Genuine handmade Tabriz area rug, 6 feet 8 inches x 9 feet 11 inches. Estimate: $1,150-$2,650. Jasper52 image
NEW YORK – Jasper52 will auction a selection of more than 100 beautiful and lush Persian rugs on Sunday, March 19. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
Egyptian sandstone head of a pharaoh, circa 1200-332 B.C., 5 1/4in high, mounted on a custom-made metal base. Estimate: $7,000-$8,000. Ancient Resource image
MONTROSE, Calif. – Ancient Resource LLC’s March 26 auction features remarkable collections of high quality Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern, Holy Land, Asian and Pre-Columbian artifacts – more than 300 lots. Absentee and Internet bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
Patrick Moore. Photo by Abby Warhola, courtesy of The Warhol
PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh has promoted its new director from within.
Patrick Moore has been interim director since Eric Shiner left in August for a position with Sotheby’s auction house in New York. Moore was named director of the museum on Friday.
Rolex Oyster Perpetual, 1967, stainless steel with solid 14K gold bezel, original Rolex 14K gold and stainless band. Estimate: $6,000-$12,000. Jasper52 image
NEW YORK – A Rolex Oyster Perpetual and a rare Breitling Trans Ocean chronometer are among the top lots in a Jasper52 auction of vintage 1960s wristwatches on Sunday March 19. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
Dutch artist Nathaniel Dance’s portrait of Captain James Cook (1728-1779). Painted in 1775/76
News and updates from around the arts and auction community:
The Glenwood Springs Historical Society pulled the trigger Thursday on a move the group hopes will boost the town’s reputation as an Old West tourist stop. They paid $84,000 for Doc Holliday’s derringer, one of few items believed to have been in the Hotel Glenwood room where he died in 1887. [Read more from AP/Post Independent]
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Large gilt bronze seal, covered by two dragons facing a flaming pearl on top of swirling clouds on each side, weighing 15 pounds (est. $2,000-$4,000). Converse Auctions image
MALVERN, Pa. – Over 300 lots of fine American, European, African, Chinese and other Asian items will be sold in an internet-only Spring East Meets West Auction on Friday, March 24, by Converse Auctions. Absentee and Internet Live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
Cohen’s ‘You Do Not Have to Love Me’ broadside (est. $1,200-$1,800). PBA Galleries image
SAN FRANCISCO – A large private collection of Beat Literature and related books and ephemera, a great deal of it signed by original Beat and co-founder of the legendary City Lights Books, Lawrence Ferlinghetti will be offered by PBA Galleries on Thursday, March 23. Absentee and Internet bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
Andy Warhol original screenprint depiction of screen legend Greta Garbo as Mata Hari. Estimate: $20,000-$30,000. Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers image.
CRANSTON, R.I. – An original screenprint depiction of screen legend Greta Garbo as Mata Hari by Andy Warhol, plus additional artworks by Miguel Martinez, Walter Franklin Lansil, William Perkins Babcock, Craig McPherson and Bruno Bruni will headline a spring antiques and fine arts auction planned for Saturday, March 25, by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
Robert Indiana’s ‘LOVE’ sculpture has been restored and placed on permanent display inside the IMA. Image courtesy Indianapolis Museum of Art
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Robert Indiana’s iconic LOVE sculpture is back on display at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Monumental Greek Apulian red figure volute-krater, attrib. the Strotgen Painter, circa 340-330 BCE, ex Christie’s, $35,000-$50,000
BOULDER, Colo. – Assessing antiquities may be “all Greek” to beginners and even some mid-level collectors, but any apprehensions can be set aside when pieces have been vetted by trusted auction-house experts like Bob and Teresa Dodge. Co-owners of internationally respected Artemis Gallery, Bob and Teresa have always placed an emphasis on scrupulous research and uncompromising authentication, and it shows in each and every auction they produce. Their next 100% curated offering of pedigreed ancient antiquities, Russian icons, ethnographic, Pre-Columbian and Asian art will take place on March 15, with absentee and Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers.