March 17, 2015 - Auction Central News

Silverstone polishes up ‘Practical Classics’ for auction March 28

1968 Austin Mk 2 Mini van. Silverstone Auctions image

GAYDON, UK – Virtually unused for 47 years, a “time warp” 1968 Austin Mini Van is ready to be auctioned at Silverstone Auctions’ Practical Classics Restoration Show Sale on March 28 at the NEC, Birmingham.

Following the unprecedented success of last year’s inaugural sale, where more than £1 million worth of “barn finds” were sold, Silverstone Auctions is gearing up for its second sale at the Practical Classics Restoration Show.

The sale will offer the chance to acquire some extraordinary restoration projects and compelling barn finds, as well as a diverse range of special, road-ready classic cars.

LiveAuctioneers.com will provide absentee and Internet live bidding.

The Austin Mini Van, estimated at between £23,000 and £25,000, was first registered on March 14, 1968. It was bought new for a mere £400 by a Miss G. Crumcott from Northern Ireland so she could learn to drive. Crumcott never managed to pass her driving test, however, so the car was kept unused in her garage for nearly 30 years.

The car was then bought in July 1997 by a local BMC Mini dealer, T. Turkington, who placed it in the Mini center’s showroom until 2006 before selling it onto another collector in Northamptonshire. It has now been brought back onto the market, and, with so few owners, it is no surprise the car has covered a mere 302 miles.

The charming classic is in remarkable unrestored original condition, right down to the seat protectors and rubber floor mats. Still retaining its original crossply Dunlop tires and spare wheel, all of which are unused, the motorcar has been so carefully stored it has also preserved its initial exhaust and sealed Lucas battery. The car is also supplied with its original toolbox, which remains unopened. All in all, the van is in perfect running order.

Nick Whale, managing director of Silverstone Auctions, said: “We are thrilled to be offering this virtually unused and untouched Austin Mini Van at our sale. This rare find is in ‘as new’ condition and is surely an alluring, promising prospect for Mini or other collectors in the market.”

Built on the longer Traveler chassis but without side windows, the Mini Van proved popular in 1960s Britain as a cheaper alternative to the car. It was classed as a commercial vehicle and as such carried no sales tax.

The Austin Mini Van joins nearly 70 other cars on offer in the sale, including a beautifully presented 2001 BMW Z8, a restored 1980 Aston Martin V8 and a 1969 Porsche 912 Restoration Project.

“Our sale at the Practical Classics Restoration Show is the perfect place to find your next project or road-ready classic car and this very special Mini is sure to attract much interest when it goes under the hammer,” said Whale.

A fantastic selection of cars will be going under the hammer in the sale. For those who prefer road-ready classics, a 2001 BMW Z8, estimated at between £75,000 and £95,000, will be offered. Presented in superb condition and with an odometer meter reading of 39,753 miles, this modern classic should not be missed. Also offered will be an exceptional 1998 Ferrari F355 Spider, estimated at between £60,000 and £70,000.

A 1961 3.8 Litre Mk II Jaguar, purchased by the previous registered keeper in 1974 and not used since a tree fell on his garage, is in need of total restoration and offered at no reserve. Another exciting restoration project, a 1936 Jaguar SS DHC, will also be going under the hammer. The distinctive classic, estimated at between £15,000 and £20,000, is supplied with an excellent history file. This car poses as a promising restoration project for any enthusiast to complete and own a rare and unique car with good history.

The auction takes place in Hall 5. Viewing of the lots will be available on the morning of Saturday, March 28, with the sale beginning at 1 p.m.

For more information on the sale call 01926 691141.

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

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1936 Jaguar SS DHC restoration project. Silverstone Auctions image

Fan favorites up for auction at Premiere Props sale March 28

‘2001 A Space Odyssey’ screen used Aries 1B trans-lunar space shuttle, 32 inches high. Estimate: $80,000-$100,000. Premiere Props image

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – Premiere Props will auction off over 700 movie props and entertainment memorabilia at their Hollywood Extravaganza Auction on Saturday, March 28. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide absentee and Internet live bidding.

