BELLEVILLE, Mich. – Showtime Auction Services will hold its first big auction event of 2018 at a new venue and with new show dates. The auction will be held the weekend of April 20, 21 and 22, about three weeks later than usual, at the Wayne County Fairgrounds, located at 10871 Quirk Road. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW ORLEANS – Neal Auction Co.’s March 24-25 Important Spring Estates Auction achieved a world record auction price of $304,500 for a monumental painting by Alexander John Drysdale, while a rare and important Clementine Hunter mural hit $70,150, setting a new record price for the artist at auction. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – Modern first editions are featured in an online book auction that will be conducted Wednesday, April 11, by Jasper52. Bibliophiles can examine and purchase classics by Joseph Conrad, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Virginia Woolf, Lewis Carroll, John Steinbeck and many more. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
BOSTON (AP) – A cash-strapped Massachusetts museum can sell dozens of pieces of art, including works by Norman Rockwell, a judge on the state’s highest court ruled Thursday.
NEW YORK – Renowned throughout the world for their valor, dedication and sacrifice, New York City’s firefighters have inspired the acclaimed UK artist Alexander Millar to create a new body of work in their honor.
NEW YORK — China’s art tradition, from pottery and calligraphy to painting, is ancient in origin, dating back to the Stone Age. Examining China’s revered dynasties, it becomes clear that each left its own distinctive mark on a history that continues to unfold as contemporary artists add their influences. Let’s take a look at the earliest period of Chinese art creation and subsequent dynasties with which collectors should become familiar.