NANTUCKET, Mass. – Rafael Osona Auctions kicks off its 2022 season with the annual Daffodil Weekend Auction. The 600-lot sale includes fine art, furniture, rugs and decor, folk art, South Sea pearls and American, Continental and Asian antiques. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – Auctions at Showplace will present a sale of 280 lots from New York City Metropolitan area estates on Sunday, April 24. Offerings will include furniture by Paul McCobb, George Nakashima, Paul Evans, and Fritz Hansen. Other highlights include a French articulated horse model, Louis Mendez sculptures, and art and prints from Cindy Sherman, Salvador Dali, Daniele Donde, Robert Gwathmey and Umetaro Azechi. A wide array of silver, porcelain, glass, jewelry and paintings complete the sale. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – On Tuesday, April 19, starting at 2 pm Eastern time, Jasper52 will conduct a sale entirely devoted to pearl jewelry. Boasting 194 lots, Fine Pearl Jewelry delivers dozens of variations on the venerated gems of the sea, in color, shape, origin and jewelry design. Traditional white, round pearls are available in the form of a double-strand saltwater Akoya pearl necklace, but the auction lineup shows that pearls provide their own lustrous interpretation of the rainbow.
COLOGNE, Germany – Auction Team Breker‘s March 26 sale, titled Science & Technology / Mechanical Music / Fairground, was a gratifying success, with many exquisite machines and technological marvels finding new homes.
NEW YORK — Colorful and educational Fisher-Price toys have been a staple of childhood since 1930, when the toy company was founded. The Great Depression had started a few months earlier but Herman Fisher, Helen Schelle, Irving Evans, and his wife, Margaret Evans Price, believed that children still needed to be children and that play was an important part of a child’s education.