DENVER, Pa. – Morphy Auctions will launch into the fall auction season with a Premier Antique Advertising Sale, Sept. 2-3, with absentee and Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers.com. Nearly 1,100 curated lots will be offered, including advertising signs, displays, figures and ephemera.
NEW YORK – Ask any interior designer the most affordable way to add color and style to your home, and you might hear the reply, “Modern art prints.” A blank wall is like a clean slate, waiting for you to add your own personality through prints and works on paper by modern masters. You can start or add to your collection of prints by bidding in Jasper52’s Sept. 2 online auction, which is filled with wonderful works by Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns, Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder and other greats of the modern art era. Bid absentee or live online exclusively through LiveAuctioneers.comContinue reading
BOULDER, Colo. – While entire libraries are devoted to cultures of the past, no book, no matter how scholarly, can explain the story of an ancient society quite as well as the objects and art its people left behind. “The tools, weapons, clothing, jewelry, implements and everyday wares of any given culture are, in the truest sense, living history for the generations to follow,” said Teresa Dodge, executive director of the specialist auction house Artemis Gallery.
SAN FRANCISCO – PBA Galleries’ August 31 Fine Books in All Fields Auction will feature over 450 lots of interesting, unusual and valuable material in a broad range of subject areas, from early printed books and finely bound sets to scarce items from Japan and China. Included are books, manuscripts, rare ephemera, photographs, colored botanical plates, original comic and illustration art, vintage rock posters, and much more. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
DOWNINGTOWN, Pa. – Premier Pennsylvania auction house Pook & Pook and veteran toy auctioneer Noel Barrett will jointly host a treasure-filled auction of American and European antique tin toys, trains, dollhouses and vintage objects of interest on Friday, Sept. 15. The 500-lot sale will take place at the historic Pook & Pook gallery in Downingtown, Pa., with absentee and Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – Capo Auction Fine Art and Antiques will present a summer auction on Saturday, August 26, starting at 11 a.m., with the spotlight set on a very rare 1950 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith. The auction will also feature a wide-ranging selection of fine and contemporary art, along with many highly desirable antique and modern furniture pieces. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.com.
BERLIN – Headquartered in the center of culturally vibrant Berlin, Historia Auktionshaus is a company led by experts with a passion for art and a commitment to retaining tradition while at the same time utilizing the latest technological innovations. Over the four-day period from Aug. 23-26, the firm will take a giant step forward on the international stage by introducing its customers to absentee and Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers.
DALLAS – Heritage Auctions recorded 14 six-figure sales in its recent Platinum Night Sports auction, but it is the seven-figure result that has both the sports and the art world buzzing after a protracted online bidding war extended into the early morning hours on Sunday.
NEW YORK – Ready-to-hang original works by listed artists of the 19th and 20th centuries will be offered in a Jasper52 online auction on Saturday, Aug. 26. Nearly 50 oil paintings, watercolors and pastels will be available to the highest bidders. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
SO. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Turner Auctions + Appraisals will present the Martin and Lee Rubin Collection of Art Glass on Sunday, Sept. 10, at 10:30 a.m. Pacific time. Important pieces from the collection were initially offered recently at Bonhams, where a number of works realized tens of thousands of dollars. Now Turner Auctions + Appraisals is featuring over 115 lots of this extensive collection, which includes sculpture, vases, bowls and figurines. Several other art glass works, including R. Lalique and Daum, are also included in this sale. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.