WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Vibrant paintings and imaginative forms by the most celebrated artists and designers of the 20th century are waiting in the wings for Palm Beach Modern Auctions’ November 9 Modern Art & Design sale. The live gallery auction will be presented in three consecutive sessions: Important Art & Design, followed by Important Prints, and finally a Modern Art & Design session with attractive price points. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
VINELAND, N.J. – Last March, Bertoia’s was honored to auction Part I of the diverse and ultra-high-quality Sam Downey Jr. estate collection. The second and final installation of the multigenerational Downey collection is the headliner of Bertoia’s Nov. 14-16 auction and will be the exclusive offering on day three. Toys and banks from other premier collections will be sold on days one and two. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
DENVER, Pa. –Morphy Auctions has sold the Dutch flintlock musket that fired the first shot at the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill for $492,000. Arguably the most significant, positively identified Revolutionary War long arm in existence, the .79-caliber gun was originally the property of Private John Simpson (1748-1825) of Deerfield, New Hampshire, and had remained in his family by direct descent for the past 244 years.
NEW YORK – A macabre collection that will scare bidders silly with the frightful delights is offered in an online auction being conducted by Jasper52 on Wednesday, Oct. 30. Items range from a sideshow gaff to fearsome antique medical devices. Bid absentee or live online exclusively through LiveAuctioneers.
DALLAS – A Louis XV-style mahogany bureau could earn top-lot honors in Heritage Auctions’ diverse Fine Silver & Decorative Arts Auction on Thursday, Nov. 7. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
WESTPORT, Conn. – A scarce first pressing of the 1963 album With the Beatles, signed by all four members of the group, a two-page letter written around 1895 by French artist Paul Gauguin, an Apollo 11 color photo signed by all three astronauts on the lunar mission and a Walt Disney-signed animation cel depicting Mickey Mouse as a gaucho will all come up for bid on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
Halloween, a shortened form of “All Hallow Even,” marks the eve of All Saints Day, when souls of the dead and undead roam the earth. In olden times, it evoked not only mankind’s fear of the dark but also of dark powers. When wild winds whistled or will-o’-wisps glimmered through midnight mists, some folk kept evil away by banging raucous clangors. Others spun tales to still their pounding hearts.