TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Thousands of items ranging from brass hinges and doorknobs to circular staircases that used to adorn the Kansas Statehouse will be up for auction in May.
Items salvaged from Kansas Statehouse renovation to be sold at auction
Thomas Moran landscape picked for Grand Canyon stamp
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) – The U.S. Postal Service has unveiled a stamp featuring an iconic Thomas Moran painting of the Grand Canyon.
Fine art, home furnishings stand out at Capo auction April 23
NEW YORK – On Saturday, April 23, Capo Auction Fine Art and Antiques in Long Island City will present a vast collection of beautiful items for the home, decorative items of all kinds, along with a wide ranging selection of furniture, fine and contemporary art and Asian pieces.
Space race, anti-slavery leading themes in Roland auction April 26
NEW YORK – Roland Auctions NY will present its second numismatic auction from the estate of nationally renowned collector Dr. Alan York on April 26. This sale’s vast historical holdings tell the story of Western Europe and the Americas from the 18th century through mankind’s first steps on the moon.
Cornelia Parker scary sculpture tops Roof Garden at the Met
NEW YORK – A large-scale sculpture by acclaimed British artist Cornelia Parker, inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper and by two emblems of American architecture—the classic red barn and the Bates family’s sinister mansion from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 film Psycho—will comprise the fourth annual installation of works commissioned for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden.
Newark Museum acquires wealth of jewelry industry papers
NEWARK, N.J. – The Newark Museum’s extensive jewelry holdings were enriched with the recent acquisition of manuscripts from the famous Newark-based jewelry company Krementz & Co. The acquisition provides the museum with the nation’s most comprehensive jewelry design archive that is accessible to the public.
New lakefront site could help keep Lucas Museum in Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) – The wife of Star Wars creator George Lucas says a new potential lakefront site could help ensure a museum of Lucas’ art is built in Chicago.
Stolen in 1955, famous inverted Jenny stamp resurfaces
NEW YORK (AP) – Opening a new chapter in an infamous stamp-world mystery, a valuable “inverted Jenny” stamp has surfaced six decades after it was stolen from a collectors’ convention.
Winterthur displays Asian influence in the Americas
WILMINGTON, Del. (PRWEB) – Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library is currently presenting “Made in the Americas: The New World Discovers Asia,” a landmark exhibition pressing the reset button on the history of globalism and the colonial Americas.
Ship models ready to launch at Boston Harbor auction April 20
BOSTON (PRWEB) – A master craftsman who immigrated to the United States from Norway in 1912, Peter Henrick Ness (1890-1976), built ship models from scratch. His rich seafaring family history helped to create a ship’s blueprint in his mind’s eye. A collection of his models will be sold at Boston Harbor Auctions’ Spring Ship Model and Nautical Antique Sale on April 30.