BOULDER, Colo. – Artemis Gallery will conduct an exciting auction brimming with fresh-to-market ancient treasures on Thursday, March 15. The sale is composed of 432 lots having impeccable provenance and ironclad guarantees of authenticity and legality. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
POTOMAC, Md. (AP) – People have lined up for the chance to buy mementos of the late astronaut John Glenn at his estate sale in Maryland.
NEW ORLEANS – Neal Auction’s March 24 & 25 Important Spring Estates Auction features several rare and monumental works by important Louisiana artists. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – It’s the sort of story that tickles curiosities and generates more questions than answers: A rare centuries-old print — an engraved copy — of a famous painting by an Italian Renaissance master hangs in a small church in rural Virginia and goes unnoticed for who knows how long until a random stranger happens upon it and sees it for what it is.
SAN SIMEON, Calif. (AP) – A painting that has been hanging at California’s landmark Hearst Castle for decades has been identified as a 17th-century work after two guides noticed a previously undetected monogram and inscription when sunlight illuminated them last fall.
INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Landmarks is looking for vendors of antiques, collectibles and architectural salvage to participate in its Treasure Hunt antiques markets this summer—July 14 in Indianapolis and July 21 in South Bend.
NEW YORK – Carved tribal art from Africa and around the globe is the focus of a Jasper52 online auction on Wednesday, March 14. A collection of nearly 100 vintage masks, sculptures and similar articles will be sold. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
DOUGLASS, Kan. – Woody Auction celebrated the grand opening of their new Douglass auction hall with a major antique and fine art auction on Saturday, Feb. 24, one that featured four oil paintings by renowned Swedish-born Kansas painter Birger Sandzén (1871-1946), plus outstanding collections of Royal Bayreuth, Daum Nancy, Galle, Tiffany, Pairpoint, art glass and period American furniture. Absentee and Internet bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
IOLA, Wis. – Deltiology, numismatics and philately are reportedly the three most popular interests in the field of collecting. In just the first line of this article, I have managed to make it sound confusing, pretentious and even strange (especially that last one, which seems like something you’d read in the police blotter). “In a raid early this morning police captured three philatelists.” Nevertheless, these are the actual names for postcard, coin, and stamp collecting, respectively.
DOWNINGTOWN, Pa. – On Saturday, March 24, Pook & Pook Inc. Auctioneers and Appraisers with Noel Barrett Antiques and Auctions Ltd. will host their fourth joint auction. Beginning at 10 a.m., the 400-lot sale includes an array of clockwork and military toys, cast-iron vehicles, advertising signs and a few other surprises. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.