LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. – Rago Auctions presents a sale of fine and important jewelry on Sunday, June 10, preceded by a sale of highly desirable jewelry sold without reserve on Friday, June 8. Absentee and Internet live bidding for both auctions is available through LiveAuctioneers.
FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Quinn’s Auction Galleries and its specialist subsidiary Waverly Rare Books will join forces on June 7 and 9 in offering a high-quality selection of fine and decorative art, furniture, Asian antiques and modern first editions. The June 9 session features artworks by such stellar names as Georgia O’Keeffe, Amedeo Modigliani, and acclaimed Washington Color School painter and lyrical abstractionist Sam Gilliam. All forms of bidding will be available to those who cannot attend in person, including phone, absentee, and online through LiveAuctioneers.
DALLAS – A rare black lizard Birkin is expected to be among the most coveted lots in Heritage Auctions’ Summer Luxury Accessories Auction on Sunday, June 10, in Chicago. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
LONDON – This July, Sotheby’s will offer for sale the original map of Winnie-the-Pooh’s Hundred Acre Wood by E.H. Shepard. Possibly the most famous map in children’s literature, this charming sketch from 1926, has been unseen for nearly half a century and will be offered with an estimate of £100,000-£150,000/$133,476-$200,202 at the English Literature, History, Science, Children’s Books and Illustrations sale in London on July 10.
NEW YORK – Some 50 erotic and evocative watercolors, drawings and prints by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele and Pablo Picasso will be on view at The Met Breuer this summer.
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Turner Auctions + Appraisals will present the John Pence Collection of Academic Realists & Abstract Art, Part II, on Sunday, June 10, at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time. Featuring artists from the 19th and 20th centuries, this sale offers over 200 lots of diverse subject matter – works in oil, watercolor, acrylic, crayon, pencil, egg tempera and mixed media; as well as etchings, lithographs and sculpture. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – Two useful and inexpensive items commonly found in homes are clocks and glassware. But why own something common and cheap when uncommon and artfully designed items are readily available at competitive prices? Jasper52 will conduct two online auctions offering remarkable examples; clocks on Wednesday, June 6, at 8 p.m. Eastern Time, and glassware on June 6 at 9 p.m. Eastern. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.Continue reading
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – The first-ever museum exhibition about a publicist, honoring the celebrity-studded life and career of a promotional genius who was nationally recognized and admired, runs June 19 through September 16 at the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. Titled Charlie Cinnamon: Legendary Press Agent, the exhibition focuses on the life of a publicist who was revered not only by the news media but also art patrons, cultural institutions and headline-makers from the worlds of entertainment, politics and business.
NEW YORK — Tiffany Studios is often the first name that comes to mind when thinking of art-glass table lamps from the early 20th century. While Tiffany was the gold standard, several other companies also made fine-quality glass table lamps. Typically comprised of an elegant handcrafted bronze base topped with an ornate leaded or painted glass shade, lamps by Tiffany Studios’ contemporaries are still popular today. Let’s examine a few of the best who shared Tiffany’s space in the marketplace.