September 2016 - Page 4 of 12 - Auction Central News

Stunning designer jewelry starring at Kaminski auction Oct. 1

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.

Pashco Posters presents psychedelic rock auction Oct. 2

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.

East Coast sources contribute to Charleston Estate Auctions event Sept. 25

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.

Post-1947 Ivory Ban Looms in UK; ‘Mad Men’ House for Sale in Dallas, and More Fresh News

A female African Bush Elephant in Mikumi National Park, Tanzania. Photo by Muhammad Mahdi Karim, licensed under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation Licanse, Version 1.2. — 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.

News and updates from around the arts and auction community:

Within the next 24 hours, Britain’s environment minister is expected to announce a full ban on the sale of ivory objects made after 1947. She’ll be sharing the platform with Prince William, an outspoken proponent of elephant protection. [Read more from Antiques Trade Gazette]

Designed by architect Gordon Nichols and featured in a 1954 parade of homes, a Dallas residence straight out of Mad Men is on the market for $665,000. It’s in immaculate condition and packed with period furnishings in eye-popping colors. [Read more from The Daily Mail]

A Massachusetts hotel is celebrating its 300th anniversary with an amnesty appeal. Any items lifted from The Wayside Inn – whether a soap dish or Ezekiel Howe’s copy of the Declaration of Independence – may be returned with no questions asked. [Read more from the Boston Globe]

An exciting exhibition of Mexican Modernist art opens at the Philadelphia Museum of Art next month. Visitors can experience the period from 1910-1950 through the masterpieces of Diego Rivera, Jose Orozco, Frida Kahlo and many of their contemporaries. [Read more at the Philadelphia Museum of Art]

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Abraham Lincoln auction sets world records at Heritage Auctions

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 — 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.

Works by expressionist Ernst Kirchner go on exhibit in Berlin

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.

Mossgreen to auction important collection of Asian art Dec. 11

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.

Judaica of Reb Shlomo Carlebach to be auctioned by J. Greenstein, Sept. 27

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.

Touch of Jackie Kennedy style adds to Heritage jewelry auction Sept. 26

DALLAS – Dazzling gold cuff bracelets by Van Cleef & Arpels, gifted by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis to Nina Straight, her step-sister and maid of honor when she married John F. Kennedy in 1953, are expected to sell for $40,000 in Heritage Auctions’ Contemporary Designer Jewels Auction Sept. 26 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Kennedy Onassis surprised Straight with the pair of bracelets when she served as Straight’s maid of honor 21 years later.

Capo Auction’s fall lineup loaded with fine art, decorative items Sept. 24

Untitled after Alexander Calder tapestry, hand-woven maguey fiber, 1975. Estimated value: $4,000-$5,000. Capo Auction image

NEW YORK – A selection of fine art, modern furniture and unusual decorative items will be the focus of Capo Auction Fine Art and Antiques’ first auction of the fall season on Saturday, Sept. 24. The auction will also include a wide selection of antique furniture, jewelry, silver and bronze.