MILWAUKEE (AP) – An original Pablo Picasso print worth up to an estimated $50,000 has been reported stolen from a downtown Milwaukee art gallery.
Original Picasso print stolen from Milwaukee art gallery
Challenging pursuit: Apple’s Steve Jobs rarely signed autographs
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – When it comes to collecting autographs, it’s never easy finding documents previously signed by the dearly departed. Unless, of course, you have enough disposable income and can pay top dollar when these rarities come up for auction. Or, better yet, you were astute enough to land their scrawls before they exited this world. Such is the case for autograph collectors chasing the scarce signature of late Apple Computer co-founder and iPhone visionary Steve Jobs, who died in 2011 following a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 56 years old.
Cowan’s mounts auction of WPA, WWII artworks March 2
CINCINNATI – Cowan’s will offer an extensive collection of WPA-era prints featuring the works of important artists of the period on Friday, March 2. Artists whose work will be sold include Dox Thrash, Raymond Steth, Minetta Good, Don Freeman, Jack Markow, Claire Mahl and Reginald Marsh. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
David Bowie photo exhibition planned for 3 locations
NEW YORK – “I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring.” This quote, delivered by David Bowie at Madison Square Garden on his 50th birthday, is an apt description of the twists and turns of his influential career. A true chameleon of the stage, Bowie blazed his way across the universe of rock, continually reinventing himself and shifting into new looks and personas. A renaissance singer, songwriter, and performer, he shattered all norms and boundaries, forever changing the music and film scene before his untimely passing in 2016.
Masters of Murano art glass
NEW YORK — Murano glass, crafted with Old World traditions by generations of artisans in Murano, Italy, is highly coveted among art glass collectors. While commonly thought of as one island, Murano is actually a grouping of seven small islands connected to Venice by bridges. Glassmakers here pioneered and perfecting such techniques as enameling glass, multicolored glass (millefiore), aventurine (glass embedded with threads of gold), milk glass (lattimo), bubbly glass (bollicine) and much more.
John Moran sale March 12 to help fund appraiser scholarships
MONROVIA, Calif. – John Moran Auctioneers will conduct an auction to benefit the Foundation for Appraisal Education on Monday, March 12, at noon Pacific time. All sales will benefit the Foundation’s efforts to fund scholarships and educational events dedicated to personal property appraising. Items to be auctioned include paintings, silver, jewelry and glass. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
On the Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera art trail in Mexico City
MEXICO CITY (AP) – With her unibrow, braided updo, colorful clothing and mustache, the late Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has become an idiosyncratic cult figure in the United States.
FBI: Partygoer stole terracotta warrior’s thumb at museum party
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Federal authorities say a Delaware man snapped a selfie before stealing part of a $4.5 million statue at a Philadelphia museum.
American artists starring in Cowan’s auction March 10
CINCINNATI – Exceptional pieces from some of the most recognizable American artists of the late 19th and early 20th century highlight Cowan’s Spring Fine and Decorative Arts Auction. The March 10 sale includes works by David Gilmour Blythe (1815-1936), Henry Farny (1847-1916) and Dixie Selden (1871-1936) as well as two collections of early American furniture from Colorado and Michigan, and an assortment of folk art and Americana. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
Oldest house in Tampa area moved, with help from Google
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – How do you move the oldest house in the three-county area of Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco? Very carefully. Also very slowly, in pieces, and with the help of Google.