ABERDEEN, Miss. – Original artworks by Andy Warhol and Marc Chagall will come up for bid on Saturday, Aug. 8, at a sale of the contents of one of Mississippi’s most stately antebellum homes, Lauri Mundi, built in 1847. Stevens Auction Co. will conduct the auction on-site at 309 S. Matubba St. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide absentee and Internet live bidding.
Kovels Antiques and Collecting: Week of July 27, 2015
BEACHWOOD, Ohio – The most famous American weather vane is the Grasshopper that topped Faneuil Hall in Boston in 1742. Early weather vanes of the 1800s often had a cow, horse or eagle. But as more manufacturers started making decorative outdoor iron furniture, unexpected figures appeared in rooftop weather vanes.
Art teacher’s comic book stash reaches 70,000 volumes
BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) – The circumstances of Tony Onesto’s early life make it seem almost preordained he would be a serious comic book collector.Continue reading
Bronze bust of German literary giant stolen from park
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) – A bronze bust of German literary giant Johann Wolfgang von Goethe has been stolen from its pedestal at a western New York park.Continue reading
Georgia debates Stone Mountain Confederate monument
ATLANTA (AP) – Art, monument or embarrassment? The “Confederate Memorial Carving” in a state park outside of Atlanta is once again stirring controversy, as Georgia officials try to decide what, if anything, to do about a huge sculpture that memorializes three of the South’s Civil War heroes but causes offense to blacks and others.Continue reading