NEW YORK – Christie’s will conclude its auction American Muse: The Collection of Nina Griscom on Dec. 17. The online sale of interiors from the late celebrity’s New York home will include 34 lots with fine art ranging from Old Master drawings to 20th century sculptures, as well as modern furnishings and decorative objects. View the fully illustrated catalog on LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – Swann Galleries’ first sale of Modern & Postwar Art on Dec 3 proved to be a major success with a sale total of $739,155 (over $200,000 above the sales high estimate), selling 69 of the 75 lots on offer, and delivering five new auction records. The auction saw fierce competitive bidding across all online platforms and on the phones. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
MONROVIA, Calif. – John Moran Auctioneer’s Traditional Collector auction on Dec. 16 is stocked with hundreds of fine art, décor, furnishings and more – everything to complement the finest home interiors. With all lots and condition reports online, browsing from the comfort of home has never been easier. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK (AP) — Fans remembered John Lennon with flowers, candles and songs Tuesday, the 40th anniversary of the former Beatle’s death after being shot outside his New York City apartment building.
NEW YORK – The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today a landmark gift from Ronald S. Lauder of 91 objects from his collection of arms and armor. Mr. Lauder’s gift is the most significant grouping of European arms and armor given to the Museum since 1942. Regarded as one of the world’s finest privately owned collections of European arms and armor, Mr. Lauder’s gift includes exquisite medieval and Renaissance armors for man and horse and rare examples of weapons. The promised gift will dramatically expand the breadth of the Department of Arms and Armor’s European holdings as well as its ability to showcase the distinctive styles of schools of armorers and their superb art and craftsmanship for visitors.
BUFORD, Ga. – Slotin Folk Art Auction’s Self-Taught Art Masterpiece Sale on Nov. 14 was one of the auction house’s most successful in nearly three decades of conducting sales, with total revenues of $1.48 million. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.Continue reading