HOUSTON – Simpson Galleries, Houston’s oldest auction house, will present an auction series featuring works from the collection of the late art historian, curator and lecturer David E. Brauer. The first auction will take place Feb. 6 and will highlight key paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture from Brauer’s collection of over 250 pieces. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – Jasper52 will conduct an online auction on Thursday, Jan. 28, of Americana and folk art consigned exclusively by the prestigious New Hampshire Antique Dealers Association. More than 400 lots consisting of valuable items found in American homes and businesses during the past three centuries are offered to the highest bidder. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
ATLANTA – A Chinese Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) carved cinnabar lidded box sold for $81,250, an oil on canvas equestrian painting by John Frederick Herring (British, 1795-1865) realized $62,000, and golf legend Bobby Jones’s personal 1950s-era shag/range bag finished at $27,900 in Ahlers & Ogletree’s three-day Collector’s Dream Auction held Jan. 15-17. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
HUDSON, N.Y. – Renowned antique dealer John Rosselli has skillfully sifted a colorful parade of antiques and decorations for more than 60 years. Having closed his shop on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, which has been a destination for interior designers, architects, and antique aficionados, the octogenarian will have Stair auction a collection titled “John Rosselli’s Artful Eye.” The collection of more than 200 lots will be sold Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 11 a.m. EST. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — This spring, the Lightner Museum celebrates the evocative, timeless beauty of late-19th and early 20th-century American art with two exhibitions of American Impressionist paintings. American Impressionism: Treasures from the Daywood Collection, features paintings from the acclaimed collection of the Huntington Museum of Art in West Virginia. A companion exhibition, St. Augustine in a New Light: American Impressionism from the Collection of the Lightner Museum is curated from the Lightner’s own collection. The exhibitions will run from April 8, 2021-July 5, 2021.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – The pastel ensembles worn by global music phenomenon BTS in their “Dynamite” music video will headline Julien’s January 31 MusiCares© Charity Relief Auction, one week before the GRAMMY Awards© telecast. Band members RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook generously donated the outfits, accessories and shoes to the auction. It is the first time the seven-member South Korean boy band has ever donated apparel to a charity auction. All profits will benefit individuals in the music industry whose lives have been devastated by COVID-19.