February 15, 2023 - Auction Central News

Everard presents art, antiques & jewelry from premier Southern estates, Feb. 28-Mar. 1

Closeup view of one of the lithographs in Alphonse Mucha’s (1860-1939) ‘The Seasons,’ 1896. Everard will auction the complete suite of four color lithographs with a pre-sale estimate of $20,000-$30,000.

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Everard’s February 28 and March 1 Winter Southern Estates Auction features a luxe array of fine and decorative arts, with many exceptional pieces coming from long-held, high-quality collections. The variety is endless, spanning the traditional fine and decorative art realm from both a Western and Asian point of view. In addition, there are dozens of specialty categories, such as 19th-century lay-down scent bottles, folk art canes, Venetian glass, holy water fonts, Russian lacquer boxes, Royal Vienna porcelain, Sumidagawa pottery, portrait miniatures, antique maps and scientific instruments. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.

Magician Ricky Jay’s peerless collection debuts at Potter & Potter, Feb. 25

1923 lithograph ‘Is Conan Doyle Right?,’ estimated at $6,000-$12,000

CHICAGO – Potter & Potter Auctions will proudly host a sale of historical artifacts, magicana and rare books from the personal collection of the late Ricky Jay, a magician, writer, actor and collector without peer. Scheduled for Saturday, February 25 and containing 370 lots, it will be the first of three sales from Jay’s collection, and it will commence at 10 am Central time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

carte de visites Harry Houdini Houdini Is Conan Doyle Right? magic poster Matthew Buchinger New Art Of Hocus Pocus Revived Potter & Potter Auctions Ramses the magician Ricky Jay The Effigies of Mr. Matthew Buchinger The Magic Magic Book vintage magic posters

Fontaine’s latest sale totals $2.5M, with $1M from Tiffany Studios art

Tiffany Studios Jesus in a Field of Lilies window, $237,500

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Fontaine’s Auction Gallery‘s important Fine and Decorative Arts auction on January 28 surpassed its high estimate to total $2.5 million. The 550-lot sale saw strong performers in nearly every category with a sell-through rate of 91 percent.

Fontaine's Fontaine's Auction Gallery Swiss Black Forest carved figural clock Swiss Black Forest clock Tiffany chandelier Tiffany ecclesiastic glass Tiffany floor lamp Tiffany Studios William Lester Stevens

Carle Museum exhibits recently acquired picture-book art

Ashley Bryan, illustration for The Night Has Ears: African Proverbs (Atheneum). Gift of the Ashley Bryan Center. © 1999 Ashley Bryan.

AMHERST, Mass. – The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art continues its 20th anniversary celebration with an exhibition showcasing more than 60 artworks added to the museum during the past five years. The Carle Collection: Recent Acquisitions is on view in the Central Gallery through April 9.

The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art

Met shows how 19th-century stresses sparked Danish Golden Age

Martinus Rorbye (Danish, Drammen 1803–1848 Copenhagen), ‘View from the Citadel Ramparts in Copenhagen by Moonlight, 1839.’ Oil on canvas, 11 3/8 by 9 5/8in. (28.9 by 24.4cm) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Eugene V. Thaw, 2007 (2007.164.7) Image © Metropolitan Museum of Art

NEW YORK – Beyond the Light: Identity and Place in Nineteenth-Century Danish Art explores the period formerly known as the Danish Golden Age, a name that belies the economic and political hardships the dwindling Danish Kingdom experienced in the 19th century. The exhibition is on at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and will run through April 16.

19th-century Danish art The Met The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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