EDINBURGH, Scotland – On Tuesday, June 28, Lyon & Turnbull will conduct a sale titled Hints on Household Taste: Paul Reeves, a 314-lot auction drawn from the stock and private collection of Reeves, an acclaimed interior decorator and dealer in antiques. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
BEACHWOOD, Ohio – On Saturday, June 25, Neue Auctions will offer the Asian art collection of the late Marvin Drucker in an online sale that will also include French furnishings. The auction, beginning at 10 am Eastern time, will feature bronzes, porcelains, carved hardstones, lacquer ware, cloisonne, snuff bottles, Wedgwood, Lalique glass and 18th-century English porcelains. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
LONDON – On Thursday, June 23, Forum Auctions will present a private collection of culinary literary works which, as well as spanning five centuries, delivers a fascinating gastronomic journey of discovery. The collection was carefully curated during a period of 40 years by the late Caroline Crisford, a passionate collector of exceptional books on the subject of gastronomy. It offers unique insights into the field of cooking and charts its progression in Europe. The collection, which spans 158 lots, carries a collective estimate of £60,000-£80,000. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – Heritage Auctions sold the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize medal awarded to independent Russian journalist and Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief, Dmitry Muratov, for $103.5 million on the evening of June 20. The winning bid came from an anonymous buyer at a live global auction event at the Times Center in Manhattan. Proceeds raised from the auction will support UNICEF’s humanitarian response to the war in Ukraine and affected regions. Heritage Auctions donated its efforts to bring worldwide attention to Muratov’s desire to aid those impacted by the war.
BOSTON – RR Auction‘s first-ever Summer Remarkable Rarities event, scheduled for Thursday, June 23, brings 50 unique historical autographs and artifacts to the bidding block. View the fully illustrated catalog on LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK — Fishing is a quiet pastime that allows people to commune with nature as well as procure their dinner. Vintage fishing gear, from lures and flies to rods and reels — especially reels — is coveted. Whether outfitting a vacation home in the style of an old-fashioned Adirondack fishing camp or just putting together a small collection that brings on waves of nostalgia for childhoods spent fishing on riverbanks under the watch of beloved relatives, fishing gear is a popular collecting genre.
LONDON – A Royal presentation diamond brooch given by Queen Elizabeth II to Lavina, Duchess of Norfolk, for assistance prior to her coronation in 1953, sold June 14 for £180,000 to a European collector during a Noonans auction titled Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu.
DALLAS – On June 25, Heritage will present The Founding Fathers’ Fight for Liberty and the Birth of a New Nation – Part I Manuscripts Signature® Auction, including a complete set of signers of the Declaration of Independence. Only a handful of complete sets have been offered at auction in the past century, with the last crossing the block a decade ago. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
POTOMAC, Md. – Glenstone Museum will unveil Richard Serra’s 2017 sculpture Four Rounds: Equal Weight, Unequal Measure in a new building opening to the public on June 23.
TITUSVILLE, Fla. – American Space Museum (ASM) will present its Summer 2022 Space Memorabilia Auction, containing more than 400 lots, on Saturday, June 25. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.