LONDON – Apollo Galleries, London’s premier source for authentic, fully vetted ancient art and antiquities, will host its first auction of the New Year on Sunday, January 16, with absentee and Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers. The breathtaking assemblage of rarities from legendary civilizations is offered with authoritative descriptions and assessments from a newly-engaged team of specialists whose experience at the highest echelons of the art trade is amply documented.
Coker’s Jan. 15 auction led by top-tier Euro. art, antiques with Washington family provenance
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – On Saturday, January 15, 2022, John W. Coker & Co., will auction antiques and fine art from several distinguished estates and families. The online-only event, with absentee and Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers, is highlighted by a very special selection of European Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings formerly in the collection of Dr. Albert Kinkade Chapman (1890-1984), president and CEO of Eastman Kodak.
Minneapolis is site of first Kamoda Shoji retrospective outside Japan
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The Minneapolis Institute of Art is now hosting an exhibition of works by the Japanese ceramist Kamoda Shoji, who, despite his fame in Japan for significant contributions to contemporary ceramics, has not received the attention he deserves outside of his native country, in part because of his untimely death at the age of 49 in 1983. Continue reading
Even CGC low-graded Spider-Man comics triumphed at Bruneau
CRANSTON, R.I. – Vintage Spider-Man comic books – even ones in poor condition – can still bring dizzying prices at auction, as was proven in Bruneau & Co.’s Comic, TCG, Toy & Sports Auction held December 11. Two early 1960s comics featuring Spidey – one graded CGC 1.0 and the other CGC 2.0 – brought a combined $36,562.
Michaan’s launches sparkling new year with diamonds and art, Jan. 15
ALAMEDA, Calif. – Michaan’s Auctions greets the new year with a Gallery Auction on Saturday, January 15, starting at 1 pm Eastern time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Goal-oriented collectors seek game-worn soccer jerseys
NEW YORK — Whether you call it soccer or football, as they do in England and most of the world, the sport is big business. The World Cup, the match series that holds the same importance as the Super Bowl or the World Series, is played every four years and is arguably the most popular worldwide sporting event, drawing billions of fans on television. Naturally, game-worn jerseys from soccer’s top stars are always in demand.