Julien’s to auction Joseff of Hollywood screen gems Nov. 18

Gold snake chain necklace terminating in serpent head accented with simulated diamonds, rubies and an emerald, 18K, 138.4 grams gross. Created for and worn by Rita Hayworth together with matching bracelet and headpiece in ‘Down to Earth’ (Columbia, 1947). Estimate: $7,000-$9,000. Julien’s Auctions image

 

LOS ANGELES – Julien’s Auctions will present Joseff of Hollywood: Treasures from the Vault, an exquisite collection of over 600 unique pieces of costume jewelry and accessories, which will be sold on Saturday, Nov. 18. These exquisitely crafted pieces have appeared on film and at red carpet events, worn by Hollywood’s most glamorous stars of the 1920s, ’30s and ’40s. Absentee and Internet bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Prince’s Record-Setting Guitar, Grasshopper in a Van Gogh, and More Fresh News

Teal Cloud guitar played on stage by Prince which sold for $700,000 at Julien’s Auctions. Image courtesy of Julien’s Auctions and LiveAuctioneers.com

 

News and updates from around the arts and auction community:

  • A guitar that Prince played onstage during a 1994 concert to benefit earthquake victims has sold for $700K at Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles. According to the auction house, it’s the highest price ever paid for one of the late rock icon’s guitars. [Read more from USA Today]
  • Researchers inspecting Vincent van Gogh’s painting titled Olive Trees discovered a previously unnoticed detail: part of a grasshopper that has been trapped in the paint for more than a century. How did it get there? [Read more from Fox News]
  • The lawyer for a French couple has filed suit against the Calder Foundation, claiming they sent an Alexander Calder painting to the foundation so it could be restored. Now, they say, they can’t get it back. Here’s why. [Read more from Art Market Monitor]
  • Generations of the Hussey family lived in Scotney Castle in England and were known to be aristocratic hoarders. Although the castle has been open to the public for 10 years, volunteers are still cataloging the stately home’s contents — including a recent discovery of a cardboard box holding 186 mostly Ancient Roman coins.  [Read more from Christian Davies Antiques]

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Millea Bros. aiming for wow factor in Fringe auction Nov. 13

This vintage Nieman Eisman sideshow or circus banner, which depicts a monkey driving a car inside a wheel, measures 92in. x 115in. It is stenciled lower right ‘Nieman Studios.’ Estimate: $1,000-$1,500. Millea Bros. image

 

BOONTON, N.J. – Halloween may have come and gone, but Millea Bros. is cracking open its coffers and has scared up over 400 lots for a unique set of offerings at its annual fall auction. Titled “Fringe,” the sale on Monday, Nov. 13, at 10 a.m., Eastern brings together a collection of objects that will shock, delight or disturb. Absentee and Internet Live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Archeologists discover ancient gymnasium near Cairo

Fayoum, Egypt, 1008 photo by Hussain92, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license

 

CAIRO (AP) – Egypt’s antiquities ministry says archaeologists have discovered remnants of an ancient gymnasium dating back about 2,300 years, from the Hellenistic period.

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