DOUGLASS, Kan. – A two-day American Brilliant Cut Glass auction featuring more than 10 sparkling cut glass lamps, 10 gorgeous punch bowls, numerous unique and hard-to-find patterns, rare Amberina candelabras and fantastic cut-to-clear pieces will be held March 22 and 23 by Woody Auction. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.Continue reading
LONDON – Christie’s much-anticipated auction of the art collection of George Michael has realized £9.3 million / $12.3 million / €10.8 million. Proceeds from the auction Thursday will be used to continue the late British singer and songwriter’s philanthropic work.
NEW YORK – Major names in 20th century Japanese printmaking are featured in a Jasper52 auction scheduled for Sunday, March 31. This online auction is composed of 125 beautiful woodblock prints by the likes of Hiroshi Yoshida, Hasui Kawase, Tokuriki Tomikichiro, Takahashi Shotei, Junichiro Sekino, Ogata Gekko, as well as Western artists who work in the Japanese tradition, such as Paul Binnie. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
At the height of the Great Irish Famine, John Caldwell Bloomfield, an amateur mineralogist, inherited an estate which encompassed Belleek, a village in County Fermanagh (today Northern Ireland). Devastated by the distress he witnessed, the young man vowed to return the village to prosperity. As luck would have it, his land held abundant amounts of raw materials required to produce ceramics. So true to his word, in 1857, Bloomfield founded the Belleek Pottery.