GENESEO, N.Y. – Cottone’s Fall Fine Art & Antiques Auction on Saturday, Sept. 28, will feature selections from the Peter Tillou collection out of Litchfield, Conn. Over the course of his 50-year career as a sought-after expert in a wide array of collecting categories, Tillou helped build some of the finest private collections of art and antiques in the United States. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
DALLAS – An Hermès Himalayan Birkin is expected to earn top-lot honors in Heritage Auctions’ Autumn Luxury Accessories Auction Sept. 22 in Beverly Hills, California. The Hermès 30cm Himalayan niloticus crocodile Birkin bag (above) with palladium hardware (estimate: $80,000-$100,000) is a true collector’s piece, designed to resemble the beautiful snow-capped Himalaya mountains. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
HOUSTON – Simpson Galleries, Houston’s oldest auction house, will conduct a fine art and antiques auction Sept. 21-22. The auction will include decorative arts, 20th century design, jewelry and collectibles for all levels of collectors. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Greece’s Culture Minister says alleged damp in a section of the British Museum housing the Parthenon Sculptures is an “insult” to the 2,500-year-old works for whose return Greece has pressed long and unsuccessfully.
NEW YORK (AP) – The artist who created New York’s Charging Bull sculpture will oversee repairs to the gash left when a vandal attacked the bronze statue with an imitation banjo, the head of a business group said Tuesday.
CHICAGO – An impressive collection of antique furniture and fine art from the estate of Lt. Gen. Hanford MacNider and his son, industrialist Jack MacNider – names synonymous with Mason City, Iowa – will be a major component in Susanin’s Fall Premiere Auction on Friday, Sept. 20. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
CRANSTON, R.I. – Rare vintage comic books featuring Spider-Man, Batman, the X-Men, Sub-Mariner, Daredevil and many superheroes will be in a massive Comic & Toy Auction scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 21, by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers, online and in the gallery located at 63 Fourth Ave. in Cranston, starting at noon Eastern. The auction is being held in partnership with Altered Reality Entertainment and Travis Landry, Bruneau & Co.’s director of pop culture. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.