OAKLAND, Calif. – Clars Auction Gallery hosted their annual sale of fine photography on Jan. 21 in conjunction with their monthly Fine Art, Decorative Art, Furniture, Jewelry/Timepieces and Asian Art Auction. The market responded strongly to the important photography offerings and impressive prices and surprises were seen across the board. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
SAN FRANCISCO – PBA Galleries will auction the Tyler-Goodwyn Family Archive of President John Tyler descendants containing approximately 265 letters, documents, writings and manuscripts, plus silver cups and spoons, an engraved gold pocket watch and other family memorabilia circa 1832-1980. The archive will be offered on Sunday, Feb. 11, in an early morning sale in Pasadena, Calif., to coincide with the 51st California International Antiquarian Book Fair. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
CRANSTON, R.I. – Fresh off a highly successful Winter Antiques & Fine Arts Auction on Jan. 6 composed of 379 lots of fine items from prominent New England homes, Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers will present another big antique and fine art sale on Saturday, Feb. 3, at 11 a.m. Eastern time. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The war has begun in Philadelphia and Boston, where the Super Bowl-bound rivals are lightheartedly refusing to sell items from each other’s cities in a sort of “cheesesteak ban heard ’round the world.”
ATLANTA – A 1923 oil on canvas painting by the noted American landscape artist John Fulton Folinsbee (1892-1972), titled River at New Hope, sold for $165,200 at Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery’s annual New Year’s Signature Estates Auction held Jan. 6-7. The winter scene of Lambertville, New Jersey, was estimated at $25,000-$35,000. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
CAIRO (AP) – Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry says it has placed the ancient colossus of famed pharaoh Ramses II at the entrance of a museum under construction near the country’s famed pyramids outside the capital Cairo.
