MONROVIA, Calif. – Moran’s spring auction season is in full bloom with their Traditional Collector auction event. The March 10 auction is filled to the brim with fine furnishings, décor and artwork from Europe, Asia and the United States, this auction is slated to be one of the best of the year. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
BEVERLY, Mass. – A painting by Natvar Bhavsar (b.1934), a contemporary Indian Abstract Expressionist, is a featured lot in Kaminski Auctions March 2-3 sale. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW HAMBURG, Ontario – A stoneware water cooler from the early 1850s, made by Justus Morton in Brantford, Ontario, soared to $30,680 to take top lot honors in Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd.’s Canadiana & Historic Objects Auction on Feb. 9. All prices quoted are in Canadian dollars. The current exchange rate for one Canadian dollar is 76 cents. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – An archive of handwritten letters, cards, mugshots and other ephemera related to notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger Jr. (1929-2018), will cross the auction block on Sunday, Feb. 24 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
NEW YORK – The New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association (NHADA), one of the largest organizations of its kind, consists of nearly 300 knowledgeable members dedicated to integrity and fairness in all business dealings. The NHADA has teamed up with Jasper52 to present an auction Thursday, Feb. 28, featuring items consigned solely by members of the prestigious trade organization. Jasper52 helps select auction houses, dealers, galleries and now associations to conduct themed auctions whose goods are vetted by auctioneers and appraisers. Absentee and live online bidding for all Jasper52 auctions is available exclusively through LiveAuctioneers.
CHICAGO (AP) – A federal judge gave the green light Tuesday to a parks-advocacy group’s lawsuit that aims to stop for good the delayed construction of former President Barack Obama’s $500 million presidential center in a Chicago park beside Lake Michigan.