of Springfield, Pennsylvania; licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Reconstruction of a Hadrosaurus foulkii at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia. Image by Jim the Photographer of Springfield, Pennsylvania; licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

John Constable (English, 1776-1837), 'The Hay Wain,' 1821. Photographic reproduction of the original work of art.

Constable painting vandalized in UK fathers’ rights protest

John Constable (English, 1776-1837), 'The Hay Wain,' 1821. Photographic reproduction of the original work of art.

John Constable (English, 1776-1837), ‘The Hay Wain,’ 1821. Photographic reproduction of the original work of art.

LONDON (AFP) – John Constable’s masterpiece “The Hay Wain” was attacked in Britain’s National Gallery on Friday by a protester believed to be linked to the campaign group Fathers4Justice.

A man was arrested at the prestigious gallery after gluing a 10-centimeter (four-inch) photograph of a young boy to the 1821 landscape.

The National Gallery said no lasting damage had been done to the painting, which is one of Britain’s best-known works of art.

Fathers4Justice released a statement from a man named as Paul Manning who said a custody battle with his former partner had forced him to take “drastic action”.

The British group, which campaigns for fathers’ fair access to their children following separation from the mother, also released photographs of Manning holding an image of his son, with the word HELP scrawled on it.

A second photo showed the image glued to the famous canvas.

The attack came as a Fathers4Justice campaigner appeared in court accused of vandalizing a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in London’s Westminster Abbey two weeks ago.

Fathers4Justice had called for dads to take “independent weekly direct action,” saying it was abandoning a five-year “attempted engagement with the political establishment”.

London’s Metropolitan Police said a 57-year-old man was in police custody after being arrested shortly after 1 pm (1200 GMT).

A spokeswoman for the National Gallery said the painting was already back on display.

“Conservation staff were on the scene very rapidly and the painting was removed for treatment,” she said. “No damage to Constable’s original paint occurred and there is no lasting damage to the painting.”

Set up in 2001, Fathers4Justice have gained a reputation over the years for headline-grabbing stunts.

Their activists have scaled buildings such as Buckingham Palace dressed as superheroes, and in 2004 they sparked a major security alert at the British Parliament when they pelted then-prime minister Tony Blair with flour as he was speaking.

A spokeswoman for Fathers4Justice said the group was now encouraging fathers to write “help” or place pictures of their children in “significant places where they are visible to the world.”

“We can no longer stem the tide of desperation and anger of fathers who have had their families destroyed and their hopes betrayed by a government that promised equal parenting but only delivered desperation,” she said.

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John Constable (English, 1776-1837), 'The Hay Wain,' 1821. Photographic reproduction of the original work of art.

John Constable (English, 1776-1837), ‘The Hay Wain,’ 1821. Photographic reproduction of the original work of art.

Charles Tinges inlaid Baltimore Federal tall-case clock, estimate $20,000/40,000. Cowan's image.

Important works by regional artists in Cowan’s July 13-14 auction

Charles Tinges inlaid Baltimore Federal tall-case clock, estimate $20,000/40,000. Cowan's image.

Charles Tinges inlaid Baltimore Federal tall-case clock, estimate $20,000/40,000. Cowan’s image.

CINCINNATI – Cowan’s Auctions Summer Fine and Decorative Art Auction will take place on July 13-14, 2013, with Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers.com. The auction will feature a diverse and eclectic array of American and Continental furniture, fine art, works on paper, glass, silver, sculptures, portraiture and more.

Day one will feature American fine and decorative art, including works by such artists as Paul Sawyier and Elizabeth Nourse. Day two of the sale will highlight English and Continental fine and decorative art. Also included in the auction will be a large single owner collection of A.E. Crowell miniature decoys, the Gwen P. Whalen collection of antique fans, and a collection of antique toys and Civil War folk art carved soldiers’ pipes from the Estate of Jan Sorgenfrei of Findlay, Ohio.

