BIRMINGHAM, UK – The Luxury Watch Sale at Fellows on Thursday, January 19 will feature a limited edition Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Leo Messi Edition watch, reference 26325TS.OO.D005CR.01, estimated at £18,000-£22,000. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
American folk art treasures grace Portland Museum of Art
PORTLAND, Maine – The Portland Museum of Art will host American Perspectives: Stories from the American Folk Art Museum Collection from February 3 through May 7.
Rare BOAC airplane model poised for takeoff at Miller & Miller, Jan. 21
NEW HAMBURG, Canada – A cutaway model of a 1962 Vickers VC-10 BOAC (later renamed British Air) jet plane, one of only two known to exist, made by Walkers Westway in England, is expected to soar to new heights in Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd.’s online-only Advertising & Historic Objects auction planned for Saturday, January 21 at 9 am Eastern time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers. All estimates quoted are in Canadian dollars.
Treasures of Greece, Rome and Egypt featured in Ancient Arts Auction, Jan. 18
NEW YORK – On Wednesday, January 18, starting at 1 pm Eastern time, Jasper52 will conduct a sale titled Ancient Arts Auction, featuring 50 lots of antiquities. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
In Memoriam: Jeff Beck, guitar god who influenced generations, 78
NEW YORK (AP) – Jeff Beck, a guitar virtuoso who pushed the boundaries of blues, jazz and rock ‘n’ roll, influencing generations of shredders along the way and becoming known as the guitar player’s guitar player, has died. He was 78.
Jens Risom: one of modern design’s great Danes
NEW YORK — Jens Risom (1916-2016) was one of the earliest and most prominent Scandinavian furniture designers to bring that timeless aesthetic to the United States. Yet, for all his talent and fame at the height of his decades-long career, he has been underappreciated when compared to his Danish compatriots, like Hans Wegner, Arne Jacobsen and Borge Morgensen.