THOMASTON, Maine – Thomaston Place Auction Galleries will kick off their Summer 2020 season with a two-day auction of important fine art and antiques on July 18-19. This sale will offer an amazing array of rare and one-of-a-kind items gathered from estates since last fall. Out of an abundance of caution in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, the sale will be conducted as a live virtual sale, with telephone, absentee and internet bidding. The auction can be viewed in real time. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
Vogt Galleries celebrates Texas artists June 27
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Vogt Galleries’ Texas Art Auction will feature 172 original artworks by Texas artists fresh-to-market from private collections and estates throughout Texas, including large artworks deaccessioned from a San Antonio corporate collection. The auction will be held Saturday, June 27, by Vogt Galleries, starting at noon Central time. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
Dee Dee Ramone’s Fender bass sells for $93K at RR Auction
BOSTON – Dee Dee Ramone’s Fender Precision Bass sold for $93,438 at an RR Auction on June 18. View the fully illustrated catalog on LiveAuctioneers.Continue reading
Norman Rockwell cover could top $2M at Heritage Auctions
DALLAS – A classic masterwork by the most beloved American illustrator of all time could bring $2 million or more in Heritage Auctions’ American Art Auction July 1. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
Nation’s Attic to sell early Navy diving helmet July 18
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.
Mark Seliger photos power Christie’s fundraiser
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.
Tiffany lamps, Lincoln portrait, Rolex Daytona head Morphy’s July 14-15 sale
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.
Chinese porcelain pillows: ‘cool’ headrests
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.
Cloisonné censer could sell for $150K at Heritage Asian Art sale
DALLAS – A large and rare Chinese Imperial cloisonné and gilt bronze censer and cover, Qing Dynasty, 18th century could bring $150,000 or more in Heritage Auctions’ Asian Art Auction June 25. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
Christie’s selling largest D color diamond ever offered online
NEW YORK – Since the highly successful inaugural Elizabeth Taylor online sale in December 2011, Christie’s continues to innovate with online across all categories for collectors worldwide. In the auction closing June 30, Christie’s Jewels will offer the largest D color diamond to be offered for sale online. Estimated at $1 million-$2 million, this is the highest valued lot ever offered for sale online at Christie’s. View the fully illustrated catalog on LiveAuctioneers.