In addition to the July 13-14 Auction, Cowan’s will host an exhibition of over 20 paintings from the work of renowned Lexington artist, Henry Faulkner. Faulkner, known as an eccentric, would bring his bourbon-drinking goat, Alice, to parties and exhibitions. His oil paintings are characterized by their bright and rich tones, curvilinear brushstrokes and his distinctive and quirky subject matter. Five Faulkner paintings will be in the auction, including “Staircase in Taormina” and an Italian landscape, both estimated to bring $5,000/8,000.

Paintings by other well-known artists will also be featured in the auction. An oil on canvas by Ivan Federovitch Choultse, titled “Coucher de Soleil Sur la Mer,” is estimated to sell anywhere between $30,000/40,000. A Kentucky river scene by Paul Sawyier is expected to fetch $20,000/30,000. Cowan’s consistently realizes high prices for Sawyier’s work, such as “The Kentucky Arsenal,” bringing $84,000 in 2013. Additionally, a “Portrait of a Woman” by Frank Duveneck, and a painting by Huldah Mae Cherry titled “Breakfast in the Garden” are both estimated at $10,000/15,000 and expected to attract strong bidding.

American furniture is expected to garner attention in the sale. A Charles Tinges Inlaid Baltimore Federal tall-case clock is estimated to sell anywhere between $20,000/40,000. A pair of Philadelphia Federal card tables are estimated to bring $5,000/7,000, and a mahogany game table with John Needles label is estimated at $3,000/5,000.

Continental sculpture will hit the block in day two of the July auction. A work titled “Friends Forever” by Demetre Chiparus is expected to bring anywhere between $30,000/40,000. A piece by Anna Hyatt Huntington, titled “Stretching Panther,” is estimated to sell for $3,000/5,000; and “Archer” by Ferdinand Preiss is also expected to bring $3,000/5,000.

Other notable lots include an Andrew Clemens sand bottle estimated at $8,000/10,000, a sailor’s valentine is expected to bring anywhere between $3,000/5,000, and a Kerman Lavar Tree of Life area rug is estimated at $3,000/5,000.

For more information on any lot in the sale, call Cowan’s at 513-871-1670.

View the fully illustrated catalog and sign up to bid absentee or live via the Internet at www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

 

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Charles Tinges inlaid Baltimore Federal tall-case clock, estimate $20,000/40,000. Cowan's image.

Charles Tinges inlaid Baltimore Federal tall-case clock, estimate $20,000/40,000. Cowan’s image.

Ivan Federovitch Choultse, 'Coucher de Soleil Sur la Mer,' oil on canvas, estimate $30,000/40,000. Cowan's image.

Ivan Federovitch Choultse, ‘Coucher de Soleil Sur la Mer,’ oil on canvas, estimate $30,000/40,000. Cowan’s image.

Andrew Clemens sand bottle, estimate $8,000/10,000. Cowan's image.

Andrew Clemens sand bottle, estimate $8,000/10,000. Cowan’s image.

'Friends Forever' by Demetre Chiparus, estimate $30,000/40,000. Cowan's image.

‘Friends Forever’ by Demetre Chiparus, estimate $30,000/40,000. Cowan’s image.

April 1974 photo of ABBA (from left: Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus) during their appearance on the Dutch television show AVRO's TopPop. Images from Beeld en Geluidwiki are available under the cc-by-sa license. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

Take a chance! Rare ABBA items up for bid in Sweden

April 1974 photo of ABBA (from left: Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus) during their appearance on the Dutch television show AVRO's TopPop. Images from Beeld en Geluidwiki are available under the cc-by-sa license. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

April 1974 photo of ABBA (from left: Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus) during their appearance on the Dutch television show AVRO’s TopPop. Images from Beeld en Geluidwiki are available under the cc-by-sa license. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

STOCKHOLM (AFP) – Two rare ABBA recordings along with clogs and clippings will go under the hammer in Stockholm in August when a vast collection of memorabilia of the legendary Swedish pop group goes on sale, an auction house said Friday.

