BEVERLY, Mass. – Kaminski Auctions’ annual Thanksgiving sale, held over the holiday weekend of Nov. 25 and 26, featured an outstanding collection of George Jensen silver from a Chicago estate that brought out collectors from all over the globe. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
KANSAS CITY – A museum-quality Dorflinger cranberry cut to clear glass ewer soared to $75,000 at a sale featuring two major collections of American Brilliant Cut Glass, held Nov. 18 by Woody Auction. It was the final major cut glass auction of the year for Woody Auction, which is based in Douglass, Kan. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – The bright plumage of the Central American quetzal bird inspired some of the most colorful art glass ever made. With its striking metallic green feathers (quetzal translates to “large brilliant tail feather” in the Aztecs’ native language), crimson chest and a crown of yellow and green, the bird was a fitting inspiration for the name “Quezal Art Glass and Decorating Company,” founded by Martin Bach Sr and Thomas Johnson in 1901.
NEW YORK – Jasper52’s auction of paintings and prints on Tuesday, Dec. 19, gives art lovers an opportunity to decorate their homes with beautiful works by 20th-century masters. The 39-lot offering features the works of Banksy, Jeff Koons, Chuck Close, Jasper Johns and many more. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – Before Banksy, there was Hambleton. In the 1980s, Richard Hambleton was the Shadowman, a specter in the night who painted hundreds of startling silhouettes on the walls of lower Manhattan and, along with Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, sparked the street art movement.
RENO, Nev. (AP) – A Reno sign collector is trying to persuade city leaders to keep Reno’s iconic downtown arch neon instead of switching to LED lights during a planned makeover.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – At one time, Bob Felthousen and Grace Felthousen stored 300 tiny buildings in their Plattsmouth, Nebraska, home. They occasionally took them out of cartons to display on the main floor and in the basement family room, with 700 accessory pieces such as cars, trees and sleighs.
CAIRO (AP) – Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry says archaeologists have uncovered four intact burial sites, part of a cemetery and an incomplete statue in different areas in the southern city of Aswan.