LOS ANGELES – It’s a new year, a new decade and there’s much in store at Andrew Jones Auctions, which will conduct an amazing sale on Jan. 26 for savvy buyers, collectors and decorators looking for a new way to acquire great pieces. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
PHILADELPHIA – Kamelot Auctions is kicking off 2020 with two sales at the end of the month. An online-only Mid Mod sale will take place on Jan. 30, commencing at 1 p.m. Eastern time. The following Saturday, Feb. 1, will be an Estate Auction, containing English and Irish furniture, lighting and decorative arts. Bidding will begin at 11 a.m. Eastern time. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
DENVER, Pa. – Gold and silver may set the standard for commodities on Wall Street, but medieval steel was the metal that ruled the day on January 16 at Morphy’s $2.3 million auction of the Susquehanna Collection. To the delight of a packed house that had gathered to bid on a 40-year collection of early Pennsylvania antiques and European heirlooms, a rare and outstanding early 16th-century composite suit of armor with royal provenance claimed top-lot honors at $270,600.
LOS ANGELES –Thousands of bidders from around the world participated in an extraordinary auction conducted by Brigitte Kruse and Kruse GWS Auctions on Jan 18. The Lunar Year Royal Family Auction brought astonishing results including record-breaking prices for century-old artifacts from the last royal family of Vietnam. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
BOCA RATON, Fla. – Museum-goers will be spellbound by the transformative power of the African masquerade, as the Boca Raton Museum of Art presents “Phyllis Galembo: Maske.” Her striking photographic series of contemporary mask rituals has drawn national and international critical acclaim. These large-scale images are nearly life-size and explore spiritual realms with brilliant, mesmerizing colors.
NEW YORK – Long after gaining a foothold in the United States in the 17th century by selling German-imported musical instruments, the Rudolph Wurlitzer Co. became synonymous with jukeboxes in the early 1930s. The firm was founded in 1856 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and later relocated to Detroit and Tonawanda, N.Y. It was well known for pianos and band organs before expanding into jukeboxes.