The Stockholms Auktionsverk expects the sale of the some 25,000 ABBA items on August 10 and 11 to fetch some 830,000 kronor (95,000 euros, $123,000).

Among the rarities are two maxi singles that ABBA recorded in Swedish but never released commercially: “Hovas Vittne”, made for their manager Stig Anderson’s 50th birthday party in 1981, of which there exist around 200 copies; and “Saang till Goerel”, a song recorded for their record company assistant Goerel Hanser’s 30th birthday in 1979, of which there are only some 50 copies.

“Hovas Vittne” has an opening bid price of 25,000 kronor (2,850 euros, $3,700), and “Saang till Goerel” 15,000 kronor.

“Those two records really stand out in the collection,” auction curator Beata af Donner said.

“The ABBA Collection by Thomas Nordin”, the largest collection dedicated to the iconic disco group to be sold at auction, comprises objects collected since 1974 when ABBA burst onto the international scene winning the Eurovision contest with their song “Waterloo.”

Nordin, an ABBA fan who was nine at the time, has since then collected rare items and unusual merchandise from around the world, such as ABBA clogs made exclusively for the American market, rare ABBA soaps and dolls, a large collection of clippings and books, and original posters.

“He has fantastic books of ABBA clippings from 1974 until today. ABBA’s entourage didn’t collect all the clippings about the band back then so these are really unique, you can’t get these anywhere now. Everything is in chronological order,” Af Donner said.

Nordin, who says ABBA’s flamboyant stage costumes inspired him to become a tailor, told newspaper Dagens Nyheter that his dream was originally to open his own ABBA museum.

“But for various reasons that didn’t happen. And it feels good to bring (the collection) to an end now, even if it feels very empty at home now, in many ways,” he said.

The quartet dominated the 1970s disco scene with their costumes, kitsch dance routines and catchy melodies such as “Voulez-Vous,” “Dancing Queen” and “Take a Chance on Me.”

They split in 1983 and have vowed they will never reunite to sing together again.

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April 1974 photo of ABBA (from left: Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus) during their appearance on the Dutch television show AVRO's TopPop. Images from Beeld en Geluidwiki are available under the cc-by-sa license. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

April 1974 photo of ABBA (from left: Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus) during their appearance on the Dutch television show AVRO’s TopPop. Images from Beeld en Geluidwiki are available under the cc-by-sa license. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

The pavilion and stone arch bridge are among the few remaining original structures at The Old Summer Palace in Beijing. Photo by Shizhao, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.

Pinault family donates rabbit, rat fountain heads to people of China

The pavilion and stone arch bridge are among the few remaining original structures at The Old Summer Palace in Beijing. Photo by Shizhao, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.

The pavilion and stone arch bridge are among the few remaining original structures at The Old Summer Palace in Beijing. Photo by Shizhao, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.

BEIJING – The Pinault family has donated to the people of China the bronze rabbit and rat fountain heads that originally were ensconced at the Old Summer Palace in Beijing. An official donation ceremony was held at the National Museum of China to welcome these 18th-century cultural relics back home.

The fountain heads were included in Christie’s Feb. 23-25, 2009 auction in Paris of the Yves St. Laurent & Pierre Bergé collection, but the purchase of the fountain heads was never consummated.

Steven P. Murphy, Chief Executive Officer of Christie’s said, “The generous gift to the people of China of these historic works of art marks a memorable act of philanthropy by the Pinault family. As one of the leading proponents of the importance of cultural heritage, Christie’s is delighted to have played an instrumental part in ensuring their return. We welcome the fact that they will now go on display in the National Museum of China where many millions of Chinese and visitors to China will have the wonderful opportunity to appreciate them once again.”

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The pavilion and stone arch bridge are among the few remaining original structures at The Old Summer Palace in Beijing. Photo by Shizhao, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.

The pavilion and stone arch bridge are among the few remaining original structures at The Old Summer Palace in Beijing. Photo by Shizhao, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.

Photo by David Newhardt, Courtesy of Mecum Auctions.

Elvis’ Cadillac station wagon among items at US auction

Photo by David Newhardt, Courtesy of Mecum Auctions.

