SAN FRANCISCO – A large private collection of Beat Literature and related books and ephemera, a great deal of it signed by original Beat and co-founder of the legendary City Lights Books, Lawrence Ferlinghetti will be offered by PBA Galleries on Thursday, March 23. Absentee and Internet bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
CRANSTON, R.I. – An original screenprint depiction of screen legend Greta Garbo as Mata Hari by Andy Warhol, plus additional artworks by Miguel Martinez, Walter Franklin Lansil, William Perkins Babcock, Craig McPherson and Bruno Bruni will headline a spring antiques and fine arts auction planned for Saturday, March 25, by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
BOULDER, Colo. – Assessing antiquities may be “all Greek” to beginners and even some mid-level collectors, but any apprehensions can be set aside when pieces have been vetted by trusted auction-house experts like Bob and Teresa Dodge. Co-owners of internationally respected Artemis Gallery, Bob and Teresa have always placed an emphasis on scrupulous research and uncompromising authentication, and it shows in each and every auction they produce. Their next 100% curated offering of pedigreed ancient antiquities, Russian icons, ethnographic, Pre-Columbian and Asian art will take place on March 15, with absentee and Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The lifetime gambling and coin-op collection of Richard and Mary Schulte of Michigan, plus three other outstanding collections, will co-headline Showtime Auction Services’ three-day spring auction slated for the weekend of March 31 through April 2. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
VINELAND, N.J. – Bertoia Auctions will present a connoisseur’s selection of high-quality toy and trains in a March 25 Signature Sale containing 530 expertly curated lots. The auction features pieces consigned by several high-profile collectors, including train aficionados Jerry Greene and Jerry Loman, and a number of other savvy specialist collectors who added exquisite German boats, teddy bears, rare zeppelins and antique store-display Santas to the mix. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – Roland Auctions NY will present an impressive sale of over 700 lots on Saturday, March 18. Featured in this auction are hundreds of lots from the Greenwich, Connecticut, estate of a former U.S. Army combat surgeon and Purple Heart recipient. These exceptional objects comprise many specialized collections including Austrian bronzes, Chinese Antiques, European porcelain and fine art by 20th century modern masters. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
COLOGNE, Germany – Auction Team Breker will sell classic cameras and collector’s items from the 170 years of the history of photography and the early days of the moving image on Saturday, March 25. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
GENESEO, N.Y. – On Saturday, March 25, Cottone Auctions will be conducting its annual Fine Arts & Antiques Auction beginning at 11 a.m. Eastern time. The estimated 400 lots will include items from the Seymour H. Knox Collection out of Buffalo, N.Y., plus items from the Strong Museum in Rochester, N.Y., the Rochester Museum and Science Center, the Everson Museum in Syracuse, N.Y., and an Old Westbury, N.Y. collection. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
OAKLAND, Calif. – On Sunday, March 19, Clars Auction Gallery will present the second installment from the collection of decorative arts and furnishings deaccessioned from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – Guernsey’s auction house will sell the Marcial de Gomar Collection of rare emeralds on April 25. The event will be conducted live at the Americas Society at 680 Park Ave. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.