BOSTON – Gene Kranz’s Apollo 13 Mission Control badge sold for $29,197 in RR Auction’s space exploration sale on April 16. The fully illustrated auction catalog with prices realized can be viewed on LiveAuctioneers.
LOS ANGELES – As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Abell Auction Co. will continue its move to a live online-only auction format with a sale of luxury goods on Tuesday, April 28, starting at 10 a.m. Pacific time. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
DALLAS – The 9K gold center bowl presented to Queen Elizabeth II’s grandparents, the Earl and Countess of Strathmore, could bring $80,000 or more in Heritage Auctions’ Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu Auction on May 5. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
LONDON – On April 26, Britain’s premier antiquities auction house, Pax Romana, will take collectors on a virtual 5,000-year journey across time, from Ancient Mesopotamia to modern-day China. The expertly curated 337-lot selection allows all collectors, whether novice or advanced, to bid on authentic ancient art and cultural objects backed by trusted provenance and scholarship. Each Ancient lot will convey to its new owner with a professional Certificate of Authenticity signed by Pax Romana’s owner/director, Dr Ivan Bonchev (PhD, University of Oxford). Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
ORONO, Maine (AP) – Two longtime Maine residents have donated more than $1 million to the University of Maine to help grow its art museum.
NEW YORK – The Grateful Dead and the Rolling Stones are the top attractions in a psychedelic rock concert poster auction that will be conducted online by Jasper52 on Saturday, April 25. No less than a dozen posters for each of the legendary bands are offered in this 125-lot auction. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – Richard Marquis (b. 1945) has always been a collector, scavenging bottle caps and stray objects as a child, and his collecting has made its way into his artworks, which seem to meld disparate pieces into his glass constructions. A devotion to upending historical glass traditions is especially striking in his “crazy quilt” teapots. These works are particularly emblematic of the artist’s style, which blends whimsy and humor, a strong sense of color and a burning desire to experiment.