Sapphires, emeralds and rubies led Hindman’s $3.5M Important Jewelry sale

Gillot color-change sapphire and diamond ring, $256,250
Gillot color-change sapphire and diamond ring, $256,250
Gillot color-change sapphire and diamond ring, $256,250

CHICAGO – On December 7, Hindman Auctions presented a successful Important Jewelry auction that totaled $3,591,406.

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Signed Ansel Adams Yosemite photograph stars at Holabird, Dec. 17-19

Ansel Adams, ‘Moon and Half Dome,’ est. $10,000-$20,000
Ansel Adams, ‘Moon and Half Dome,’ signed and numbered Print No. 10 from the artist’s Photographs of Yosemite series, est. $10,000-$20,000

RENO, Nev. – Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC is famous for its five-day auctions featuring thousands of highly collectible items in a rainbow of categories, but the firm will end 2021 with a tidy, three-day affair, taking place December 17-19 and boasting more than 1,900 lots of rare books, art, mining, numismatics, stock certificates and postcards. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Stars’ photos & contracts featured in RR’s Hollywood sale, Dec. 16

‘Gone With the Wind’ shooting script presented to Leslie Howard by David O. Selznick, est. $15,000-$20,000
‘Gone With the Wind’ shooting script presented to Leslie Howard by David O. Selznick, est. $15,000-$20,000

BOSTON – Stars of the silver screen feature in RR Auction‘s December 16 Hollywood sale, which is highlighted by a wealth of outstanding signed photographs of icons like Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Marlon Brando, Rudolph Valentino, Judy Garland, Audrey Hepburn, John Wayne, Grace Kelly, Alfred Hitchcock. View the fully illustrated catalog on LiveAuctioneers.

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Artwork of model Jerry Hall charms bidders at Roland NY

Antonio Lopez 1982 fashion image of supermodel Jerry Hall in a pink and black Oscar de la Renta dress, $10,625
Antonio Lopez 1982 fashion image of supermodel Jerry Hall in a pink and black Oscar de la Renta dress, $10,625
Antonio Lopez 1982 fashion sketch of supermodel Jerry Hall in a pink and black Oscar de la Renta dress, $10,625

GLEN COVE, N.Y. – A stunning Antonio Lopez 1982 mixed media on paper artwork of supermodel Jerry Hall in a pink and black Oscar de la Renta dress earned top lot status at Roland Auctions NY‘s December 4 sale. It featured items from the estate of well-known Manhattan gallerist Eleanor Ettinger, whose eponymous West 57th Street gallery opened in 1975 and became a fixture in the New York art world.

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Maine art museum receives $750K gift, renames gallery

Exterior of the Ogunquit Museum of American Art in Ogunquit, Maine, which just renamed a gallery in honor of Carol and Noel Leary, who gave the institution $750,000. Photo credit John Phelan. Image via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Exterior of the Ogunquit Museum of American Art in Ogunquit, Maine, which just renamed a gallery in honor of Carol and Noel Leary, who gave the institution $750,000. Photo credit John Phelan. Image via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Exterior of the Ogunquit Museum of American Art in Ogunquit, Maine, which just renamed a gallery in honor of Carol and Noel Leary, who gave the institution $750,000. Photo credit John Phelan. Image via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

OGUNQUIT, Maine (AP) – A Maine art museum has received one of the largest gifts in its history and is renaming a gallery after the donors.

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Vintage Buck Rogers collectibles go back to the future

A Buck Rogers celluloid button sold in March 2019 for $2,764 plus the buyer’s premium at Hake’s Auctions. Image courtesy of Hake’s Auctions and LiveAuctioneers.
A Buck Rogers celluloid button sold in March 2019 for $2,764 plus the buyer’s premium at Hake’s Auctions. Image courtesy of Hake’s Auctions and LiveAuctioneers.
A Buck Rogers celluloid button sold in March 2019 for $2,764 plus the buyer’s premium at Hake’s Auctions. Image courtesy of Hake’s Auctions and LiveAuctioneers.

NEW YORK — Space exploration continues to fascinate. Millions watched Neil Armstrong take his first steps on the moon, followed the troubled Apollo 13 mission and viewed launches of civilian astronauts on rockets funded by billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson. Closer to home, space toys have provided hours of imaginative play for kids of all ages, and a longtime favorite in this field has been the fictional Buck Rogers.

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