NEW YORK – Doyle‘s auction of Important Jewelry, scheduled for Thursday, April 27 and starting at noon Eastern time, will showcase luxurious jewelry spanning the antique through modern eras by the world’s most prestigious makers, including Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Harry Winston, David Webb and Tiffany & Co. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
John McInnis to auction Boston family’s private collection, May 4-7
AMESBURY, Mass. – An important single-family private collection out of Metro-West Boston featuring more than 2,200 choice lots in a wide range of collecting categories will come up for bid in a four-day auction planned for Thursday, May 4; Friday, May 5; Saturday, May 6; and Sunday, May 7 by John McInnis Auctioneers. Start times will be 11 am Eastern on all four days. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Cultures of Asia come together at Capsule Asian art sale, April 27
NEW YORK – On Thursday, April 27, Capsule Auctions presents Spring Asian Art, a sale featuring an assortment of ceramics, sculptural objects, paintings and prints sourced from prominent estates and collections. It also offers a selection of jade, cloisonne and bronze objects. Representing a wide range of artistic practices from Japan, China and Korea, the auction includes centuries-old and modern pieces alike. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Edward Hopper’s Cape Ann connections explored in July exhibition
GLOUCESTER, Mass. – The Cape Ann Museum will unveil Edward Hopper & Cape Ann: Illuminating an American Landscape in 2023, an exhibition of the critically acclaimed American artist during a turning point in his life and career when he came to Cape Ann from 1923-1928. This major exhibition is the first dedicated to Hopper’s formative development on Cape Ann, marking the pivotal summer of 1923 when Edward Hopper and his future wife, Josephine “Jo” Nivison, visited Gloucester. Edward Hopper & Cape Ann opens on Hopper’s birthday, July 22, runs through October 16, and is presented in collaboration with the Whitney Museum of American Art, the major repository of the Hoppers’ work.
Michigan researchers find 1914 shipwrecks in Lake Superior
CHICAGO (AP) – Michigan researchers have found the wreckage of two ships that disappeared into Lake Superior in 1914 and hope the discovery will lead them to a third that sank at the same time, killing nearly 30 people aboard the trio of lumber-shipping vessels. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society announced the discoveries in April after confirming details with other researchers. Ric Mixter, a board member of the society and a maritime historian, called witnessing the discoveries “a career highlight.”