BENSALEM, Pa. â On Friday, May 31, Stephensonâs Auctioneers will conduct a sale of contents of the former Motherhouse of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. In 2016, the revered order of nuns founded by St. Katharine Drexel sold the idyllic 44-acre parcel of real estate in Bensalem Township on which the motherhouse was built.
OAKLAND, Calif. â The important fine art, photography and prints presented at Clarsâ May 19 sale resulted in numerous offerings soaring past their estimates with new auction records being set. Fueled by robust global bidding, the auction produced strong results across all categories on the investment level property that was offered. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
DALLAS â An American flag believed to be the first planted when Allied forces stormed Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944 is being offered in Heritage Auctionsâ Arms & Armor, Civil War & Militaria auction June 9 in Dallas, Texas. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
LOS ANGELES â A rare and complete second edition of Description de lâ Egypte … , C.L.F. Panckoucke (1820-1830), including foldout maps, elephant folios and an atlas folio, sold for a world record price of $220,000 at Andrew Jones Auctionsâ Design for the Home and Garden Auction held May 18-19. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK â Equally famous for his contributions to the often-overlapping worlds of pop art and performance art, artist Jim Dine (b. 1935-) and other artists began staging âart happeningsâ in the late 1950s before he turned to painting in the 1960s. It was around this time when he became inextricably linked with the rise of pop art in the early 1960s as he incorporated commercial and everyday objects into his works, which represented several mediums.