NEW YORK – Antique Japanese bladed weapons and finely carved netsukes are the featured attractions in an Asian arts auction that will be conducted online by Jasper52 on Wednesday, April 8. Bid absentee or live online exclusively through LiveAuctioneers.
What you see: A Winter Dance Party concert poster, touting Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens, all of whom would die in a plane crash on Feb. 3, 1959—aka “The Day the Music Died.” Heritage Auctions issued no formal estimate for the poster, but its likely range is between $50,000 and $100,000.
NEW YORK – Brian Donnelly (American, b. 1974-) is the graffiti artist and designer better known as KAWS. His toys, paintings, clothes and prints – which routinely and intentionally blur the lines between fine and commercial art – are wildly popular with fans and collectors worldwide. Pop Art and culture help define his cheeky, cartoonish Companion series of figurines, which at times can resemble the work of the contemporary artist Takashi Murakami (Japanese, b. 1962).