Buffalo Pottery collection kicks off Jeffrey Evans Variety Auction Feb. 17-18

Sample of the 2,000-plus piece collection of Buffalo Pottery. Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates image

 

MT. CRAWFORD, Va. – Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates’ February Variety Auction contains a true diversity of material and will include everything from Shaker furniture to sterling silver souvenir spoons. The two-day auction will begin with a special selection of ceramics on Friday, Feb. 17, to be followed by the main sale on Saturday, Feb. 18. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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DeCamp’s ‘Lady in Black Hat’ tops John Moran’s Studio Art Auction

Boston portrait artist Joseph DeCamp was represented in the January catalog with ‘Lady in a Black Hat,’ which earned top-lot status with a $12,200 selling price (estimate: $3,000-$5,000). John Moran Auctioneers image

 

MONROVIA, Calif. – John Moran Auctioneers kicked off their 2017 auction calendar with an exciting auction event featuring an eclectic selection of 248 works of fine art, the majority of which carried estimates below $2,000. Many pieces featured in Moran’s Studio Fine Art Auction fell under the heading of California and American art for which Moran’s is known. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Leo Wilensky collection featured in Thomaston Place Feb. 11-12 auction

Nineteenth century American fire engine steam pumper weather vane, with two horses and two firemen. Thomaston Place Auction Galleries image

 

THOMASTON, Maine – The single-owner lifetime folk art and antique collection of Leo Wilensky will be featured at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ Winter Auction on Feb. 11-12, 2017. This collection, which will be sold unreserved on Saturday, Feb. 11, includes a diverse array of rare, museum-caliber examples of American folk art, Colonial furniture, paintings and accessories. Absentee and Internet bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Picasso, Warhol works in U of Michigan art exhibition

Andy Warhol, ‘Ferrous,’ 1975, acrylic and silkscreen on linen. Collection of Joseph and Annette Allen © 2016 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

 

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) – The University of Michigan Museum of Art plans to debut an exhibition later this month to celebrate the school’s bicentennial.Continue reading