LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. – On Sunday, May 20, 2018, Rago Auctions will sell four extravagantly beautiful chairs from the Grand Salon of one of the grandest luxury ocean liners to ever cross the Atlantic, the SS Normandie.
CLEVELAND – A previously undiscovered work by William Merritt Chase has been authenticated and will be auctioned on May 7 by Gray’s Auctioneers, with absentee and Internet live bidding available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – A passionate crowd filled every inch of both the Ricco Maresca and Flowers galleries as Guernsey’s conducted an unprecedented auction of 52 doors removed from New York City’s landmark Chelsea Hotel. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
SAN FRANCISCO – A rare Winnie-the-Pooh drawing highlights PBA Galleries‘ April 19 sale of Illustrated & Children’s Books, Fine Printing, Art & Photography, and Books sale. Three-hundred-and-fifty lots of striking and uncommon illustrated books and visual materials; finely printed works in limited editions, scarce children’s books and more come to auction from the collection of the late Fred Bennett. There are numerous books written by, designed, or with contributions by Merle Armitage; as well as books with illustrations by Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac and Kay Nielsen; and rare artists’ books. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
BOSTON (AP) – A map of Cuba that President John F. Kennedy referred to during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 has sold at auction for nearly $140,000.