SAN DIEGO – The city sidewalks were packed with pedestrians, the restaurants were packed with patrons, and the convention center was packed with pop-culture activity. Many comic book dealers reported strong sales, third party grading firm CGC reported record submissions, and the networks and big studios did their best to get fans talking about their productions over the last three days of the 2015 edition of Comic-Con International: San Diego.
DALLAS – Sunninghill Farm, a 287-acre historic equestrian estate in New Hampshire’s forested rolling hills 60 miles from Boston, will be offered at auction with no reserve on July 21 by Heritage Luxury Real Estate Auctions.Continue reading
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. (AP) – An anonymous donor has offered a $1 million reward for credible information leading to the pair of Judy Garland’s sequined, ruby red slippers stolen from a museum in her Minnesota hometown.
NEW ORLEANS – The highlight of Neal Auction Co.’s Important Summer Estates Auction June 27-28 was a small – 6 1/2 by 12 1/2 inches – oil painting of The Cove at Ponce Park by William Aiken Walker (American/South Carolina, 1838-1921). Estimated at $15,000-$25,000, the work sold for a near-record $152,362.Continue reading
BEACHWOOD, Ohio – Although the design of the late 1890s is best known for the sensuous curves of the Art Nouveau period, there were very modern-looking pieces being made by a few European designers. Some of the most famous were in Vienna, Austria.Continue reading
ALAMEDA, Calif. – Commanding the top spot in Michaan’s fine art, furniture, decorative arts and jewelry auction on June 19 was Henri Lebasque’s (1865-1937) oil on canvas Madame Lebasque and her Daughters, which sold for $271,400, three times the high estimate.Continue reading
CINCINNATI (AP) – Army veteran Kevin Lang is a self-described military history buff trying to do his part to help preserve Ohio’s military memorabilia.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Mammoth bones, prehistoric rock carvings and more than a million acres of wilderness will be protected as part of new national monuments in California, Nevada and Texas.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Works by two of the 20th century’s most important African American artists, Beauford Delaney and William Edmonson, headline the Summer Case Antiques Auction on Saturday, July 18. The 900-lot sale also sparkles with an exhibited collection of jewelry by Mid-century designer to the stars, George Headley; a military couple’s collection of Asian antiques; and a silver spoon from the Andrew Jackson White House.Continue reading
LONDON – Tate Modern will present “Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture,” the UK’s largest ever exhibition of the American artist. The exhibition will open Nov. 11 and run through April 3, 2016.