FRANKLIN, Mass. â A dark brown ink drawing on heavy wove paper attributed to Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), titled Garden View of the Church at Auvers (1890), signed by Van Gogh, sold for $12,000 in the online-only fine art auction titled Prestige Signature Collection: Master Artworks, held on April 26 by Woodshed Art Auctions. Absentee and Internet bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
MT. CRAWFORD, Va. â Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates will conduct their 18th annual spring auction of 18th and 19th century glass and lighting on May 20 beginning at 9:30 a.m. Eastern. The sale will feature the collections of glass author and scholar Joan E. Kaiser of Sandwich, Mass., and the late Roger Gehman of Pittsburgh, Pa. Absentee and Internet bidding is available at LiveAuctioneers.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. â Gorgeous French-made clocks will command center stage at Fontaineâs Auction Gallery on Saturday, May 20, when the firm conducts an antiques and fine art auction The sale will begin10 a.m. Eastern. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. â In the last 50 years or so veneer has gotten a bad rap in the furniture trade. Somehow, back in the 1960s and 1970s veneer became associated with, and in many cases actually blamed for, some of the absolute garbage that was being manufactured at the time. But it probably goes back farther than that. That attitude is a holdover from the Depression era that is lodged in the minds of the children of the time. They remember some of the furniture their parents bought back in those dark days.
LONDON – It was announced today that the new building at Tate Modern is to be named the Blavatnik Building in recognition of the lead donation from the Blavatnik Family Foundation headed by global industrialist and philanthropist Len Blavatnik.
DALLAS â A leopard skin saddle pad owned by George Washington highlights Heritage Auctionsâ May 13 Americana and Political auction, which will include a separate catalog titled âWashington and the Founding Fathers.â Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.Continue reading
NEW YORK â The public is invited to celebrate the 150th birthday of Frank Lloyd Wright through a series of activities at the legendary architectâs masterwork: the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan.
DALLAS â An Indiana church’s rare, 19th-century gold coin featuring one of the earliest uses of the motto In God We Trust on a U.S. coin, was sold for $517,000 amid spirited bidding to take top lot honors in Heritage Auctionsâ Central States Numismatic Society (CSNS) auctions which were held April 26 through May 2. The auctions claimed a combined $32,576,612 across U.S. Coins, World Currency and U.S. Currency.