Last call for S.S. Central America treasures at Holabird, March 4-5

Large 18K Gold Rush ore engraved brooch, estimated at $10,000-$100,000, which California’s first millionaire, San Francisco businessman Samuel Brannan, was sending to his son in Geneva, Switzerland as a gift to the son's teacher. Photo credit Holabird Western Americana Collections
Large 18K Gold Rush ore engraved brooch, estimated at $10,000-$100,000, which California’s first millionaire, San Francisco businessman Samuel Brannan, was sending to his son in Geneva, Switzerland as a gift to the son's teacher. Photo credit Holabird Western Americana Collections
Large 18K Gold Rush ore engraved brooch, estimated at $10,000-$100,000, which California’s first millionaire, San Francisco businessman Samuel Brannan, was sending to his son in Geneva, Switzerland as a gift to the son’s teacher via the S.S. Central America, which sank in 1857. Photo credit Holabird Western Americana Collections

RENO, Nev. – The second and final auction of never-before-offered, historic California Gold Rush artifacts recovered from the 1857 sinking of the fabled Ship of Gold, the S.S. Central America, will be held on Saturday, March 4, and Sunday, March 5 by Holabird Western Americana Collections LLC. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Miller & Miller bidders were mad for Maud Lewis; paying $200K for six works

Maud Lewis, ‘Three Black Cats,’ CA$44,250
Maud Lewis, ‘Three Black Cats,’ CA$44,250

Maud Lewis, ‘Three Black Cats,’ CA$44,250

NEW HAMBURG, Canada – Six original paintings by the renowned Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis (1903-1970), plus a watercolor and pen on paper by Lewis, sold for a combined $198,830 in Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd.’s online-only Canadiana & Folk Art auction held on February 11. Nearly 300 lots in a wide array of categories came up for bid. All prices quoted are in Canadian dollars.

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Appeals court to hear dispute over control of van Gogh art

In the latest development in a dispute regarding ownership of Vincent van Gogh’s 1888 painting ‘The Novel Reader,’ a federal appeals court has agreed to hear the case. The Detroit Institute of Arts, which had included the work in a van Gogh show that closed in January, has been required to retain custody of the painting for now. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, which regards this photographic reproduction of ‘The Novel Reader’ as being in the public domain in the United States.
In the latest development in a dispute regarding ownership of Vincent van Gogh’s 1888 painting ‘The Novel Reader,’ a federal appeals court has agreed to hear the case. The Detroit Institute of Arts, which had included the work in a van Gogh show that closed in January, has been required to retain custody of the painting for now.Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, which regards this photographic reproduction of ‘The Novel Reader’ as being in the public domain in the United States.
In the latest development in a dispute regarding ownership of Vincent van Gogh’s 1888 painting ‘The Novel Reader,’ a federal appeals court has agreed to hear the case. The Detroit Institute of Arts, which had included the work in a van Gogh show that closed in January, has been required to retain custody of the painting for now. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, which regards this photographic reproduction of ‘The Novel Reader’ as being in the public domain in the United States.

DETROIT (AP) – A federal appeals court has agreed to hear a dispute regarding control of an 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh that was recently displayed for months at a Detroit museum. The court granted an injunction February 6 and ordered the Detroit Institute of Arts to continue to hold onto the painting while the case is pending.

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