NEW YORK – Dozens of handmade rugs in a variety of types and sizes will be offered for sale in a Jasper52 online auction Dec. 26. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
PHILADELPHIA— A remarkable assemblage of 18th-century slipware ceramics uncovered during an archaeological excavation in Philadelphia will soon be revealed to the public for the first time. Nearly a dozen pieces of slipware, a form of decorative lead-glazed pottery, will be on view at the 2018 New York Ceramics & Glass Fair from Thursday, Jan. 18 – Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, at Bohemian National Hall in Manhattan.
WINDSOR, Conn. – An oil-on-board painting by Wayne Thiebaud (American, b. 1920) titled Lollipop Tree, a lovely art glass vase by Ercole Barovier (Italian, 1888-1974), and one of the finest collections of Victorian furniture ever offered at auction are just part of what bidders can expect at Nadeau’s Auction Gallery’s annual New Year’s Day auction on Monday, Jan. 1, at 11 a.m. Eastern time. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.Continue reading
PARIS (AP) – An original manuscript for the Marquis de Sade’s The 120 Days of Sodom has been withdrawn from a Paris auction after the French government declared it a “national treasure” and banned its export.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) – The University of Michigan Museum of Art has reopened its Robert B. Jacobs Asian Art Conservation Laboratory.