DALLAS â A painting from the halls of the Haunted Mansion in New Orleans and a trove of work by iconic Disney artist Mary Blair helped make Heritage Auctionsâ Animation Art Auction the largest such auction of all time, with sales totaling $2,965,596 Dec. 13-15 in Beverly Hills, California.
NEW YORK â Jasper52 invites bidders to follow a thread back in time with a January 9 online auction of beautiful handmade quilts and textiles. The 111-lot sale features both traditional and intricately patterned examples. Bidding is available absentee or live via the Internet as the auction is taking place through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today an extraordinary promised gift in celebration of the Museumâs 150th anniversary from Trustee Philip Maritz and his wife, Jennifer, of over 700 American photographs and albums from the 1840s to the 1910s. These rare photographsâdaguerreotypes, salted paper prints, ambrotypes, tintypes, albumen silver prints, cyanotypes, platinum prints, and gelatin silver printsâcome from the renowned private collection of Drew Knowlton and William L. Schaeffer. The Met also acquired 70 American Civil War photographs from the William L. Schaeffer Collection with funds provided by Trustee Joyce Frank Menschel.
LOS ANGELES â Andrew Jones Auctions will enter the new year and new decade on Saturday, January 11, 2020 with a very special sale dedicated to fine art from the collection of Gerard Leon Cafesjian (1925-2013), the legal publishing legend, art connoisseur and philanthropist who collected with a discerning eye and an adventurous spirit. The 140-lot auction will commence at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time / 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK â At the start of each month, ACN columnist Ken Hall gathers top auction highlights from around the United States and beyond. Hereâs what made headlines since last monthâs Gallery Report. All prices include the buyerâs premium.
The original cape worn by actor Christopher Reeve in the movie Superman (Warner Bros., 1978) sold for $193,750 at an Icons & Idols: Hollywood Auction held December 16Â by Julienâs Auctions in Los Angeles. Also, two paintings by Frank Sinatra, one from 1965 and one from 1953, both signed, brought $75,000 and $21,250; Dan Aykroydâs âRaymond Stantzâ jumpsuit from Ghostbusters II realized $32,000; and an Alcatraz model used in Escape from Alcatraz made $25,600.
CHICAGO (AP) – Bankrupt Johnson Publishing Co., the former owner of Ebony and Jet magazines, will sell off art that once decorated the company’s Chicago headquarters.
NEW YORK – After a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, volunteers from Tzu Chi USA traveled there to bring disaster relief. Now, on the 10th anniversary of this disaster, which killed nearly 300,000 people in the most impoverished nation in the Western Hemisphere, Tzu Chi USA is hosting a grand opening reception for its new photo exhibit, âKeeping Hope Alive: 10 Years of Care in Haiti.â It will take place on Sunday, January 12, 2020, from 1:30-4 p.m. at the Tzu Chi Center at 229 E 60th Street, New York, NY 10022.
NEW YORK â Most who enjoy a glass of wine with dinner are casual buyers who might pick up a bottle at the local package store on the way home from work. Wine collectors, on the other hand, are more apt to buy a case at a time, putting much thought into which wines they are buying and how they are stocking their cellar. Many wines improve with age, so the bottle you buy today might not peak until a decade later. For this reason, wine collecting requires time and patience — but it’s always worth the wait.