ArtFaire.us to host no-reserve Photographica auction Sept. 26

Jean Eugene Durieu (French, 1800 – 1874), Draped Nude, 1854. Dye-based photolithograph (after Durieu). 10 x 8in. ArtFaire.us image

TAMPA, Fla. – On September 26, starting at 4pm EDT, ArtFaire.us will present a no-reserve, no buyer’s premium auction of extraordinary hand-made gelatin silver prints, classic stereoviews, photolithographs and cabinet cards of 19th, 20th and 21st-century portraits, Native Americana, nudes, landscapes and architecture. This affordable, online art fair is for both experienced and beginning collectors alike, and both absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Bonnie & Clyde, gangsters and rats unite at RR Auction, Sept. 21

Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow’s Western Field Browning Model 30 Shotgun, captured after the 1933 Joplin shootout by Detective Tom De Graff

BOSTON – Gangsters, gun molls, rats, and mobsters have long captured the American imagination—transformed into symbols of individualism and stars of the silver screen, these figures have become icons in their own right. In Session One of the Remarkable Rarities live auction event, RR Auction is proud to present a wealth of memorabilia associated with these criminal crooks from folk heroes like Bonnie Parker, Clyde Barrow, and John Dillinger to mob bosses like Al Capone in a live auction that will take place on September 21, 2019. Preview the full auction catalog on LiveAuctioneers.
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The Henry Ford acquires premier diner-related collection

Diners were preceded by portable lunch wagons like this one. Charles H. Palmer, of Worcester, Massachusetts, patented this lunch wagon in 1891. From the Richard J.S. Gutman Diner Collection. Courtesy of The Henry Ford

DEARBORN, Mich. – The Henry Ford announced today the acquisition of the largest collection of diner materials in the country, put together by the leading expert on the subject, Richard J.S. Gutman.

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