Photo by David Newhardt, Courtesy of Mecum Auctions.

MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) – Elvis Presley’s Cadillac station wagon, Steve McQueen’s old truck and prescription sunglasses worn by John Lennon are among hundreds of items once owned by celebrities that are scheduled to be auctioned in California next month.

The Mecum Auction Company said Wednesday it will be displaying and auctioning about 2,000 pieces of celebrity related memorabilia in Santa Monica, California on July 26-27.

Mecum, which specializes in the sale of collector cars, says one of the auction’s highlights will be Elvis’ 1972 Cadillac Custom Estate Wagon. “The King of Rock n’ Roll” owned the car from 1972 until his death in 1977, according to Mecum’s website.

The car was kept in the Las Vegas home of Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis’ manager, and then at the Las Vegas Hilton. It was later sent to Graceland, Elvis’ longtime Memphis home, before the car was auctioned off with other Elvis possessions in 1999, according to Mecum.

Elvis’ Cadillac is among several vehicles being auctioned, including a 1969 Chevrolet C/10 Baja race truck and two motorcycles owned by McQueen, a motorcycle owned by Dennis Hopper, and cars that belonged to Frank Sinatra, Ringo Starr and Bette Davis.

Other Elvis-related items included in the auction are his Army induction and discharge papers and rare photos.

The auction will feature other unique pieces of pop culture history, such as Lennon’s 1970s-style aviator prescription sunglasses with black plastic frames and amber-tinted lenses. The glasses were consigned by May Pang, Lennon’s former personal assistant, who will be in attendance for the auction to authenticate the item, according to Mecum.

Also on the auction block are items from the collection of John Hagner, curator of the Hollywood Stuntman’s Hall of Fame. His collection includes a 1944 Captain America costume and a whip used by the main character in the film “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.”

Mecum says items with ties to John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, Jack Nicholson, Roy Rogers, Hunter S. Thompson, Jimmy Stewart, Burt Reynolds and Gene Kelly also will be auctioned.

Select items will be available online for silent auction beginning July 5 at www.mecum.com.

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Photo by David Newhardt, Courtesy of Mecum Auctions.

Photo by David Newhardt, Courtesy of Mecum Auctions.

Edward S. Curtis (American, 1858-1952), 'Girl and Jar - San Ildefonso,' 1905, photogravure. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Transfer from the United States Marshal Service of the U.S. Department of Justice, 1988.5.18.

Smithsonian hosts exhibition showing evolution of photography

Edward S. Curtis (American, 1858-1952), 'Girl and Jar - San Ildefonso,' 1905, photogravure. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Transfer from the United States Marshal Service of the U.S. Department of Justice, 1988.5.18.

Edward S. Curtis (American, 1858-1952), ‘Girl and Jar – San Ildefonso,’ 1905, photogravure. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Transfer from the United States Marshal Service of the U.S. Department of Justice, 1988.5.18.

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The Smithsonian American Art Museum marks the 30th anniversary of its photography collection Friday with a major exhibition of 113 works that reflect how the medium has evolved.

“A Democracy of Images” includes pictures by Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Walker Evans, William Eggleston, Robert Frank, Irving Penn, Annie Leibovitz, Edward Weston and Gerry Winogrand, among many others.

“Almost instantly (after its invention in France and Britain), photography was adopted as a technique that could do miraculous things, and as a new form of art,” curator Merry Foresta said Thursday at a press preview.

Photography has been hugely popular with the public from the outset, she added, with “people standing in line to have pictures taken” upon the opening of the first photo studios in the mid 19th century.

“A Democracy of Images” runs through January 5.

For those unable to travel to the Washington museum — whose photography collection boasts 7,000 images — the full exhibit has been posted online at www.americanart.si.edu/photographs.

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Edward S. Curtis (American, 1858-1952), 'Girl and Jar - San Ildefonso,' 1905, photogravure. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Transfer from the United States Marshal Service of the U.S. Department of Justice, 1988.5.18.

