WICHITA, Kan. – Nation’s Attic Inc. has discovered one of the earliest unaltered original United States Navy Mark V diving helmets. The helmet was sent to the Navy in August of 1916 for evaluation. The helmet is being sold at auction on July 18 by Nation’s Attic Inc. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK — Christie’s reports that RADArt4Aid, a special fundraising collaboration for COVID-19 relief, totaled $232,375. All of the proceeds of sale from the online auction, produced in partnership with award-winning photographer Mark Seliger and RAD (Red Carpet Advocacy), will benefit 19 charities around the world that support communities impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
DENVER, Pa. – In 1880, Arts & Crafts visionary William Morris advised an audience at a British school of design, “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” This principle has endured for generations and seems a fitting theme for Morphy’s expertly curated July 14-15 Fine & Decorative Arts Auction. The select 1,339-lot lineup consists of premium-quality American and European glassware, Tiffany lamps, pottery, silver, jewelry, watches and Asian art – each object an example of how beauty and functionality can coexist and withstand the test of time.
NEW YORK – Today, people commonly sleep on pillows filled with foam or feathers. Yet scores of pillows retrieved from Chinese Tang, Song and Ming Dynasty tombs (618-c1600) are made of cold, smooth, rock-hard porcelain. Archeologists believe that, like funerary utensils, kitchen vessels and weaponry, these figured in everyday life.