BOULDER, Colo. – Following a sensational summer with monthly sales achieving house-record prices, Artemis Gallery once again steps into the spotlight with a Sept. 22 Exceptional Antiquities & Ethnographic Art Auction to delight collectors. The 407-lot sale showcases museum-worthy examples of classical antiquities, and ancient and ethnographic art from ancient civilizations dating back thousands of years. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.com.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The antique advertising collection of Gus and Trisha Brown, more than 80 antique cash registers from the Eric Hamby collection and Part I of the Tiny Moyer salesmen’s sample and children’s stove collection will co-star at Showtime Auction Services’ three-day fall sale Oct. 7-9.
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Italian artist and art prankster Maurizio Cattelan installed a fully functional, solid gold toilet in one of the Guggenheim Museum’s public restrooms in conjunction with the current exhibition of his work titled ‘Maurizio Cattelan: America.’ [Read more from the Guggenheim Museum]
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TAMPA, Fla. – Richard Stedman Estate Services LLC is an estate-buying firm founded in 1957 that began conducting cataloged fine arts auctions in 1996 in upstate New York. A year later R.V. Stedman, son of founders Richard and Joyce Stedman, presented the company’s first online-only. The company became a LiveAuctioneers seller in 2014. For their third auction on LiveAuctioneers the Stedmans have consolidated all New York and Nevada operations in Tampa Bay, joining their existing estate sale company at their St. Petersburg art and design warehouse. The online-only auction will be held Saturday, Oct. 1, at noon Eastern. Exclusively hosted by LiveAuctioneers, it will be a timed event featuring both advance and real-time bidding.
HOUSTON – Simpson Galleries’ Sept. 10 and 11 auction demonstrated that regional auction houses can, and do, perform as well as larger houses for their consignors. The fine arts and antiques auction house achieved outstanding results with a private collection of jewelry and gemstones from the estate of the late Earl D. Mitchell of Houston.
MONROVIA, Calif. – Select Native American jewelry lots, modern and contemporary decorative arts and paintings, and a number of Pacific Northwest and Southwestern Native American objects performed well at John Moran’s Sept. 10 decorative art auction.