Elvis’ ‘Comeback Special’ guitar stars in March 27 GWS auction

Elvis Presley '68 Comeback Special Hagstrom V-2 guitar, $2,000,000-$3,000,000. Image courtesy GWS Auctions
Elvis Presley '68 Comeback Special Hagstrom V-2 guitar, $2,000,000-$3,000,000. Image courtesy GWS Auctions
Elvis Presley ’68 Comeback Special Hagstrom V-2 guitar, $2,000,000-$3,000,000. Image courtesy GWS Auctions

AGOURA HILLS, Calif. — Incredible, authenticated examples of Hollywood and music industry history come to auction Saturday, March 27 at 1 p.m. Eastern at G.W.S. Auctions Inc. Absentee and live online bidding are provided by LiveAuctioneers.
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Clocks set the pace at Miller & Miller’s March 20 auction

French Paul O’Dobey monastery wire tower clock, 1899, CA$11,800. Image courtesy Miller & Miller
French Paul O’Dobey monastery wire tower clock, 1899, $11,800. Image courtesy Miller & Miller

NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – In Miller & Miller’s online-only Music Machines, Clocks & Canadiana auction, held March 20, four of the top five lots as clocks in a sale that grossed $418,065 Canadian ($331,625 US). All prices to follow are in Canadian dollars and include buyer’s premium. Online bidding was provided by LiveAuctioneers.  Continue reading

Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza announces Georgia O’Keeffe exhibition

Georgia O’Keeffe, ‘Serie I. Nº 3,’ 1918. Image copyright Milwaukee Art Museum, VEGAP, Madrid, 2021

MADRID — The Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza has announced the first retrospective in Spain on Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986). Through a curated selection of 90 works, visitors to the museum will experience the pictorial universe of a creative figure considered one of the leading representatives of 20th-century American art. The exhibition opens April 20 and runs through August 8. Continue reading

Top items soar beyond pre-sale estimates at Freeman’s March 23 sale

Josef Albers (American/German, 1888-1976), 'Gray Instrumentation,' 1974, $8,500 plus buyer's premium. Image courtesy Freeman's
Josef Albers (American/German, 1888-1976), ‘Gray Instrumentation,’ 1974, $8,500 plus buyer’s premium. Image courtesy Freeman’s

PHILADELPHIA — Freeman’s has announced the results of its March 23 Art and Design auction, which achieved an impressive 92% sell-through rate, and exceeded its overall pre-sale high estimate. Absentee and live bidding was provided by LiveAuctioneers. Continue reading

Capsule Auctions’ March 31 sale features postwar, contemporary art

Lowell Nesbitt, 'Mr X and Three,' 1964, $3,000-$5,000. Image courtesy Capsule Auctions
Lowell Nesbitt, ‘Mr X and Three,’ 1964, $3,000-$5,000. Image courtesy Capsule Auctions

NEW YORK — Capsule Auctions presents its Spring Energy auction event, a curated selection of modern, postwar and contemporary artworks from New York estates and collections. Spring Energy will begin Wednesday, March 31 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern. Absentee and live bidding will be provided by LiveAuctioneers. Continue reading