NEW YORK – With the holidays approaching it’s a great time to put on a fresh look. Jasper52 provides a unique showcase of fine jewelry in a variety of mediums, as well as a mix of loose gemstones in an online auction on Tuesday, Nov. 28. Absentee and Internet bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
JAMESTOWN, N.Y. (AP) – A western New York library has put more of its valuable art collection up for auction, a move that has drawn opposition from some of the organization’s supporters.
DALLAS (AP) – A curator at the Dallas Museum of Art has resigned, saying he was aware of allegations against him regarding “inappropriate behavior.”
SAN FRANCISCO – On Thursday, Nov. 30, PBA Galleries will offer the Richard E. Bateman Collection on celestial mechanics with rare books and manuscripts from various other consignors. The Bateman Collection features key works in astronomy, mathematics, the physical sciences, and more, from Newton to Euler, Lagrange and Laplace. In addition, there are high spots in Americana, literature, illustrated and color plate books, fine printings, autograph material, travel and exploration. Included are important works by William Shakespeare, John Muir, Cervantes, Rudolph Ackermann, even Barack Obama’s elementary school yearbook inscribed by him. Absentee and Internet bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
CAIRO (AP) – Egypt says archaeologists have discovered three sunken shipwrecks dating back more than 2,000 years to Roman times off the coast of the city of Alexandria.
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BERLIN (AP) – German police recovered around 100 items that belonged to late Beatles star John Lennon that were stolen from his widow in New York, including three diaries, two pairs of his signature metal-rimmed glasses, a cigarette case and a handwritten music score.
CLEVELAND – Nineteenth-century Prussian immigrant Severin Roesen’s masterful American still life paintings feature the abundance of the new world’s bountiful harvest. The vibrant colors of an autumnal yield of fruits, flowers and glasses of wine glow against a subdued background of dark greys and browns in the magnificent painting offered at lot 1 in Gray’s Nov. 29 auction. Absentee and Internet bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
MOSCOW – Anticvarium will auction pre-revolutionary antiques and Soviet-era memorabilia on Saturday, Nov. 25. Two unique collections associated with the Russian Empire: the iconography of the 17th-19th centuries and glass items of the early 19th-20th centuries produced by Russian factories will be featured. Absentee and Internet bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
VATICAN CITY (AP) – The Vatican and China are planning a first-ever exchange of artworks for exhibits in China and the Vatican Museums, as the two states forge ahead with soft diplomacy amid a stalemate in negotiations to heal decades of diplomatic estrangement.
MT. CRAWFORD, Va. – Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates’ Nov. 10-11 Americana and Fine Antiques Auction was a successful event, generating strong prices in multiple categories. The two-day format consisted of 1,167 lots of high-quality material, much of which was fresh to the market, and in several cases had descended directly in the families of the original owners. Bidding was intense throughout both days, with strong institutional interest and over 3,000 registered bidders participating in house and online. Absentee and Internet bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.