DALLAS (AP) – Three pages with the step-by-step computer procedures that U.S. astronauts followed to land the Apollo 11 lunar module on the moon’s surface in 1969 have sold at auction for $175,000.
LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. – Rago Arts and Auction Center will conduct a four-session auction of early 20th century and modern design on June 4-5.
Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.com.
The Early 20th Cecntury Design session consisting of 356 lots will be Saturday, June 4, beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern. Featured are rare and early Despondency (below) and Lorelei vases by Artus Van Briggle.
“Our June sale includes an extraordinary selection of American and European early 20th century decorative ceramics from five different private collections. This is by far one of our best ceramics sales in years,” said David Rago, partner and co-director of the 20th-21st Century Design Department.
More than 270 lots of mid-priced 20th century furniture, lighting and decorative objects will sell Saturday beginning at 2:30 p.m.
The Modern Design session consisting of 227 lots will sell Sunday, June 5, beginning at 11 a.m. Included will be furniture by the likes of Paul Evans and Carlo Mollino, lighting by Wendell Castle and Verner Panton, and wall hangings by Alexander Calder.
What is billed as the the largest and broadest collection of fine contemporary glass that Rago’s has ever offered will be sold Sunday, June 5, beginning at 2 p.m. The nearly 300 lots will include a group of works by by Yoichi Ohira and many gorgeous creations by Dale Chihuly including a chandelier (below).
DANIA BEACH, Fla. – The subtropical world of the Philippines came to subtropical south Florida at Kodner Galleries’ May 18 auction as a painting by Fernando Cueto Amorsolo sold for $187,550, inclusive of the buyer’s premium.Continue reading
MT. CRAWFORD, Va. – Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates Inc. will conducting its sixth annual Virginia Decorative Arts Seminar on Saturday, June 11, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The all-day event features scholars and craftspeople presenting and demonstrating on all things woven in Virginia, and will be held at the Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates auction gallery located at 2177 Green Valley Lane in Mt. Crawford.
The deadline to register is Wednesday, June 1.
The exciting, one-day colloquium features six expert guest speakers who will present lectures and demonstrations relating to this year’s topic, Woven in Virginia: From Bedcovers to Chair Seats.
Speakers include:
The cost per person for the seminar is $95 (with lunch) or $85 (without lunch).
Visit the Education>Classes/Seminars page at www.jeffreysevans.com for links to the printable registration form, speaker bios, program schedule, and other details. For information and/or to arrange your registration for the seminar, call 540-434-3939 and press 0 for the office or email info@jeffreysevans.com.
NEW YORK – Guernsey’s, long-known for producing innovative, eye-opening auctions, will be entering the world of prestigious real estate when it sells at auction on June 8 one of New Jersey’s most prestigious properties: 75 Bluff Road in Fort Lee.
Online-absentee and Internet live bidding will be available exclusively through LiveAuctioneers.com.
SOUTHAMPTON, Pa. – Many of America’s great railroads were founded or operated in the Keystone State during the glory days of trains – the Reading, Lehigh Valley and Pennsylvania Railroad lines, to name but a few. A lesser-known and much smaller-scale Pennsylvania “railroad” is the toy train assemblage that was displayed in the Montgomery County (suburban Philadelphia) home of collector John Dieterly. On May 27, Dieterly’s collection will ride the rails to Stephenson’s auction house, where it will be featured in the company’s Spring Doll, Toy & Train Auction. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.com.
NEW YORK (AP) – A Diego Rivera painting has sold privately for $15.7 million, setting a world record price for any Latin American work of art, Phillips auction house said Friday.