BEACHWOOD, Ohio – Neue Auctions’ online-only Summer Art & Antiques Auction is coming up quickly – this Saturday, July 25, at 10 a.m. Eastern time. The sale is packed with 300 lots of unique treasures. These include art, antiques, rock ’n’ roll-signed albums, vintage posters, decorative arts, Asian objects, furniture garden items, works on paper and more. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
MONTROSE, Calif. – A Roman marble head of a woman from the later fourth century A.D., and a massive circa third-first century B.C. Hellenistic bronze trident, and Graeco-Roman mummified cat dating from the second century B.C. to the second century A.D. are several highlight lots in Ancient Resource Auctions’ online-only Exceptional Summer Antiquities Discovery Sale slated for Aug. 1. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – Billed as “a man of few words but many muscles,” Mr. Clean has been one of America’s favorite advertising mascots (or brand character, if you prefer) for over 60 years now. He made his television debut in commercials in 1958, being played by actor House Peters Jr. before mostly becoming an animated character. Within six months, he was a household name and a top-selling cleaning product.
BOSTON – An original Cold War-era Russian M-125 cipher machine, codenamed “Fialka,” sold for $22,000 in RR Auction’s Science & Technology and Space Exploration online auction that closed July 16. View the fully illustrated catalog with prices realized on LiveAuctioneers.
LOS ANGELES – Julien’s Auctions had liftoff of its two-day blockbuster Hollywood and Space exploration memorabilia event on July 17-18 at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills and live online at juliensauctions.com. The highlight was the sale of one of the most iconic spacesuits of all time from the Academy award-winning science fiction masterpiece, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEWPORT, R.I. – The Newport Show is exploring the limits of virtual antique shows. Everyone is invited to join in a beautiful and entertaining online event with 26 of the world’s best antiques, art and exquisite object exhibitors. The show will go live on July 24 and run through July 30. While many events and antique shows are going virtual this year, The Newport Show hopes to go beyond expectations. The Newport Show will have an online platform for the exhibitors and buyers.
MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. – The Benefit Shop Foundation Inc. will present its first-ever single-estate auction on Wednesday, Aug. 5 at 10 a.m. Eastern time, featuring the estate of the late artist Estelle Goodman (1930-2007), who lived in an iconic building in Manhattan’s Central Park West for decades. The apartment containing her own art and artwork she collected has been locked and unoccupied until now. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
WILLOUGHBY, Ohio – An outstanding collection of Colts that included two very rare examples engraved by William H Gough laid the foundation for a very successful June 27 firearms event at Milestone Auctions’ suburban-Cleveland gallery. Owing to the large number of Internet bidders taking part, the 747-lot sale ran 12 hours, reaching a final tally that was close to the million-dollar mark, with after-sales included. Absentee and online bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
MOUNT CRAWFORD, Va. – The Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates annual summer lighting and glass auction contains a wide selection of desirable material and will include a wide variety of fluid lighting and Victorian-era glass including opalescent lighting and glass, a large selection of Dorflinger brilliant cut glass, and an excellent collection of Hobbs, Brockunier & Co. glass. The large auction will take place over three days July 30-31st and Aug. 1. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – African American works of art, including sculpture by William Edmondson and Augusta Savage and two important quilts, blazed past their estimates to become the major storyline of the day at the Summer Case Antiques Auction, held July 11-12. But it was a day of multiple subplots, with headline-worthy results across multiple categories; a limited and “sold-out,” reservation-only live audience, accompanied by over 7,000 people placing online, absentee and phone bids; and an auction sales total finishing 20% above the high estimate with 95% of the lots sold. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.