There will be a preview from 9-11a.m. Pacific Time the day of the sale. The live auction will begin at 11 a.m.

Items include:

• 2001: A Space Odyssey – Rare screen used Aries 1-B Lunar Spaceship model

• The Beatles – All four Beatles signatures from 1963 in a young fan’s autograph book

• Stargate – Kurt Russell’s screen worn costume

• Inglourious Basterds – Brad Pitt’s stunt bowie knife

• August, Osage County – Meryl Streep’s screen worn costume

• Silver Linings Playbook – Jennifer Lawrence’s screen worn costume

• St. Vincent – Melissa McCarthy, Bill Murray and Naomi Watts’ screen worn costumes

• Prisoners – Jake Gyllenhaal’s screen worn costume

• Stand Up Guys – Al Pacino’s screen worn costume

• Big Eyes – Costumes and props including the wedding dress and screen used Keane paintings

• Captain America: The First Avenger – Chris Evans’ transformation costume

• Singin’ in the Rain – Donald O’Connor’s trademark hat

• Michael Jackson – rare autographed memorabilia

• Sucker Punch – IMAX Promotion Custom 1968 Yamaha 650 Bobber Motorcycle

• Costume designer Charles LeMaire – original costume design drawings for Hollywood legends including Marilyn Monroe and Bette Davis along with water colors, fabric samples and personal memorabilia

• Sands of Iwo Jima – stunt Browning automatic rifle.

• Our Man in Havana – recently discovered vacuum prop that Alec Guiness holds with disgust at the end of the film.

For more information call 310-322-PROP or toll-free 888-761-PROP.

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Chris Evans’ transformation costume from ‘Captain America: The First Avenger.’ Premiere Props image

‘Sucker Punch’ – IMAX promotion custom 1968 Yamaha 650 Bobber motorcycle. Premiere Props image

Donald O’Connor’s trademark hat he wore in ‘Singin’ in the Rain.’ Premiere Props image

Costume Designer Charles LeMaire – original costume design drawings for Hollywood legends including Marilyn Monroe and Bette Davis. Premiere Props image

Brad Pitt’s stunt bowie knife from ‘Inglourious Basterds.’ Premiere Props image

US, Canadian, European artwork in Spooner auction March 24

Robert August Rudolf Schietzold, German, (1842-1908), ‘The Beggar and His Daughter,' oil on canvas, 18in x 27in. Spooner Auctions & Appraisers image

OTTAWA, Ontario – Spooner Auctions & Appraisers will present numerous works of art by American, Canadian and European artists as well as a nice selection of sterling, crystal and porcelain pieces at their March 24 sale.

Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.com.

Listed artists in the sale include William Allister, Eve Baker, Christian Bergeron, Jean-Marc Blier, Cantwell, J. Cilento, Cornellier, Stanley Cosgrove, Dan Delaney, G.S. Dorval, Joanne Duchaine, Susie Eastland, Marcel Fecteau, James “Jim” D. Fisher, L. Fishman (4), Fitzgibbon, Jan Funnekotter, Armand Gingras, Jas Gordon, Gilles Gosselin (2), Rene Charles Edmond His, Nicole Grise, Francesco Iacurto, Louis Icart (3), Lois Kapitaniuk, Eugene Klimoff, Lacombe, Francine Leroux, Charles Anthony Law, Douglas Lawley, Loiseaux, Charles MacDonald Manly, Martireno, Sidney Charles Mooney (3), Frank Nemeth, Lise Paradis, Michel Perrin, Pilot, Irene Hoffer Reid, Ghitta Caiserman-Roth, M. Roulleau (2), Robert August Rodolf Schietzold G.C. Tinning and Ishikawa Shuha Toyonobu, Van Dorp and John William Hurrell Watts.

In addition bidders will find jewelry, Russian icons, Oriental carpets and vintage teak furniture.

Other items of interest include an exquisite three-piece Edwardian tea service by Walker & Hall of Sheffield, England, a vintage silver and enamel purse compact and coin holder, sterling chased compact, antique sterling brush and mirror, seven-piece Birks sterling dresser set, 11 lots of Waterford Colleen pattern stemware, a heavy 900 silver Egyptian footed round tray, and a vintage Ibanez Stratocaster guitar with bird’s-eye maple neck.

