ASHBURN, Va. – Life may still be moving slowly during the pandemic, but business has never been busier at Oakridge Auction Gallery in preparation for their annual Spring Fine Asian Art & Antiques Auction. Scheduled for March 13-14, this auction will feature over 500 lots separated into two sessions: Ceramics & Works Of Art beginning at 10 a.m. EST on March 13, and Chinese Paintings & Calligraphy beginning at 10 a.m. on March 14. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – “Alice Neel: People Come First” is the first museum retrospective in New York of American artist Alice Neel (1900–1984) in 20 years. This ambitious, career-spanning survey at the Metropolitan Museum of Art positions Neel as one of the century’s most radical painters, a champion of social justice whose longstanding commitment to humanist principles inspired her life as well as her art, as demonstrated in the survey’s approximately 100 paintings, drawings, and watercolors. “Alice Neel: People Come First” will be on view March 22 through Aug. 1.
What you see: An antique mechanical bank in the form of a girl skipping rope. Morphy Auctions, which will auction the bank on February 27, 2021, estimates it at $60,000 to $90,000.
The expert: Collector Bob Brady, consignor of the Girl Skipping Rope mechanical bank.
NEW YORK – Leave it to the New Hampshire Antique Dealers Association to gather astonishing treasures from across America and beyond, which will be presented in a Jasper52 online auction on Thursday, Feb. 25. Museum-quality pieces among the nearly 400 lots offered include a rare Pennsylvania Mennonite quilt and a giant pair of eyeglasses that likely served as a trade sign. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – If you like vibrant and colorful Neo-Expressionist paintings of bunnies, birds and butterflies, then Hunt Slonem is the artist for you.
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO – Turner Auctions + Appraisals will disperse the Paul Guaraglia Collection of model trains on Saturday, March 6, at 10:30 a.m. PST. Featuring over 220 lots, the sale presents a variety of train offerings. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – As its first exhibition upon reopening to the public, Japan Society presents “When Practice Becomes Form: Carpentry Tools from Japan.” Opening on the 10th anniversary of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the exhibition celebrates the resilient spirit of Japanese architecture and craftsmanship through woodworking tools, architectural patterns and models.
VINELAND, N.J. – Another illustrious entry will soon join the list of legendary collections that have passed through the doors of Bertoia Auctions’ New Jersey gallery. As confirmed by company president Michael Bertoia, the Aaron and Abby Schroeder mechanical bank and antique toy collection – considered by many to be in a league of its own – will be auctioned by Bertoia’s on March 5-6, with Part II scheduled for fall of 2021. Absentee and Internet live bidding for Parts I and II will be available via LiveAuctioneers.
PAOLI, Pa. – A beautiful hand-painted Chinese bottle vase, a painting of roses by the French fleuriste Raoul M. De Longpré (1843-1911), and an impressive African Dan Guere mask with cowrie shells and bronze bells are a few expected top lots in Converse Auctions’ online-only East West Antique Auction slated for Saturday, Feb. 27, starting at noon Eastern time. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
PITTSFIELD, MASS. – Boasting a curated selection of fine leaded glass lamps, vases, silver and sculpture, Fontaine’s Auction Gallery started off the new year on a high note. The two-part auction that ran on Jan. 23 and 30 grossed over $2 million. It saw two Tiffany Studios lamps tie for top-lot status at $87,725 with a total of nearly 40 items performing above the $10,000 mark. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.