Walton Foundation’s $20M Gift to Texas Museum, Trump Whisky, and More Fresh News

George Bellows (1882–1925), The Fisherman, 1917, oil on canvas, from the collection of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
George Bellows (1882–1925), The Fisherman, 1917, oil on canvas, from the collection of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

News and updates from around the arts and auction community:

  • The Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas, has received an unprecedented $20 million endowment from the Walton Family Foundation. The gift will support future exhibition and education initiatives. [Read more from the Amon Carter Museum]
  •  A bottle of rare Scotch whisky autographed by President-elect Donald Trump is expected to attract a healthy four-figure sum at auction on Jan. 13. The 26-year-old single-malt whisky was bottled in 2012 to mark the opening of Trump’s golf club in Scotland. [Read more from the Press and Journal]
  •  Get ready for the next British invasion, this time in Ohio. A fantastic display of 30 motorcycles made by British companies between 1913 and 2006 will open on Saturday at the National Packard Museum. [Read more from The Vindicator]
  • Sales from public art collections are frowned upon in the art world, but sometimes they’re a sad necessity. Kirklees council in West Yorkshire, England, is considering selling a prized 1940s painting by Francis Bacon. [Read more from The Guardian]

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7 things you should know about Tiffin Modern glass lines

The 6553 Flower Basket in Ruby and Crystal was one of the most popular pieces from the Empress line. This basket has an engraved monogram “H” on one side. Image by Tom Hoepf
The 6553 Flower Basket in Ruby and Crystal was one of the most popular pieces from the Empress line. This basket has an engraved monogram “H” on one side. Image by Tom Hoepf

 

Listings for Tiffin Glass in antiques price guides always mention the company’s black satin glass produced in the 1920s, but in recent years collectors have paid more attention to its art glass made during the 1940s and ’50s.

It was an era of glassmaking in Tiffin marked by continued fine quality, brilliant colors and innovative designs. The most intriguing of these are loosely called Tiffin’s Modern lines.

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Chinese ceramics among prized items in Kaminski auction Jan. 15

Fine Chinese Langyao vase. Kaminski Auctions image
Fine Chinese Langyao vase. Estimate: $3,000-$4,000. Kaminski Auctions image

 

BEVERLY, Mass. – On Jan. 15 Kaminski Auctions will hold a two-session auction beginning with an array of fine Asian items from the Travis Brock Collection of Monochrome Ceramics of Bethesda, Maryland. The collection was acquired in Derbyshire, England in 1972. Highlights include a fine Chinese Langyao vase, with a lustrous red glaze with an under glazed Kangxi seal of the period, valued at $3,000-$4,000. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Interior designer’s estate highlights Crescent City auction, Jan. 14-15

Early 20th century French gilt and patinated three-piece clock set by F. Pelissier (est. $500-$900). Crescent City Auction Gallery image
Early 20th century French gilt and patinated three-piece clock set by F. Pelissier (est. $500-$900). Crescent City Auction Gallery image

 

NEW ORLEANS – A beautiful Continental specimen marble center table, an early 20th century French gilt and patinated three-piece clock set by F. Pelissier, a bronze figural group by the French artist Edouard Drouot and a collection of over 40 men’s rings and other jewelry from a single-owner collection will come up for bid at Crescent City Auction Gallery Jan. 14-15. Absentee and Internet bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Sioux war shirt sells for $32,500 at Heritage Auctions

Decorated with locks of hair, this Sioux pictorial beaded hide war shirt sold for $32,500. Heritage Auctions image
Decorated with locks of hair, this Sioux pictorial beaded hide war shirt sold for $32,500. Heritage Auctions image

 

DALLAS – A flurry of bids drove a Sioux pictorial beaded hide war shirt to the top of the list of lots sold at Heritage Auctions’ American Indian Art Auction Dec. 13. The shirt, circa 1890, was made in traditional Plains style and designed to be worn in the style of a poncho. It sold for $32,500. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Ahlers & Ogletree draws treasures from prime estates for Jan. 14-16 auction

Redware whippet by Shenandoah Valley potter Solomon Bell (1817-1882), circa 1832 (est. $15,000-$30,000). Ahlers & Ogletree image
Redware whippet by Shenandoah Valley potter Solomon Bell (1817-1882), circa 1832 (est. $15,000-$30,000). Ahlers & Ogletree image

 

ATLANTA – A gilt bronze sculpture signed by Italian artist Arnaldo Pomodoro, a hand-modeled redware figure of a reclining whippet by noted Shenandoah Valley potter Solomon Bell, a dazzling GIA-certified 6.68-carat brown diamond engagement ring; and a hand-signed Marina Edition etching on paper by Pablo Picasso will come for bid at Ahlers & Ogletree’s Signature Estates Auction Jan. 14-16. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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