Joan Didion’s collection to be auctioned for charity at STAIR, Nov. 16

Brigitte Lancombe, ‘Two Portraits of Joan Didion,’ one shown, estimated at $3,000-$5,000. Image courtesy of STAIR and LiveAuctioneers
Brigitte Lancombe, ‘Two Portraits of Joan Didion,’ one shown, estimated at $3,000-$5,000. Image courtesy of STAIR and LiveAuctioneers
Brigitte Lancombe, ‘Two Portraits of Joan Didion,’ one shown, estimated at $3,000-$5,000. Image courtesy of STAIR and LiveAuctioneers

HUDSON, N.Y. – On Wednesday, November 16, STAIR will present a 224-lot sale titled Property from the Collection of Joan Didion. Proceeds from the auction will benefit patient care and research of Parkinson’s and other movement disorders at Columbia University, and the Sacramento Historical Society for the benefit of Sacramento City College scholarship for women in literature. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Western art, in all its splendor, featured at John Moran, Nov. 16

Logan Maxwell Hagege, ‘Dry Air,’ estimated at $4,000-$6,000
Logan Maxwell Hagege, ‘Dry Air,’ estimated at $4,000-$6,000
Logan Maxwell Hagege, ‘Dry Air,’ estimated at $4,000-$6,000

LOS ANGELES — On Wednesday, November 16, beginning at 10 am Pacific time, John Moran Auctioneers will present its next Art of the American West sale. This auction will feature fine art from the David Sturges collection alongside a Central California Western collection of art and furnishings. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Walt Whitman first edition Leaves of Grass crowns Doyle’s Nov. 16 sale

First edition of Walt Whitman’s ‘Leaves of Grass,’ estimated at $70,000-$100,000. Image courtesy of Doyle and LiveAuctioneers
First edition of Walt Whitman’s ‘Leaves of Grass,’ estimated at $70,000-$100,000. Image courtesy of Doyle and LiveAuctioneers
First edition of Walt Whitman’s ‘Leaves of Grass,’ estimated at $70,000-$100,000. Image courtesy of Doyle and LiveAuctioneers

NEW YORK – Doyle will present Property from the Collection of Barbara K. and Ira A. Lipman on Wednesday, November 16, starting at 10 am Eastern time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Discovery of bronzes rewrites Italy’s Etruscan-Roman history

Panoramic view of San Casicano dei Bagni in Italy, taken in June 2015. An archaeological dig in the township near Siena has revealed about two dozen bronze figurines that promise to reshape what we know about Etruscan and Roman history. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit LigaDue. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Panoramic view of San Casicano dei Bagni in Italy, taken in June 2015. An archaeological dig in the township near Siena has revealed about two dozen bronze figurines that promise to reshape what we know about Etruscan and Roman history. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit LigaDue. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Panoramic view of San Casicano dei Bagni in Italy, taken in June 2015. An archaeological dig in the township near Siena has revealed about two dozen bronze figurines that promise to reshape what we know about Etruscan and Roman history. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit LigaDue. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

ROME (AP) – Italian authorities on November 8 announced the extraordinary discovery of 2,000-year-old bronze statues in an ancient Tuscan thermal spring and said the find will “rewrite history” about the transition from the Etruscan civilization to the Roman Empire. The discovery, in the sacred baths of the San Casciano dei Bagni archaeological dig near Siena, is one of the most significant ever in the Mediterranean and certainly the most important since the 1972 underwater discovery of the famed Riace bronze warriors, said Massimo Osanna, the Culture Ministry’s director of museums.

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