PHILADELPHIA — Kamelot Auctions is having its annual Garden Sale on May 18 and also May 20. It will feature a carefully curated collection of garden and architectural antiques from across the globe, and will include an assortment of designs and styles to complete any outdoor paradise. Bidding will commence at 10 am Eastern time on May 18. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
PARIS – Piasa will hold its Africa & Modern & Contemporary Art sale on May 19. For the first time in the context of a contemporary African art sale in Paris, this auction will present the work of two major African American artists: Beauford Delaney, the great African American painter of the post-war period, and Kehinde Wiley, a rising figure on the other side of the Atlantic who, among other achievements, painted the famous portrait of American President Barack Obama that hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK — While elmwood may be the most common wood used in Chinese furniture, hardwoods such as rosewood are sought after. The two most coveted forms of Chinese rosewood furniture are zitan and huanghuali, and their beauty is widely admired.
NEW YORK — In a two-day event, Swann Galleries will present a special offering of deaccessioned duplicates from the rich collection of Letterform Archive on May 12, alongside the spring Graphic Design auction on May 13. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW ORLEANS – Crescent City Auction Gallery’s Important Spring Estates auction will take place May 8 and 9, starting at 10 am Central time/11 am Eastern time on each day. Original oil paintings by iconic Louisiana artists Knute Heldner and Clementine Hunter; a 129-piece Gorham sterling flatware set in the La Scala pattern; ceramics by local potters, including examples of Newcomb pottery; vintage couture; and estate jewelry are among the 752 lots. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – On May 9, Auctions at Showplace will offer property from the collection of Arnold and Dorothy Neustadter. The late Arnold Neustadter was an engineer and businessman who invented the Rolodex with Hildaur Neilson in 1956. The Neustadters were avid collectors of art and antiques who acquired objects across a variety of categories including 20th century art, European furniture, and fine decorative arts. In addition to items from their collection, the sale will also feature fine jewelry and silver, important works from a private residence at the Pierre Hotel, and designer fashion and accessories. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Freeman’s is pleased to present Sylvia Shaw Judson’s Bird Girl, the highlight of its June 6 American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists auction. This fresh-to-market work is one of the most recognizable American sculptures to ever appear at auction. Conceived in 1936 by the Chicago-based Judson, Bird Girl was cast by Roman Bronze Works in New York, and will carry a pre-sale estimate of $100,000-150,000. One of four extant original bronzes, this iconic image is immediately familiar from Jack Leigh’s haunting photograph used as the cover of John Berendt’s 1994 best-selling novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.