LOS ANGELES – Julien’s Auctions has announced that NASCAR star Darrell “Bubba” Wallace Jr.’s 2018 Daytona 500 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 will join the winners circle of items to be sold at the MusiCares Auction, taking place Wednesday, Sept. 9, live in Beverly Hills, Calif., and online.
CALABASAS, Calif. – Howard Hughes remains as arguably the most complex and enigmatic personality of the 20th century. The life of the brilliant, yet eccentric billionaire is the stuff of legend: business magnate, engineering genius, record-setting aviator, Hollywood moviemaker, philanthropist, playboy who courted countless stars, all while living a bizarre and secretive lifestyle suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Those few people who were loyal to Hughes and worked closely with him, including his reclusive years, did not speak publicly about him. The collection contained in the Profiles in History auction on Thursday, July 23, was acquired from Hughes insider Vernon C. Olson. View the fully illustrated catalog on LiveAuctioneers.
STOUFFVILLE, Ontario – Oakwood Auctions is holding a “hot” auction to kick off the summer. The Two-Day Premium Stamps & Coins auction kicks off on July 11 beginning at 11 a.m. Eastern time. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. – Kevin and Jill Parker, owners of Route 32 Auctions in Crawfordsville, Indiana, have announced the purchase of Showtime Auctions in Ann Arbor, Mich., from Mike and Lori Eckles. This merger will bring together two prominent and successful auction companies. This will open up a new and vast field of antiques and collectibles to the public.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Sculptures and paintings by William Edmondson, Beauford Delaney and Augusta Savage, along with two important African American quilts, headline the Summer Case Antiques Auction, set for July 11-12. The auction also offers a dazzling array of high-end estate jewelry and timepieces, American furniture and textiles deaccessioned by the Memphis-Brooks Museum of Art, and an outstanding collection of studio glass, along with Case’s traditional fare of Southern regional decorative arts and historical memorabilia. View the fully illustrated catalog and bid on LiveAuctioneers
PARIS (AP) – The Mona Lisa is back in business.
Paris’ Louvre Museum, which houses the world’s most famous portrait, reopened Monday after a four-month coronavirus lockdown and without its usual huge throngs.
VOLO, Ill. (AP) – A northern Illinois auto museum has no plan to stop displaying a Dodge Charger from the Dukes of Hazzard television show with the Confederate battle flag painted atop the vehicle.