SUNRISE, Fla. – Hill Auction Gallery‘s next sale, titled A Juicy One & Joy Moos Gallery Auction, set for Wednesday, April 26, contains a particular standout. Chosen to lead the lineup as lot 1, the circa-1920 Armand Albert Rateau gilt swan sconces with Louis Comfort Tiffany shades carry an estimate of $8,000-$12,000. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
BIRMINGHAM, U.K. – A gold ring sold at auction for 450 times its original estimate of £150-£200 on April 13 in England. The garnet intaglio ring achieved a hammer price of £90,000 (about $110,000) and a total of £117,000 (about $145,000) including fees.
LOS ANGELES — John Moran Auctioneers will present its first Traditional Collector sale of the year on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 25 and April 26, starting at 10 am Central time. Moran’s will feature more than 500 lots that include a Lavar Kerman pictorial carpet, a Bosendorfer piano, French jardinieres, Tiffany & Co. silver, and artworks by Felix Ziem, Mario Korbel, Francois Boucher and Henri Beek. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
DANVERS, Mass. – Two exceptionally rare items relating to the iconic actor Jack Nicholson, and another pertaining to George Walker, the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for music, will headline JG Autograph’s online-only History & Culture timed auction, closing Tuesday, April 25. The sale features 850 lots. View the fully illustrated catalog on LiveAuctioneers.
LOS ANGELES – Rihanna is the new owner of a 40th-floor Los Angeles penthouse in the celebrity-approved, paparazzi-proof, 42-story the Century condominium building. The penthouse was formerly owned by Matthew Perry, who sold it in 2021 for $21.6 million. Rihanna paid $21 million for the four-bedroom, 9,290-square-foot condo. She has been a resident of the Century since 2014 in a much smaller unit; she will gain one more bedroom, three more bathrooms, and almost 6,000 additional square feet with her new, higher-floor pad.