Intimate paintings by Tennessee Williams on view in Miami Beach

Tennessee Williams at his typewriter in Key West

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. ― Long known as “Mr. Key West,” David Wolkowsky, the famed scion of Florida’s pioneer Jewish family that helped to settle Key West in the 1800s, has loaned his paintings by close friend Tennessee Williams to the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU for their premiere in Miami Beach. The art will be on view through October.

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Mantiques star in Miller & Miller Gentleman’s Collectibles Auction, Sept. 15

NEW HAMBURG, Ontario – All you manly men out there, listen up: Now that you’ve decided to convert that garage or basement into your own personal hideaway, be aware there’s an auction that could be a one-stop shop for everything you need to fill it up in style. It’s Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd.’s September 15 Mantiques! Gentleman’s Collectibles auction. Bid absentee or live via the Internet through LiveAuctioneers.

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Nye & Co. to auction art from Namits Collection, Westervelt Corp., Sept. 12

Oil-on-canvas painting by Frank Wootton (American, 1911-1998), titled The Last Fence, signed and dated 1969

BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – A diverse selection of artworks that span from the 17th century through to modern day – to include a spectacular offering of self-taught and outsider art being offered from the Namits Collection and an equally exciting group of works from the Westervelt Corp. – will be up for bid at a Sept. 12 fine art auction hosted by Nye & Company. Also for sale are a number of fabulous frames supplied by firms such as Eli Wilner & Co., one of the leading antique frame dealers and restorers, based in New York. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.

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