ATLANTA – A two-day, New Year’s Signature Estates Auction packed with 1,274 lots covering a wide array of collecting categories is planned for the weekend of January 11-12 by Ahlers & Ogletree, with absentee and Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers.
ELDON, Iowa (AP) – Tiny Eldon in southeast Iowa has been losing population, jobs and business for nearly five decades, but one woman is trying to turn things around with a focus on tourism centered around the community’s famous landmark: the house that served as the backdrop for Grant Wood’s “American Gothic” painting.
HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) – The Hershey Co. will soon retire its vehicles that are shaped like its Hershey’s Kisses.
NEW YORK – To further the Decorative Arts Trust’s mission to promote and foster the appreciation and study of the arts, the Trust has established a Prize for Excellence and Innovation to be awarded annually beginning in 2020. The inaugural prize will award $100,000 to a scholarly endeavor undertaken by a non-profit organization, such as museum exhibitions, print and digital publications, and online databases. Projects for consideration must advance the public’s appreciation of decorative arts, fine arts, architecture, or landscape design.
What you see: A Ludwig oyster black pearl three-piece drum kit that Ringo Starr played on stage and television with the Beatles in the early 1960s. Estimated at $300,000 to $500,000, it sold at Julien’s for $2.1 million – a world auction record for any drum kit.
The expert: Martin Nolan, executive director of Julien’s Auctions.