NEW YORK – Jasper52 will present a slice of Americana, folk art and outsider art in an online auction that will take place on Thursday, March 11, at 6 p.m. The auction catalog spans three centuries of antiques that were either made in America or were brought here decades ago. Bid absentee or live online exclusively through LiveAuctioneers.
What you see: A lighted apothecary trade sign, covered with colored pieces of glass and dating to the 1920s. Cowan’s Auctions estimates it at $1,000 to $2,000.
The expert: Ben Fisher, director of Americana for Hindman. [Hindman and Cowan’s merged in 2019.]
NEW YORK – Fifty-six collectible meerschaum pipes comprise an online auction to be conducted by Jasper52 on March 10 at 4 p.m. These prized smoking pipes are made of a mineral commonly known as meerschaum. Found in deposits in the city of Anatolia in present-day Turkey, the hard white clay has been hand-carved into pipes since the 18th century. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW HAMBURG, Ontario – A Wurlitzer Model 147 military band organ from 1916, rare and beautiful 18th century Dutch clocks and gorgeous painted pine furniture pieces made in Ontario in the mid-19th century are a few expected top lots in Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd.’s online-only Music Machines, Clocks & Canadiana auction slated for Saturday, March 20. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – Swiss-born architect and furniture designer Pierre Jeanneret (1896-1967) is well known for his work, even though he was somewhat overshadowed by his cousin and lifelong mentor, Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, who worked under the pseudonym of Le Corbusier.