YARMOUTH, Mass. (AP) – A bone fragment recovered from a Cape Cod shipwreck is not from infamous pirate Samuel “Black Sam” Bellamy after all.
Bone recovered from shipwreck not from notorious pirate
Monet / Boudin exhibition opens June 26 at Museo Thyssen
MADRID – The Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza presents this summer “Monet / Boudin,” the first opportunity to discover the relationship between the great Impressionist painter Claude Monet (Paris, 1840 – Giverny, 1926) and his master, Eugène Boudin (Honfleur, 1824 – Deauville, 1898), the most important representative of mid-19th-century French plein air painting.
Jasper52 presents Jackson Pollock Christmas card May 29
NEW YORK – Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner’s 1944 Christmas card is a unique highlight of a Jasper52 fine paintings and prints auction to be conducted Tuesday, May 29. The Christmas card – signed by the famed American artists and printed in black in on light blue paper – is expected to sell for $10,000. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
John Moran Auctioneers goes modern with twin-session sale
MONROVIA, Calif. – John Moran Auctioneers started out a two-session day April 24 with their 20th-Century and Contemporary Art + Design catalog, which featured 167 lots of furniture and fine art ranging from the Art Deco period through to contemporary works by living artists. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
Bixy Auction Gallery to sell rare Asian antiques online June 2
COVINA, Calif. – Bixy Auction Gallery will conduct an online auction of rare Asian antiques on Saturday, June 2. Included in the 275-lot catalog are vases, fine china, artwork, sculptures and jewelry from the 15th through the 20th century. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.Continue reading
Rare Libbey vase tops Woody Auction cut glass sale at $22K
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – A rare pedestal crescent vase by Libbey in the Herringbone pattern sold for $22,000 and a large round tray, also by Libbey, in the Diana pattern, realized $17,000 to take top lot honors at the sale of several outstanding collections of Brilliant Period Cut Glass held on May 12 by Woody Auction. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
Heritage Auctions announces 2-year sponsorship of Rockwell Museum tour
DALLAS – Heritage Auctions (HA.com), the largest auction house founded in the United States, announced this week it is has committed to a two-year major sponsorship of the Norman Rockwell Museum’s traveling exhibition Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms. It is the first comprehensive exhibition of the artist’s iconic 1943 depictions of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s wartime defense of humanity’s fundamental human rights.
Court: Release bidder names in disputed memorabilia auction
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – New Jersey’s Supreme Court has ordered the release of winning bidders’ names from a county prosecutor’s office’s disputed sports memorabilia auction.
Rare items abound in Thomaston Place Auction’s June 1-3 sale
THOMASTON, Maine – The exciting collection of rarities in Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ spring auction on June 1–3 are sure to tantalize and will lead bidders on an inspiring journey across continents and centuries. The auction will present fine art, estate jewelry, French furniture and accessories, Americana, Asian antiques, important ephemera, marine items, silver, antiquities, art pottery, high-end electronics and carpets. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
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Hans Hofmann painting could top $500K at Heritage Auctions, May 24
DALLAS – One of the most fascinating and emotionally charged paintings by famed Abstract Expressionist Hans Hofmann could sell for as much as $500,000 or more in Heritage Auctions’ Modern & Contemporary Art Auction on Thursday, May 24, in Beverly Hills, California. Hans Hofmann’s Holocaust, 1953 (est. $300,000-$500,000) is expected to be the top lot in the auction, which features 125 lots, several of which could yield six-figure returns. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.