Silk gourt lady’s embroidered phoenix robe, Qing dynasty. Estimate: $3,000-$4,000. Soho Arts Auction image
NEW YORK – Located in Lower Manhattan’s Soho neighborhood, Soho Arts Auction sources Asian works from North American estates and beyond. The next auction, on Oct. 4, will feature everything from a silk phoenix robe (above) to a carved jade ax head.
Viviane Debbas signed 18K gold, ruby and diamond jewelry suite valued at $10,000-$15,000. Kaminski Auctions image
BEVERLY, Mass. — Kaminski Auctions will host two estate auctions in October starting with the first on Saturday, Oct. 1, followed by another on the 15th. The auctioneer advises bidders to note the change to Saturday auctions this fall. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.com.
Very first Labor Temple poster, Grateful Dead, 1969. Estimate: $2,500-$4,500. Pashco Posters image
MINNEAPOLIS – Twin Cities auction house Pashco Posters will conduct an auction Oct. 2 of what some collectors consider to be the scarcest of all concert posters in the world. Absentee and Internet live bidding for this 385-lot auction is available through LiveAuctioneers.com.
Room-size traditional Sarouk rug, approximately 18 by 13 feet, circa 190. Estimate: $2,000-$3,000. Charleston Estate Auctions image
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Charleston Estate Auctions will present The First Fall Auction – a live online auction to be held on Sept. 25 a 1 p.m. Eastern in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. The auction offers notable fine art from the private collection of a Washington, D.C. collector; exceptional items from the Charlotte Street, (Charleston) Residence; a lifetime Beaufort, S.C. collector as well as the estate of a Litchfield, Conn. antique dealer.
A female African Bush Elephant in Mikumi National Park, Tanzania. Photo by Muhammad Mahdi Karim, licensed under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2.
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U.S. Mint medal of ‘pure California gold,’ struck for presentation to Henry Clay. The medal is shown in a large silver case in the form of a hunter’s case pocket watch, designed to protect the medal’s proof finish. Price realized: $346,000. Heritage Auction image
DALLAS – The 1852 medal honoring Secretary of State Henry Clay – struck by the U.S. Mint in nearly 30 ounces of solid California gold and passed down through his family – sold for $346,000 to lead a record-setting special auction of memorabilia relating to Abraham Lincoln Sept. 17 at Heritage Auctions. The event’s $2.4 million finale was a joint endeavor between Heritage Auctions and The Rail Splitter, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the publication for enthusiasts of Abraham Lincoln and related memorabilia.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, ‘Bathers on the beach’ (Fehmarn), 1913, oil on canvas © bpk / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Jörg P. Anders
BERLIN (AP) – Three bathers jumping through the green waves of the Baltic Sea with a fourth watching from the beach. Two Berlin prostitutes with feathered hats lingering under the gaze of lurking men. A nude model lounging on a red bed in an artist’s studio. The three iconic paintings by German expressionist artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner are part of a small, but exquisite exhibition of the artist’s work opening at Berlin’s Hamburger Bahnhof museum.
Manuel Rabate. Photo copyright Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Art lovers will have to wait a bit longer to visit a much-anticipated Mideast outpost of the Louvre, which will be headed by a Frenchman involved in the project for years. The Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority said Tuesday the branch in the United Arab Emirates capital won’t host its first visitors until sometime in 2017.
Nepalese bronze parcel-gilt figure of Tara, 9th-10th century. Estimate: $150,000-$200,000. Mossgreen image
SYDNEY, Australia – Mossgreen will auction the Raphy Star Collection of important Asian art on Dec. 11. Featuring rare sculpture, ceramics and works of art, the collection is valued at $3-5 million.
Silver Sabbath candleholder, Germany, circa. 1910, brought to America by Rebbetzin Pesse ‘Paula’ Carlebach when she immigrated in 1938. Marked 835, crown and moon. Estimate $3,000–$5,000. J. Greenstein & Co. image
NEW YORK – J. Greenstein & Co.’s Auction House, the world-renowned source for antique and rare Judaica, will host a special Judaica auction devoted solely to rare Jewish artifacts from the home of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach. The auction, which will be held Tuesday, Sept. 27, at the Cedarhurst, Long Island gallery and hosted by Jonathan Greenstein, chief expert and president of J. Greenstein & Co., will feature 10 items from the home that Rabbi Shlomo and Rebbetzin Neila Carlebach shared.