George Rodrigue’s trademark Blue Dog in a painting titled ‘Springtime in Louisiana.’ Crescent City Auction Gallery image
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Louisiana voters who cast ballots this fall will get an “I Voted” sticker that could soon become a collector’s item, featuring George Rodrigue’s iconic Blue Dog.
Thomas Hart Benton’s ‘Roasting Ears’ sold for $1,877,000. Dallas Auction gallery image
DALLAS – Achieving a sell-through rate of 96 percent, Dallas Auction Gallery’s fine art auction achieved strong results for top American artists. The sale, which featured the collection of Dallas’s Sam Wyly, achieved $5.9 million in sales and was led by Thomas Hart Benton’s Roasting Ears (est. $700,000-$900,000), which sold on the phone for $1,877,000.
Emile Albert Gruppe (American, 1896-1978), ‘Bass Rocks, Gloucester, Massachusetts,’ oil on canvas, dated 1939, in its original frame measuring 40 inches high by 50 inches wide. Price realized: $9,000. Kaminski Auctions image
BEVERLY, Mass. – On a perfect September day Kaminski Auctions held a spectacular on-site auction of the estate of Count Jochen Von Haller at Belmar on Eastern Point in Gloucester, Mass. Located in a historic private residential community close to the Rocky Neck Art Colony, the Eastern Point Yacht Club and the Beauport Museum, the tent was standing room only with spectators and neighbors eager to see the inside of the magnificent home.
Outstanding group of cameo vases, examples by Thomas Webb and Sons, and Steven and Williams
MT. CRAWFORD, Va. – Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates will hold a cataloged auction of fine and decorative arts on Oct. 15 beginning at 9:30 am Eastern time. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.com.
Replica edition of Mad Max’s Pursuit Special Interceptor, a Ford XB Falcon Hardtop. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – Ford Motor Co. ended 91 years of car manufacturing in Australia on Friday, with the last two Australian car makers due to close their doors next year.
Paint test marquette created by the legendary makeup artist Dave Miller for the 2003 chiller ‘Freddy vs. Jason.’ Premiere Props image
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – Props and costumes from the current smash films Don’t Breathe, Blair Witch and Deadpool, dresses owned by Princess Diana and Whitney Houston, and marquettes (pre-production study models) for Freddy vs. Jason and Gremlins 2 are just a few of the more than 700 lots up for bid in Premiere Props’ Hollywood Auction Extravaganza XLIII on Oct. 15.
The top lot of the auction was this dazzling Kashmir sapphire and diamond ring in a platinum and gold setting, which sold for $103,500. Cottone Auctions image
GENESEO, N.Y. – A Kashmir sapphire and diamond ladies’ vintage ring in a platinum and gold setting sold for $103,500 at a fine art and antiques auction held Sept. 23-24 by Cottone Auctions.
Cast-iron full-bodied Pekingese doorstop, Hubley. Estimate: $300-$300. Roland Auctions NY image
NEW YORK – Roland Auctions N.Y. will sell a single-owner collection of important American doorstops on Saturday, Oct. 15, commencing at 10 a.m. This sale consists of several hundred American cast-iron doorstops of the first order dispersed throughout 150 lots.
This calligraphy by Yo Youren was dedicated to his daughter-in-law Hu Ying and was written on his flight from Nanjing. This work will be offered for $6,000-$9,000. Clars Auction Gallery image
OAKLAND, Calif. – Clars Auction Gallery will be offering important calligraphy works by Chinese master Yu Youren as part of their Asian art and antiques, fine art, decorative arts, furnishings and jewelry sale on Oct. 15-16. In addition, this event will also feature a vase designed by Yako Hodo (Japanese, b. 1956).
Ansel Adams’ Arca-Swiss 4-by-5 view camera. Heritage Auctions image
NEW YORK (AP) – A large-format camera used by 20th-century photographer Ansel Adams to record some of the nation’s most enduring images is going on the auction block in New York this month.