NEW YORK (AP) – When The Edge saw the Rolling Stones perform recently, his mask allowed him to go unrecognized as he watched guitarist Ron Wood from the front row. “I have to say one of the benefits of mask wearing is it’s like a cloaking device if you’re a famous face,” the U2 guitarist recently told The Associated Press while promoting his Music Rising charity and its Dec. 11 auction of famous guitars and other rock memorabilia to support New Orleans musicians hit hard by the pandemic.
DALLAS – Heritage Auctions’ Nov. 16 Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu Signature® Auction soared to nearly $1.2 million. Leading the sale was a 12-piece Gorham Mfg. Japonesque fruit knife set that earned a world-record $45,000. The circa-1880 silver and mixed metal set came from the collection of Dr. Charles Venable, a former museum curator who amassed an enviable assemblage of American-made silver from the late 19th and early 20th century.
NEW YORK – On Thursday, December 9, starting at 6 pm Eastern time, Jasper52 will conduct a sale of Americana, Folk Art and Outsider Art. The generous selection, spanning 410 lots, includes a wide range of American quilts and schoolgirl needlework samplers; a circa-1930s Mickey Mouse inlaid folk art Parcheesi game board; a mid-19th-century primitive horse pull toy; an early 19th-century chest on turned feet; and numerous advertising and trade signs, led by an example touting ‘Cuban Cigars from Havana’s Finest’ in gilded letters. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.