Jewelry includes a number of 18K, 14K and 9K rings with assorted stones including diamonds, rubies and sapphires.

For additional information on any item in the auction, please call 613-722-8321.

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

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George II plain pattern flatware, approximately 72 pieces. Spooner Auctions & Appraisers image

John Douglas Lawley, Canadian (1906-1971), ‘Gathering Hay,’ oil on canvas, 24in x 30in. Spooner Auctions & Appraisers image

Antique bronze sculpture, on an onyx base, ‘Le Forgeron,’ 5in high x 5in wide x 3in deep. Spooner Auctions & Appraisers image

Stanley Cosgrave, Canadian, (1911-2002) ‘Forest and Lake Scene,’ oil on canvas, 28in x 31in. Spooner Auctions & Appraisers image

Three-gallon crock, E.L. Farrar, Iberville Quebec, with blue flower decoration. Spooner Auctions & Appraisers image

Jade, porcelain, artwork all in Oakridge Auction’s Asia sale March 22

Rare imperial blue-glazed pear-shaped vase, Yongzheng mark and period. A six character Yongzheng reign mark can be found in double rings and it is of the period. Approximately 11 1/2in high. Estimate: $40,000-$60,000. Oakridge Auction Gallery image

WASHINGTON – Oakridge Auction Gallery, from its Washington, D.C. gallery, located in Vienna, Va., will host its premier Asian Arts & Antiques Auction on March 22. The auction will include antique jade, jadeite, porcelain, furniture, wood, bronze, snuff bottles, jewelry, a sword, clothing and artwork from China, as well as pieces from Japan.

“The quality and diversity of pieces in this sale are unmatched,” said Joseph Kikta, director of business operations and senior auctioneer for Oakridge Auction Gallery.

The auction will be conducted live, beginning at 10 a.m. U.S. Eastern time. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide absentee and Internet live bidding for the auction, allowing bidders to place absentee bids any time of day or night up to the auction start time, and live bids while the auction is being conducted.

Oakridge Auction Gallery is hosting a preview exhibition daily through auction day, March 22. This exhibition will give potential bidders the opportunity to see the quality of each item firsthand. Oakridge Auction Gallery encourages bidders to preview the items.

Comments received by Oakridge Auction Gallery include, “The items look even nicer in person,” and “photos don’t do this item justice.” The exhibition times are 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., through Saturday, and from 9 a.m. until the auction start time of 10 a.m. on Sunday.

Most of the items included in this auction were selected for their quality from estates and collections throughout the United States and Canada. Oakridge Auction Gallery prides itself with bringing only the highest quality items to the market, and is selective when accepting items for sale.

Oakridge Auction Gallery brings buyers and sellers of fine, rare and valuable works of art, jewelry, antiques and collectibles together in a global marketplace. From its traditional Vienna, Virginia gallery, in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, to its modern virtual gallery, Oakridge Auction Gallery provides extraordinary service to both buyers and sellers alike. With its team of expert consultants from around the world, Oakridge Auction Gallery offers distinctive, unique and beautiful items to selective museums and discerning collectors.

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.

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Rare and important gilt bronze Guanyin Ming dynasty. Approximately 14 3/4in high. Estimate: $25,000-$30,000. Oakridge Auction Gallery image

Fine and rare jade ruyi scepter, 18th century, 19 7/8in long. Estimate: $25,000-$30,000. Oakridge Auction Gallery image

Reticulated white jade covered censer 18th century, 4 1/8in high x 6 3/4in in diameter. Estimate: $25,000-$30,000. Oakridge Auction Gallery image

Rare matched pair of huanghuali square stools from the 16th or 17th century, China. Oakridge Auction Gallery image

Pair of Chinese imperial famille rose bowls with the Qianlong mark and of the period. Oakridge Auction Gallery image

Blue and white vase signed by renowned chinese ceramic artist 'Wang Bu' (1898-1968) from the Republic Period. Oakridge Auction Gallery image — Blue and white vase signed by renowned chinese ceramic artist ‘Wang Bu’ (1898-1968) from the Republic Period. Oakridge Auction Gallery image

American Civil War Museum hosts new exhibit focused on Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. – The American Civil War Museum’s Museum of the Confederacy-Appomattox is hosting a new temporary exhibit titled: “An American Turning Point.” The exhibit focuses on the role Virginia played in the War Between the States.