Edward S. Curtis (American, 1858-1952), ‘Girl and Jar – San Ildefonso,’ 1905, photogravure. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Transfer from the United States Marshal Service of the U.S. Department of Justice, 1988.5.18.

Banksy (English), portrait on cardboard of Abraham Lincoln. To be auctioned in Neal Auction Co.'s July 13-14 sale. Image courtesy of Neal Auction Co.

Neal Auction to offer original Banksy in July 13-14 sale

Banksy (English), portrait on cardboard of Abraham Lincoln. To be auctioned in Neal Auction Co.'s July 13-14 sale. Image courtesy of Neal Auction Co.

Banksy (English), portrait on cardboard of Abraham Lincoln. To be auctioned in Neal Auction Co.’s July 13-14 sale. Image courtesy of Neal Auction Co.

NEW ORLEANS – Neal Auction Company is pleased to announce the inclusion of a contemporary work by the highly controversial British street artist Banksy within its July 13 & 14, 2013 Summer Estates Auction. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide the Internet live bidding for the sale.

Banksy is an artist who has developed a distinct style of graffiti that combines appropriated imagery from a variety of sources and media with social commentary. He has executed murals on buildings in locations as diverse as London, Melbourne and New Orleans. “Banksy’s work polarises opinion: people really do love it and hate it in equal measure… To his fans, he’s the cunning voice of dissent, staking the claim of the individual in a media-obsessed capitalist society…Where many street artists simply put forward their surreal messages in a ‘take it or leave it’ fashion without presenting any discourse with their work, Banksy offers some form of critical opinion time and time again.”[ii]

Banksy executes his art on public buildings, private buildings, and other kinds of structures and surfaces. Although Banksy originally used free-hand processes to spray his murals, he turned to stencils as a way of getting his images on the wall quickly before he could be stopped. His images are drawn or printed onto sheets of cardboard or acetate and painstakingly cut, as they are quite complex in their linear details.

Banksy made an appearance in New Orleans exactly three years after Hurricane Katrina struck the city in August of 2005 and “tagged” a dozen or so walls with his art and social commentary. After the visit, Keith Spera, from the New Orleans Times-Picayune, wrote: “If clandestine British artist Banksy ever returns to New Orleans, I’m going to wrap my house in canvas, set his favorite snack on the front porch and hope that, like Santa Claus, he shows up in the middle of the night bearing gifts… Any little doodle will do.”[iii] Spera’s wish came true, but not for Spera. In 2008, after painting the notorious mural (now destroyed) of a homeless Abraham Lincoln on a wall located at the intersection of Cleveland and South Derbigny, Banksy created a smaller, portrait size version of Lincoln on cardboard and gave it to his friend, Neal Auction Company’s consignor.

A certificate of authenticity was issued by Pest Control, Banksy’s art world proxy, for the “Abe Lincoln” painting being offered at Neal Auction Company. Acting on behalf of the artist, Pest Control is charged with authenticating Banksy works. According to Corbett: “as a rule, Pest Control refuses to evaluate any Banksy works that have been ‘removed from their original context.’”[iv]

Neal Auction Company’s “Abe Lincoln” is a non-site-specific painting on cardboard which incorporates the stencil the artist used for the New Orleans “Homeless Abe” mural. “Abe Lincoln” is being offered at Neal Auction Company on July 13, 2013 as lot 353 with an auction estimate of $30,000 to $50,000.

Neal Alford, president of Neal Auction Company, is excited by the prospect of selling a work by an artist he admires on many levels, and says: “I cannot think of a better example of a Banksy work to sell in New Orleans than a portrait of ‘Abe Lincoln.’”

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[ii] Lewison, Cedar. StreetArt, London, 2008, p.117.

[iii] Spera, Keith. “A Visit from a World-Famous Graffiti Artist was the Equivalent of Money in the Banksy,” The Times Picayune, September 21, 2008.

