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.
Want a Blue Dog sticker? Have to vote in Louisiana election
Benton’s ‘Roasting Ears’ yields $1.9M at Dallas Auction Gallery
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.
Kaminski enjoys great auction in great outdoors Sept. 17
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.
Jeffrey Evans has colorful gathering of glass, fine art in auction Oct. 15
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.
Ford shuts down Australian car production line after 91 years
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.
Premiere Props presents scary movie items, Princess Di dress Oct. 15
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.
Sapphire and diamond ring tops $103K at Cottone auction
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.
Roland Auctions NY to sell landmark doorstop collection Oct. 15
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.
Important Asian art at forefront of Clars auction Oct. 15-16
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 camera outfit could fetch $70,000 at auction
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.