From 1861 through 1865 Virginia stood at the center of a military and social revolution. How we define freedom, liberty, patriotism, and nation today is directly related to the diverse experiences of the individuals who participated in the war. This exhibition encourages visitors to consider how a single event, separated from us by 150 years, so fundamentally reshaped American society that its impact is still experienced today. What was gained by the Civil War, what was lost, and what is left for us to resolve?

The Museum of the Confederacy-Appomattox is the last venue for the Virginia Sesquicentennial Commission’s exhibition. Featuring artifacts from many different museum collections and state-of-the-art audiovisual programs, “An American Turning Point” will be on display through September 14, 2015.

The Museum of the Confederacy-Appomattox is open 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., Sunday through Saturday. The museum is located at 159 Horseshoe Rd., Appomattox, VA 24522. Visit the museum online at www.acwm.org.

MSU hosts renowned African American artifact collection

'United States Solders at Camp William Penn,' 1863, Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments. Chromolithographic print. From the exhibition 'African American Treasures from The Kinsey Collection,' opening March 21, 2015 at the Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Image courtesy of the Mitchell Memorial Library

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) – One of the world’s private largest collections of African-American art, documents and artifacts will make its first trip to Mississippi next week.

The Kinsey Collection will be at Mississippi State University’s Mitchell Memorial Library from Saturday, March 21 through June 20. It has previously been viewed by more than 4 million people at such locations as Walt Disney World and the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

“This is the most significant collection we’ve had, and certainly the largest we’ve brought to the library,” said Stephen Cunetto, administrator of systems at Mitchell Memorial Library.

Housed in the library’s John Grisham Room, the exhibit will be open to the public free of charge. Viewing times include 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and 1 to 5 p.m. on Sundays.

The MSU exhibit will house about 70 or 80 items including documents, books and art that range in date from the early 1500s to present times. Among them will be an early copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, a signed copy of Brown v. Board of Education and rare works from early 19th-century African-American artists. It also will include pieces that relate to Mississippi.

Owned by Bernard and Shirley Kinsey of Los Angeles, the collection began during the mid-1980s when their son, Khalil, had a third-grade homework assignment to research family history.

Bernard, former vice president of Xerox Corp., and Shirley, a former teacher, couldn’t trace their family roots past their grandparents. They began acquiring pieces to trace not only their own family history, but African-American culture as a whole.

“What The Kinsey Collection does is put the ‘African’ in the story of American history,” Bernard Kinsey said in a press release about MSU’s exhibit. ‘This is the story of a people who did so much with so little, and this collection begins to fill in the blanks, trying to give those people a voice, a personality and a name.”

An opening reception with the Kinsey family is scheduled for Saturday, March 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. Bernard Kinsey will make a presentation about the exhibit on Sunday, March 22 at 3 p.m. in the Lee Hall Auditorium.

For more information, visit library.msstate.edu/Kinsey

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Information from: Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, http://djournal.com

Minneapolis Institute of Art receives rare East Asian art

Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Photo taken June 28, 2012 by Alvintrusty, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minneapolis Institute of Arts has received nearly 700 pieces of rare East Asian artwork and a $12.5 million endowment from a former St. Paul resident.

Although Mary Griggs Burke most recently lived in New York City, she decided to bequeath the bulk of her private art collection, which is considered to be the finest of its kind outside of Japan, to the Minneapolis museum. It includes pieces of Japanese and Korean artwork spanning 5,000 years, from pre-historic to contemporary times.

The museum’s collection of East Asian artwork now will include more than 7,000 objects.

Burke also bequeathed 320 pieces of Japanese and Korean art, as well as an additional $12.5 million endowment, to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.

She died in 2012 at age 96.

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