[iv] Corbett, Rachel. “Galleries Defend Controversial Banksy Show,” Artnet News, online available: http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/corbett/keszler-gallery-on-banksy-controversy-9-1-11.asp)


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Banksy (English), portrait on cardboard of Abraham Lincoln. To be auctioned in Neal Auction Co.'s July 13-14 sale. Image courtesy of Neal Auction Co.

Banksy (English), portrait on cardboard of Abraham Lincoln. To be auctioned in Neal Auction Co.’s July 13-14 sale. Image courtesy of Neal Auction Co.

David Quinn, president of Quinn’s Auction Galleries (far right), discusses the Helen and Jack Mang Collection of Japanese Netsuke with 2012 ISA FAE symposium participants. The Netsuke collection was auctioned in a high-profile sale held at Quinn’s on December 7, 2012. Image courtesy of Quinn’s Auction Galleries.

FAE Sept 6-7 seminar to fund Wendell Garrett Winterthur scholarships

David Quinn, president of Quinn’s Auction Galleries (far right), discusses the Helen and Jack Mang Collection of Japanese Netsuke with 2012 ISA FAE symposium participants. The Netsuke collection was auctioned in a high-profile sale held at Quinn’s on December 7, 2012. Image courtesy of Quinn’s Auction Galleries.

David Quinn, president of Quinn’s Auction Galleries (far right), discusses the Helen and Jack Mang Collection of Japanese Netsuke with 2012 ISA FAE symposium participants. The Netsuke collection was auctioned in a high-profile sale held at Quinn’s on December 7, 2012. Image courtesy of Quinn’s Auction Galleries.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – The Foundation for Appraisal Education (FAE), the fundraising arm of the International Society of Appraisers (ISA), has announced the establishment of a scholarship program at Winterthur Museum, Library and Gardens in the name of revered antiques authority the late Wendell D. Garrett. To be awarded over three consecutive years to graduate students or professionals with less than five years of experience in the field, the scholarships will be underwritten by funds raised through a series of FAE activities including their educational seminars. The scholarships to be awarded in Wendell Garrett’s name are for Winterthur Institute, Furniture Forum and Ceramics Conference.

This year’s seminar will take place Sept. 6-7 at Quinn’s Auction Galleries in Falls Church, Va. (suburban Washington, DC). Registration is open to anyone with a working association or interest in antiques and fine art. The ISA will award 15.5 professional development credits to those appraisers who attend the event in its entirety.

The seminar agenda is packed with entertaining, informative talks, as well as ample leisure time for socializing, dining and networking. A meet-and-greet reception to welcome attendees will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5 at Quinn’s second-floor gallery.

On Friday morning at 9:15, the lecture series will begin with Sumpter Priddy III’s discourse on Religion and Furniture in Southern Back-Country. This will be followed by noted New York art dealer Betty Krulik’s address on The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in American Painting.

Friday afternoon speakers include Luke Zipp of Crocker Farm Auctions, who will discuss American Stoneware: Its History and Uses 1812-1900; and Yale Fellow Louisa Brouwer, of Israel Sack Inc., who will recount the story behind the building of the Israel Sack empire and its legendary founder. An evening reception will follow immediately afterward.

Saturday offers another full day of insider information from a formidable lineup of experts. At 9 a.m., Daniel K. Ackerman, associate curator of the Museum of Southern Decorative Arts, Old Salem (N.C.) Museum and Gardens, will lecture on Internet search techniques. His talk is titled Google It: Using New Tools to Unlock Secrets of Old Things. Next, Alan Fausel, MA, FRICS, vice president and director of fine arts at Bonhams, will reveal Ten Ways to Tell a Fake Painting Without Looking at It. After lunch, Ronald W. Fuchs II, curator of ceramics and manager of the Reeves Collection, Washington and Lee University, will speak on Chinese Export for the American Market 1785-1940. The seminar will conclude with the personal recollections of highly decorated former FBI Agent Robert K. Wittman, who spearheaded the crack FBI Art Crime Team and authored a riveting autobiography titled “Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World’s Stolen Treasures.”

