Cottone Auctions well stocked with Tiffany lamps for March 23 sale

Tiffany Studios ‘Bamboo’ lamp with a 22-inch shade. Estimate: $75,000-$125,000. Cottone Auctions image

GENESEO, N.Y.More than 300 lots of fine art, Tiffany lamps, 20th-century design, decorative arts, furniture and Asian objects will come under the gavel at Cottone Auctions’ Winter Fine Art & Antiques Auction slated for Saturday, March 23. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.

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Gianguan Auctions celebrates Asia Week with major sale March 18

Fine jade carving of pig inside a basket, Ming dynasty, 3⅜in. x 7¼in. Estimate: $40,000-$50,000. Gianguan Auctions image

NEW YORK – On Monday, March 18, Gianguan Auctions will celebrate the 18th running of its annual spring sale. As in previous years, the auction is scheduled to offer international collectors taking in events at Asia Week, an independent and trusted source for important and rare Chinese works of art. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Jasper52 marks Ash Wednesday with religious icons auction March 6

Russian icon of the Three-Handed Virgin Mary, hand-painted on wood panel with egg tempera, gesso, levkas and gold leaf, 19th century, 37in. x 30in. (94.5 x 76 cm). Estimate: $9,000-$11,000. Jasper52 image

NEW YORK – Arising from all reaches of the European Orthodox world are icons that carry rich histories and intricate religious symbolism. More than 200 objects from this category are being offered in a Jasper52 online auction on Ash Wednesday, March 6. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available exclusively through LiveAuctioneers.

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Woodshed Art Auctions to offer Whistler, Bierstadt paintings March 7

Oil painting by Albert Bierstadt (American, 1830-1902), titled ‘Twilight on Schroon Mountain,’ artist signed lower left, 20¾in. x 26¾in. framed. Estimate: $20,000-$30,000. Woodshed Art Auctions image

FRANKLIN, Mass. – A rare oil on board painting by James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903) titled Peasant Woman and done during Whistler’s time spent in Venice, plus an original landscape work by Albert Bierstadt (American, 1830-1902), will be in Woodshed Art Auctions’ 157-lot fine art auction Thursday, March 7, at 5:30 pm Eastern time. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Superheroes spring to life in Hake’s March 13-14 auction of original comic art, comic books

Superb Henry Clay, T. Frelinghuysen and Joseph Markle Pennsylvania coattail campaign flag, 26 stars in 5-point-star formation, pre-Civil War, est. $20,000-$35,000

YORK, Pa. – Just as superheroes have leaped off the pages of comic books to take over the motion picture industry, original comic art has confidently moved into the ranks of “legitimate” art. Hake’s has been instrumental in bringing fine comic art to the auction marketplace and will present yet another outstanding selection in its March 13-14 sale.

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Colossal clocks, Western art highlight Heritage Auctions sale March 8-10

Melchior Balthazar French Régence gilt bronze-mounted and brass-inlaid kingwood tall case clock with ‘Equation of Time,’ Paris, circa 1730, 82¼ in. x 17in. x 8 1/8in. Estimate: $20,000-$30,000. Heritage Auctions image

DALLAS – A collection of 19 clocks, including seven tall case clocks by important makers, will be among the highlights at Heritage Auctions’ Fine & Decorative Arts Including Estates Auction March 8-10. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.

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