CLEARWATER, Fla. – Blackwell Auctions of Clearwater, Fla., will offer a carefully curated sale of fine paintings, important prints and sculptures on Saturday, October 13. Highlights include Jeff Koons’ iconic Balloon Venus, multiple signed works by Robert Mapplethorpe, Robert Rauschenberg and many others; and original paintings by Albert Bierstadt, Lilla Cabot Perry, Diego Rivera, Raphael Soyer and Man Ray. Bid absentee or live via the Internet through LiveAuctioneers.
OAKDALE, Tenn. – A Tennessee family’s 350-lot collection of classic cars, petroliana, automotive toys and country store items will make its auction debut on Oct. 6 in a no-reserve onsite auction conducted by John Coker Ltd. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
HOUSTON – Rivertown Antiques & Estate Services, one of the world’s most trusted sources of Asian fine and decorative art, will present a 188-lot auction on Saturday, Oct. 13, featuring rarities whose timeline runs from the Shang Dynasty (2nd millennium B.C.) through the 20th century. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
WASHINGTON — Today a federal judge ruled that the lawsuits to decide the fate of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments will be heard in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. This is the venue in which they were originally filed by the Native American Tribes for whom Bears Ears is sacred, as well as conservation, outdoor recreation, and paleontology groups fighting to defend the monuments. On December 4, 2017, President Trump slashed Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, stripping nearly 2 million acres of lands of Antiquities Act protections.
NORWICH, Conn. (AP) – Amid the sounds of birds chirping and water falling from a fountain on the quiet morning, a small group Sunday walked through Ellis Walter Ruley Memorial Park, the former home and painting spot of the late city artist.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House Blue Room is getting a new old look. Melania Trump has announced the restoration of a collection of furniture made for the White House by Frenchman Pierre-Antoine Bellange.
SAN MARINO, Calif. (AP) – Blue Boy is getting a long-awaited makeover, and the public can watch as one of the world’s most recognizable paintings gets a little nip here, a nice tuck there and some splashes of fresh paint (blue presumably) just in time for the eternally youthful adolescent to mark his 250th birthday.
YORK, Pa. – Hake’s Americana & Collectibles has changed the company name to Hake’s Auctions. The auction house, which has been in business for 51 years, is integrating the new name as they near the opening of their November auction.
NEW HAMBURG, Ontario – Men, and the women who love them, turned out in full force Sept. 15 for Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd.’s Mantiques: Gentleman’s Collectibles auction. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.