CHICAGO – Hindman Auctions’ sports memorabilia auction taking place on Oct. 20 brings together an extraordinary selection of fresh-to-hobby artifacts from Babe Ruth and Michael Jordan, among other rare and exciting lots spanning the history of sports. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
MONROVIA, Calif. – John Moran Auctioneer’s Sept. 29 Art of the American West auction realized strong prices with a curated selection from the West’s leading artists and artisans. An array of art and objects from throughout the Southwest captured the attention of collectors. Moran’s is already working on a strong Art of the American West auction slated for the first quarter of 2021, consignments are always welcome. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Turner Auctions + Appraisals will present a seized property auction on Sunday, Oct. 18. Featuring property from Southern California, the sale includes gold and silver coins, noted wines, artworks, signed sports jerseys, jewelry, books, armed service medals and decorative items. In addition, the auction offers coins from a Northern California estate. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
BEACHWOOD, Ohio – A rare and unusual mosaic tabletop tile by Roy Lichtenstein climbed to $36,900, a circa 1910 Roycroft Ali Baba bench knocked down for $17,220 and a stunning 17th century oil portrait lady garnered $14,760 in an online-only Fine Art & Antiques auction held Sept. 26 by Neue Auctions. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
LOS ANGELES – Abell Auction Co. will offer an important collection of fine art, antiques, furniture, decorative arts and jewelry on Sunday, Oct. 18 at 10 a.m. PDT. The online-only auction will feature furniture by Sam Maloof, one of the most celebrated American furniture designer-craftsmen of our time. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
CRANSTON, R.I. – Rare vintage comic books, Pokémon collectibles, toys and dolls will all share center stage in Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers’ next major auction, planned for Saturday, Oct. 17, at 10 a.m. Eastern, online and live in the Cranston gallery. Limited in-house seating is by appointment only for active bidders. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – Swann Galleries opened the fall 2020 season with a whirlwind sale of American Art on Thursday, Sept. 17. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – Items produced by Tiffany Studios are always a highlight at Fontaine’s fine and decorative arts auctions. Fontaine’s Sept. 12 auction was no exception with over 100 fine Tiffany pieces crossing the block. The expected highlight of the sale was a Tiffany Studios Oriental Poppy chandelier, which was consigned by a client from Maryland, who had inherited it decades earlier and finally decided to part with it. Sure enough, bidders were eagerly anticipating when that lot crossed the block, and it attracted multiple internet and phone bidders before landing at $665,500 with the buyer’s premium. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) presents Beth Lipman: Collective Elegy, from September 25 to April 4, 2021, a major midcareer survey that is the first to assess the remarkable achievements of the renowned contemporary artist. From sumptuous displays of excess, including provocative installations comprising hundreds of individual glass elements, to poetic and contemplative works in glass, metal, clay, video, and photography, the works on view are ethereal meditations on time and mortality and simultaneously sobering indictments of our contemporary consumer culture and its impact on the planet.
DENVER, Pa. – On October 29-31, Morphy’s will auction the last – and very best – of the renowned Mel Getlan collection, along with other fresh-to-market collections, at an all-star 1,635-lot Coin-Op & Antique Advertising Auction. The live event will start at 10 a.m. ET on all three days. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.