NEW YORK – On Saturday, Dec. 2, Roland Auctions NY will present its seventh annual Holiday Auction featuring several hundred lots of fine and decorative arts selected from choice estates throughout metropolitan New York City and the East Coast. Absentee and Internet bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
LOS ANGELES – Julien’s Auctions held its most glamorous auction of the season, “Property from Joseff of Hollywood: Treasures from the Vault,” on Nov. 18. Bidders from around the world participated in person, on phones and live online for almost 10 hours bidding fiercely for spectacular pieces of jewelry and Hollywood history. Absentee and Internet bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Being timeless is a rare commodity in the world of fashion. No brand exemplifies that enduring power more than Chanel. On Dec. 2, Brigitte Kruse and GWS Auctions will offer at auction one of the largest personal collections of exclusive items from the House of Chanel and other exceptional luxury brands. The trendsetting auction house will again break new ground by combining a runway fashion show with the sale. Models will wear the pieces and the event will be streamed live so bidders from around the world can participate in this first ever runway fashion show auction. Absentee and Internet bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. – Prospects look good for sales of small denomination gold coins among a broad variety of numismatics on Saturday, Dec. 2, at Rago Arts and Auction Center. The auction of almost 500 lots includes coins and currency spans two millennia and over a dozen countries. Absentee and Internet bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
AMESBURY, Mass. – An attic find of original artworks which includes some by Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat – literally unseen by anyone since being stored away more than 30 years ago – will see the light of day in an auction on Saturday, Dec. 2, by John McInnis Auctioneers. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
DOUGLASS, Kan. – Part 2 of the Fred and the late Maxine Zumthurn collection – which features figural napkin rings and quality pickle casters as well as includes art glass pieces, Wave Crest, Mount Washington, R.S. Prussia and Victorian antiques – will be held Saturday, Dec. 2, by Woody Auction. Absentee and Internet bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
DALLAS – A rare and unusual photo of one of the first U.S. presidents is expected to sell for $50,000 or more when an image of President John Quincy Adams taken in 1846 crosses the block in Heritage Auctions’ Dec. 2 Americana & Political Auction. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
MONROVIA, Calif. – John Moran Auctioneers hosted two curated auction sessions on Nov. 14. The first event, the Art of the American West auction consisted of 143 lots of Western-genre and other California paintings and bronzes alongside Native American baskets, pottery and weavings. The second session, titled “20th Century and Contemporary Art + Design,” featured 293 lots of early and mid-20th-century furniture and decorative objects and modern and contemporary sculpture, paintings and prints. Absentee bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
COLOGNE, Germany – Auction Team Breker’s busy Autumn extravaganza on Nov. 11 was a fascinating study of market dynamics. Of the two-dozen collectible categories on offer, computing and calculation came out on top. The highest price of the day was an Apple Lisa-1 personal computer, Apple Inc.’s ill-starred attempt to introduce a mouse-controlled user interface. It sold at auction for at €43,000 / $50,300. Absentee and Internet bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – The making of the Chinese aesthetic that began in the Neolithic age and continues to evolve today has made the arts of China among the most sought after in the world. Collectors of revered objects–from Song Dynasty frescos to Yuan ceramics, classic and modern art to signature seals and Zisha teapots–will find strong collections at Gianguan Auctions sale on Saturday, Dec. 9. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.