GLENS FALLS, New York – The Hyde Collection starts the new year with an exhibition that evokes a sense of nostalgia for a period in American history captured in large-scale images by Kodak. “Colorama” examines the enormous advertisements displayed in New York City’s Grand Central Terminal for more than four decades.
MT. CRAWFORD, Va. – Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates’ annual winter glass and lighting auction will offer a wide variety of 18th to 20th century American and European wares on Jan. 26 beginning at 9:30 a.m. Eastern time. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
DETROIT – The exhibition titled “Extraordinary Eye, Extraordinary Gift: The Legacy of Margaret Herz Demant” focuses on the patronage and recent bequest of art to the Detroit Institute of Arts from the late Margaret Herz Demant of Huntington Woods, Michigan.
NEW YORK – “Space: the final frontier” is much more than a tag line for a sci-fi TV show. It also represents the extent to which collecting spans. Since Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon on July 20, 1969, space exploration has fascinated millions, and continues to do so today. It’s of little surprise, then, that collectors avidly seek items that have flown in outer space or are related to space missions.
OAKLAND, Calif. – For over 125 years, Spenger’s Fresh Fish Grotto in Berkeley had been one of the most sought after destinations for seafood in the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded in 1890 as just a clam stand by Johann Spenger who emigrated to California from Bavaria, his son Frank Spenger expanded the stand to a full-service restaurant in the 1930s. Frank was a passionate collector of maritime antiques, art and artifacts and, over the years, the interior of this famous San Francisco Bay Area restaurant became a virtual maritime museum with more than 1,600 nautical artifacts and memorabilia lining the walls and shelves of the dining rooms and bars. Spenger’s Fresh Fish Grotto closed its doors in October 2018, and on Jan. 19 and 20 Clars Auction Gallery will present the first installment of this collection as part of their January Fine Art, Decorative Arts, Asian Antiques and Jewelry Auction. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.