BEVERLY, Mass. – Kaminski Auctions presents the fine art collection of William H. Trayes Jr. (1928-2018) in a special auction on Saturday, Oct. 27, at 10 a.m. Eastern time to be held at the North Shore Art Association, Gloucester, Massachusetts. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – Wearing mourning jewelry was a popular practice in the Victorian era. The fashion trend is said to have swept across England and Europe and even into America when Queen Victoria became a widow. Her husband Albert’s death in 1861 sent her into an extended period of mourning that influenced social fashions for many years, spanning such trends as memento mori jewelry and hair jewelry.
NEW YORK – Four years following Sotheby’s sale of Georgia O’Keeffe’s iconic flower painting Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1, the auction house will again offer important works by the artist from the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to benefit its acquisitions fund.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – It won’t be all night, but former members of Kiss might get the chance to rock ‘n’ roll with the band one last time.
AMSTERDAM (AP) – Rembrandt van Rijn’s Golden Age masterpiece The Night Watch is getting a makeover.