LINCOLN PARK, N.J. – Curated Estates Auctions will present a Coins, Silver & Spring Estate Treasures live auction on Thursday, May 9, at 3 p.m. Eastern time. The May auction is composed of lots from various New York and New Jersey estates. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – Birds, to many, are like background music; always there yet barely heard. To enthusiasts, however, birds are a singular source of delight. Their aural or visual identification of black-capped chickadees (chick-a-dee-dee-dee) or American magpies (mag-mag-mag), for instance, may not just inspire recitals of their habits and habitats. It may even evoke spontaneous imitations of their calls.
DENVER, Pa. – An electrifying auction of rare and historically important sporting and collector firearms took in more than $8 million on April 24-25 at Morphy’s southeastern Pennsylvania gallery. Two stellar entries – a pair of British gold-inlaid miniature guns and a Spanish-American War cannon – battled for top-lot status, finishing only a few thousand dollars apart, at $135,300 and $132,000, respectively.
VINELAND, N.J. – Winter has finally moved on, and it’s once again time for collectors to gather, socialize and compete for great toys of all types at Bertoia’s Annual Spring Toy Sale. The company’s renowned Signature Sales focus on a select few collections with prestigious name value, and its Basics series presents excellent toys at affordable price points, but Bertoia’s diverse Spring Sale is an open door to fine pieces from literally dozens of collections. This year’s edition, slated for May 23-24, boasts more than 1,000 toys, banks and trains, and has been timed so it doesn’t interfere with the cookouts or other family events traditionally held over Memorial Day weekend. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – Original works of art will be going up for bid Wednesday, May 8, in a Jasper52 online auction titled “Old Masters to Modern Art Oil Paintings.” Art lovers can choose from 78 paintings having estimates ranging from $350 to $22,000. Offered are paintings from Italian, French and British schools of art. Subjects include portraits of famous leaders, saints, women of nobility and the common man. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
LOS ANGELES – Julien’s Auctions will stage “Music Icons: The Beatles In Liverpool,” their annual auction extravaganza of the Fab Four’s most iconic and historic memorabilia, on Thursday, May 9. The auction will be held for the first time at the Beatles Story Museum in Liverpool, UK, the birthplace of the Beatles. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
ATLANTA – At the start of each month, ACN columnist Ken Hall gathers top auction highlights from around the United States and beyond. Here’s what made headlines since last month’s Gallery Report (prices include the buyer’s premium unless stated otherwise):
‘Wizard of Oz’ movie poster, $108,000, Heritage Auctions
A half-sheet style A poster for The Wizard of Oz (MGM, 1939) sold for $108,000 at a movie posters auction held March 23-24 by Heritage Auctions in Dallas. Also, an insert for The Wolf Man (Universal, 1941) achieved $96,000; an insert for The Bride of Frankenstein (Universal, 1935) brought $90,000; original set continuity photos for Casablanca (Warner Bros., 1942) rose to $55,200; and a German magazine promotional ad for Nosferatu (PranaFilm, 1921) made $52,800.
MOSCOW (AP) – A court in Moscow on Tuesday sentenced a Russian man to 2 1/2 years in prison for vandalizing a famous painting by the renowned Russian artist Ilya Repin.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A federal judge in Los Angeles ruled Tuesday that a Spanish museum that acquired a priceless, Nazi-looted painting in 1992 is the work’s rightful owner, and not the survivors of the Jewish woman who surrendered it 80 years ago to escape the Holocaust.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – The Philadelphia Museum of Art will be loaning works to eight Pennsylvania museums under a new program designed to broaden public access to art.