Stellar collection of vintage NASA photos lands at Wright / LAMA, Oct. 28

The Blue Marble: First human-taken photograph of the full earth, Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972, estimated at $15,000-$25,000
The Blue Marble: First human-taken photograph of the full earth, Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972, estimated at $15,000-$25,000
‘The Blue Marble’: First human-taken photograph of the full earth, Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972, estimated at $15,000-$25,000

CHICAGO – Marking the 50th anniversary of the last human voyage to the moon, Wright and LAMA present One Giant Leap for Mankind: Vintage Photographs from the Victor Martin-Malburet Collection, Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Project Apollo (1961–1972), an auction to take place in Chicago on Friday, October 28. This stunning collection comprises more than 300 original historic photographs from Project Apollo, the NASA program responsible for placing the first humans on the surface of the moon. Meticulously researched and collected during the course of 25 years by Victor Martin-Malburet, each image represents extraordinary feats of human exploration, imagination and collaboration, and many of those being offered have never been published. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

Continue reading

Quinn’s presents scholarly array of Pre-Columbian, Ethnographic Art, Nov. 3

Two Nayarit (Mexico) seated musician figures with instruments, reddish ceramic with pigments and manganese, 200 BCE to 200 CE. Sizes: Larger figure 15¼in x 8in, smaller figure 15in x 10in. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Quinn’s Auction Galleries of northern Virginia is proud to present a November 3rd Pre-Columbian and Ethnographic Arts Auction featuring a fine array of Pre-Columbian ceramics from Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, and Costa Rica; as well as African figures, masks, paintings, and utilitarian objects.

Continue reading

Factory-sealed first edition iPhone sells for record $39K

A factory-sealed first edition Apple iPhone, released in 2007, achieved a world auction record price of $39,340 on October 16. Image courtesy of LCG Auctions
A factory-sealed first edition Apple iPhone, released in 2007, achieved a world auction record price of $39,340 on October 16. Image courtesy of LCG Auctions
A factory-sealed first edition Apple iPhone, released in 2007, achieved a world auction record price of $39,340 on October 16. Image courtesy of LCG Auctions

NEW ORLEANS – A 2007 factory-sealed first-edition iPhone sold for a record price of $39,340 on Sunday, October 16 in the LCG Auctions Fall ’22 Premier Auction. The final price surpassed the previous record by nearly $5,000.

Continue reading

Yale hosts 50-year retrospective of Nigerian sculptor

E. H. Duckworth, ‘Moshood Oluṣọmo Bamigboye Holding a Portrait Bust.’ Ilọfa, Kwara State, Nigeria, circa 1940. Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, inv. no. birrc-d432-1. © Research and Cultural Collections, University of Birmingham

 

E. H. Duckworth, ‘Moshood Olusomo Bamigboye Holding a Portrait Bust.’ Ilofa, Kwara State, Nigeria, circa 1940. Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, inv. no. birrc-d432-1. © Research and Cultural Collections, University of Birmingham

E. H. Duckworth, ‘Moshood Olusomo Bamigboye Holding a Portrait Bust.’ Ilofa, Kwara State, Nigeria, circa 1940. Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, inv. no. birrc-d432-1.   © Research and Cultural Collections, University of Birmingham

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Yale University Art Gallery has unveiled an exhibition of sculpture by the Nigerian artist Moshood Olusomo Bamigboye (circa 1885–1975), reuniting masterworks housed in collections in the United States, Europe and Nigeria. Bamigboye: A Master Sculptor of the Yoruba Tradition, on view through January 8, 2023, presents a comprehensive examination of the artist’s 50-year career.

Continue reading