FAE Board member Marcy Molinaro, ISA AM, said the FAE made a commitment to underwrite the three Wendell Garrett Scholarships over the next three years as a posthumous tribute to one of the antiques trade’s most influential contributors.

“Wendell Garrett left an immense legacy to appraisers, dealers and collectors through his lectures, books and magazine articles. In recognition of his lifetime of achievement, we approached the Winterthur Museum and asked if we could partner with them to fund scholarships in his name. Winterthur was an appropriate choice, as Mr. Garrett was a member of the first graduating class, in 1957, of Winterthur’s Early American Culture Program,” Molinaro said.

Matthew Quinn, vice president of Quinn’s Auction Galleries, noted that the series of seminars will offer attendees “not only a wealth of useful information, but also a unique opportunity to network at the highest echelons of the antiques and fine art trade.” He added: “It’s rare for so many VIPs to come together under one roof, make themselves accessible to others one on one, and share their knowledge so openly.” Quinn’s is hosting the seminar at its venue and providing hospitality to guests a courtesy to the antiques and fine art appraisal community.

The cost to attend the Sept. 6-7 seminar, inclusive of receptions, lunches and refreshment breaks, is $375. Of that cost, $200 is a tax-deductible donation to the Foundation for Appraisal Education. Attendance is limited to 100 registrants. Quinn’s is located at 360 S. Washington St. Falls Church, VA 22046. Nearest airports: Reagan National and Dulles International. A special room rate of $95/night is available at the Hyatt House, 8296 Glass Alley, Falls Church, Va., by quoting the booking reference QUINNS. To reserve a room at the Hyatt House, call 571-327-2277.

Questions regarding the FAE Seminar may be directed to Andrea Lee at Quinn’s Auction by calling 703-532-5632 or emailing info@quinnsauction.com; or Marcy Molinaro at molinaro.marcy@gmail.com.

To view the entire seminar agenda, or to download a brochure or registration form, visit www.foundationforappraisaleducation.org/seminar.html.

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About Wendell D. Garrett:

Wendell D. Garrett was an expert on American decorative arts. He served as senior vice president of Sotheby’s American decorative arts department and was subsequently editor and publisher of The Magazine Antiques. Garrett also authored numerous books on antiques and Americana, and was widely known from his appearances on WGBH-TV’s Antiques Roadshow. He passed away last year at the age of 83.

About the ISA:

The International Society of Appraisers (ISA) is a not-for-profit, member-driven association that was formed to support its members’ professional needs and to serve the public by producing ethical, highly qualified personal property appraisers. Its members include many of the country’s most respected independent appraisers, consultants, estate liquidators, auctioneers, gallery owners and dealers.


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David Quinn, president of Quinn’s Auction Galleries (far right), discusses the Helen and Jack Mang Collection of Japanese Netsuke with 2012 ISA FAE symposium participants. The Netsuke collection was auctioned in a high-profile sale held at Quinn’s on December 7, 2012. Image courtesy of Quinn’s Auction Galleries.

David Quinn, president of Quinn’s Auction Galleries (far right), discusses the Helen and Jack Mang Collection of Japanese Netsuke with 2012 ISA FAE symposium participants. The Netsuke collection was auctioned in a high-profile sale held at Quinn’s on December 7, 2012. Image courtesy of Quinn’s Auction Galleries.

Matthew Quinn, vice president of Quinn’s Auction Galleries, introduces speaker Ken Farmer at the 2012 ISA FAE symposium. Image courtesy of Quinn’s Auction Galleries.

Matthew Quinn, vice president of Quinn’s Auction Galleries, introduces speaker Ken Farmer at the 2012 ISA FAE symposium. Image courtesy of Quinn’s Auction Galleries.

Revered historian, author, publisher and American decorative arts expert the late Wendell D. Garrett (1929-2012). Image courtesy of The Magazine Antiques.

Revered historian, author, publisher and American decorative arts expert the late Wendell D. Garrett (1929-2012). Image courtesy of The Magazine Antiques.