NEW YORK – It is a truth universally acknowledged, that in the season of cold and darkness, even the most jaded of New Yorkers jump at the chance to walk in, around, and through anything made of flashing, colored lights.
I was once again reminded of this ageless rule when running errands near the Flatiron Building and coming face to face with wintertime’s latest sculptural nemesis titled Nova.
STRETTON, UK – Vintage football and rugby memorabilia will be contested at an auction presented by Mullocks Specialist Auctioneers & Valuers on Thursday, Dec. 10.
WALWORTH, Wis. – Mecum Auctions will host its second Austin, Texas, collector car and Road Art auction at the Austin Convention Center on Dec. 11-12 with an estimated 600 vehicles expected to cross the auction block and more than 100 items of Road Art. For the first time, the Mecum Auction house will team with LiveAuctioneers.com to allow bidders to utilize the LiveAuctioneers platform to bid online on Road Art items.
HATFIELD, Pa. – On Dec. 9 the Alderfer Auction Co. will offer an important collection of autographs, letters, historical documents and important ephemera as part of a “Legacy Auction – Rare & Important Autographs and Historical Documents.”
ASTI, Italy – Nova Ars will conduct an important Italian design auction on Dec. 9-10.
LiveAuctioneers.com will provide absentee and Internet live bidding for this online-only auction.
NEW YORK – Capo Auction Fine Art and Antiques in Long Island City topped off their five-year anniversary by selling an Antonio Bandeira oil-on-canvas painting for $168,000, making it the top selling item in the auction house’s history at their Nov. 21 sale. The November auction also set records as the top-grossing auction of the year thus far at Capo Auction, bringing in just under $400,000.
BIRMINGHAM, UK – The Fellows jewelry and accessories auction on Monday, Dec. 7, has scores of festive vintage and designer pieces up for sale, just in time for holiday gift-giving.
CLEVELAND (AP) – A museum dedicated to “A Christmas Story” has acquired the holy grail of movie memorabilia: a Red Ryder BB gun wielded by Ralphie in the beloved holiday film.
NEW YORK (AP) – Imagine being invited on a house tour of the homes of 25 well-known contemporary artists, strolling around their big, airy downtown lofts and other city abodes as they take you aside and explain how they chose the artworks displayed there.
The new book Artists Living with Art (Abrams) is that tour.