NEW YORK – Antiquarian maps of all parts of the earth and beyond will be sold at a Jasper52 online auction on Saturday, Oct. 7. These original and often colorful engravings show how the world was viewed at the time the maps were published. Absentee and Internet bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
DALLAS – Two artists came out on top in the quest for top lots at Heritage Auctions’ $2.3 million Fine & Decorative Arts Auction Sept. 22-25: American painter Gertrude Abercrombie (1909-1977) and Italian sculptor Raffaello Romanelli (1856-1928). Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
WINDSOR, Conn. – An important early 18th-century sunflower chest attributed to Peter Blinn (1640-1725), a Colonial-era artisan who moved to Wethersfield, Conn., in the late 17th century, is an expected highlight in Nadeau’s Auction Gallery’s annual fall antiques, fine art, sporting and Asian auction on Saturday, Oct. 21. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
BOULDER, Colo. – By day, Donick Cary is an Emmy Award-winning writer and producer whose credits include The Simpsons, The Late Show with David Letterman, New Girl, and Parks and Recreation. But when he’s not on a Hollywood set, the TV mogul immerses himself in running Musack.org, a nonprofit that underwrites student music programs for at-risk youth, from Compton, California to Appalachia and beyond. In a gesture of great generosity, Cary is auctioning Pre-Columbian and ethnographic art, and unique entertainment memorabilia from his personal collections to benefit Musack.org so the organization can continue its worthy mission of subsidizing music teachers and purchasing musical instruments.
PARIS (AP) – There’s something vaguely familiar about this charcoal sketch of a woman’s face and nude torso — could it be an unclothed precursor to the Mona Lisa by the master himself?
NEW YORK – Jasper52 will conduct an online auction of fine ancient jewelry on Saturday, Oct. 7. This no-reserve auction – with bidding starting at $1 – offers a wide range of artifacts, from Bronze Age pins and bracelets to post-Medieval religious pendants. The sale also includes a large collection of Viking-era jewelry such as rings, mythological pendants and warriors’ amulets. Absentee and Internet bidding is available exclusively through LiveAuctioneers.