PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents “Biting Wit and Brazen Folly,” an exhibition featuring over 60 incisively drawn and brightly colored British caricatures. Produced in great numbers in the 18th and early 19th centuries, these satirical prints captured British life during a time of great social change.
CEDARHURST, N.Y. – A collection of documents and ephemera from Moses L. Kove, a prosecuting attorney of the Nuremberg Nuremberg Trials of Nazi war criminals, will be auctioned off at J. Greenstein and Co., in their spring auction on Monday, May 14. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – Asian art and antiques through the ages are presented in a Jasper52 online auction on Tuesday, May 1. The more than 50 lots going up for bid include fine Japanese weaponry, carved netsuke, Tibetan thangkas, porcelain and jade. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK (AP) – Pop star Madonna has lost her battle to prevent an auction of her personal items, including a love letter from her ex-boyfriend, the late rapper Tupac Shakur, a pair of worn panties and a hairbrush containing her hair.
BEVERLY, Mass. – Studio props and furniture from TV’s The Martha Stewart Show will be sold at Kaminski Auctions on Saturday and Sunday, May 5-6. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Martha Stewart Center for Living at Mount Sinai Hospital which serves to promote and facilitate access to health care resources for older adults and to enhance the public perception of aging. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.