BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) – A baseball glove belonging to Babe Ruth fetched $118,000 at auction Saturday, the top item from a collection of memorabilia that included Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse ears and John Wayne’s cowboy hat, boots and spurs.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina’s military history museum has bought the bulk of what’s believed to be the largest collection of British-imported Confederate weapons that were smuggled into southern ports through the Union blockade.
OTTAWA, Kan. (AP) – While seeking a foxhole in 2006-07 to keep from being another economic casualty of the Great Recession, photographer John Gladman stumbled across an explosive business idea.
NEW YORK – Even though Celia Thaxter was one of the most popular New England poets of the late 19th century, her beloved book An Island Garden might easily be overlooked on a shelf. But one look inside reveals 12 beautifully colored plates by Childe Hassam, the celebrated American Impressionist painter.
OAKLAND, Calif. – “You always hear about things like this, but seldom actually discover them,” said Redge Martin, president of Clars Auction Gallery, after the discovery of a painting by Elliot Daingerfield (American 1859-1932) found hidden inside the backing of a mirror right inside the gallery.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Bremo Auctions will conduct a fine and decorative arts auction on Saturday, April 23. Bidders will compete for more than 500 lots of fine art and antiques.
LiveAuctioneers.com will facilitate absentee and Internet live bidding. The sale will begin at 10 a.m. Eastern.
The lineup includes a lovely collection of period and decorative furniture, including a Camille Gauthier marble-top buffet (above), as well as lamps, Native American collectibles, Chinese snuff bottles, jewelry, Japanese woodblocks, Madame Alexander dolls and antique porcelain dolls.
Also included are Asian furniture and art, porcelain and china, glassware, works by listed artists (including B. Franklin DeHaven, Rodin and Prendergast), sterling silver, militaria, clocks, Persian rugs and collectibles.
For details email Bremo Auctions: info@bremoauctions.com.
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) – A shuttered Kraft Foods plant in Arkansas will be transformed into a performance and visual arts space thanks to an investment by the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art that was founded by Wal-Mart family heiress Alice Walton.
BELDEN, Neb. (AP) – Anyone who grew up on a farm or farmed for any length of time can identify with Lowell Johnson.
The Sioux City Journal reports that there’s a connection to the land that often remains inside someone, long after they may have moved off the farm.