ATLANTA – At the start of each month, ACN columnist Ken Hall gathers top auction highlights from around the United States and beyond. Here’s what made headlines since last month’s Gallery Report. All prices include the buyer’s premium, except where noted. Continue reading
What you see: A pair of entrance doors fashioned in 2004 by Albert Paley, with glass elements by Martin Blank. Hindman estimates them at $30,000 to $50,000.
The expert: Hudson Berry, director and senior specialist for the Modern design department at Hindman. Continue reading
What you see: A lighted apothecary trade sign, covered with colored pieces of glass and dating to the 1920s. Cowan’s Auctions estimates it at $1,000 to $2,000.
The expert: Ben Fisher, director of Americana for Hindman. [Hindman and Cowan’s merged in 2019.]
ATLANTA – At the start of each month, ACN columnist Ken Hall gathers top auction highlights from around the United States and beyond. Here’s what made headlines since last month’s Gallery Report. All prices include the buyer’s premium.
Saint-Gaudens statue, $506,000, Keno Auctions
A bronze sculpture of Diana by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907), 18 feet tall and originally produced as a weathervane for Madison Square Garden, sold for $506,000 at an auction held Jan. 23 during Americana Week in New York City by Keno Auctions. Also, a Kinsman Portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1829), topped out at $356,000; Frankenstein by William Hawkins rose to $41,000; and a Flambé Meiping vase with Qianlong mark hit $21,000.Continue reading
What you see: A Mohr & Krauss double Ferris wheel toy, dating to circa 1905. Bertoia Auctions estimates it at $10,000 to $15,000.
The expert: Auctioneer Michael Bertoia of Bertoia Auctions in Vineland, New Jersey.
What you see: The Race, a 1942 Thomas Hart Benton lithograph based on his oil painting titled Homeward Bound. Swann Auction Galleries estimates it at $10,000 to $15,000.
What you see: An antique mechanical bank in the form of a girl skipping rope. Morphy Auctions, which will auction the bank on February 27, 2021, estimates it at $60,000 to $90,000.
The expert: Collector Bob Brady, consignor of the Girl Skipping Rope mechanical bank.
What you see: A pair of sleeping mallard duck decoys by Delaware River region carver Jess Heisler around 1920. Copley Fine Art Auctions estimates the pair at $20,000 to $30,000.
The expert: Colin McNair, decoy specialist for Copley Fine Art Auctions.
ATLANTA – At the start of each month, ACN columnist Ken Hall gathers top auction highlights from around the United States and beyond. Here’s what made headlines since last month’s Gallery Report. All prices include the buyer’s premium.
1787 gold doubloon coin, $9.36 million, Heritage Auctions
A 1787 gold doubloon coin, the finest example of just the seven known to exist, graded NGC MS65, sold for $9.36 million at an auction of important U.S. coins held Jan. 21 by Heritage Auctions in Dallas. It was the most ever paid at auction for a gold coin, eclipsing the previous record of $7.59 million for a 1933 $20 Double Eagle, sold in 2002. The doubloon, officially titled the 1787 New York-Style Brasher Doubloon, has been called “The World’s Most Famous Coin.”
What you see: A fresco detail by Edward Millman of a mural panel he painted on the walls of the St. Louis post office for the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Swann Auction Galleries estimates it at $3,000 to $4,000.
The expert: Harold Porcher [pronounced Por-SHAY], director of modern and postwar art at Swann Auction Galleries.