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Detail of William Adolphe Bouguereau’s ‘Bergere (Shepherdess),’ estimated at $500,000-$700,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

Heritage to offer Bouguereau with distinguished provenance, June 9

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William Adolphe Bouguereau, ‘Bergere (Shepherdess),’ estimated at $500,000-$700,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

William Adolphe Bouguereau, ‘Bergere (Shepherdess),’ estimated at $500,000-$700,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

DALLAS — On Friday, June 9, Heritage leads its Fine European Signature® Auction with a painting once owned by two great Americans who earned the title of “museum makers” — the exceptional 1888 oil on canvas by William Adolphe Bouguereau was in the personal collections of both John Joseph Albright, who made his fortune in coal and shipping and founded the Albright Art Gallery (later the Albright-Knox) in Buffalo, New York; and Amon G. Carter, Sr., creator and publisher of the Fort-Worth Telegram and progenitor of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Detail of massive Japanese dragon-form incense burner featuring almost 45 pounds of nearly pure silver, $250,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

Huge Japanese silver incense burner pushes Heritage sale to $1.5M

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Massive Japanese dragon-form incense burner featuring almost 45 pounds of nearly pure silver, $250,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

Massive Japanese dragon-form incense burner featuring almost 45 pounds of nearly pure silver, $250,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

DALLAS — The origin of the massive dragon incense burner that helped lead Heritage Auctions‘ Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu Signature ® Auction to a $1,501,201 finish on May 16 might be a mystery, but what’s no longer in question is the final selling price of this exceptional example of Japanese Meiji period craftsmanship. The dragon-form incense burner, which contains nearly 45 pounds of 99% pure silver, sold for $250,000, shattering its estimate of $70,000 and prompting an enthusiastic round of applause in the auction room.

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Walter Dorwin Teague Model 566 Bluebird radio, estimated at $1,200-$1,800. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

Art Deco radio collection featured in Heritage’s June 6 Design sale

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Walter Dorwin Teague Model 566 Bluebird radio, estimated at $1,200-$1,800. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

Walter Dorwin Teague Model 566 Bluebird radio, estimated at $1,200-$1,800. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

DALLAS – On Tuesday, June 6, Heritage Auctions presents an outstanding collection of design and technology history in its Design Signature® Auction. The event is packed with contemporary glass, Japanese ceramics, furniture and a standout selection of Art Deco radios from an important New York collection. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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PL!INKO prize board from ‘The Price Is Right,’ estimated at $10,000-$20,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

Tune in to peerless TV memorabilia collection at Heritage, June 2-4

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‘Cheers’ bar counter, estimated at $100,000-$200,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

‘Cheers’ bar counter, estimated at $100,000-$200,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

DALLAS – From Friday June 2, through Sunday, June 4, Heritage Auctions will offer nearly 1,000 pieces from the Comisar collection of television memorabilia, most of which have never before been to auction. Among its voluminous highlights are The Tonight Show set from which Johnny Carson kept a nation awake and entertained until his 1992 farewell; the desk and New York City skyline where David Letterman became every college student’s Late Night fixture during his NBC tenure; Archie and Edith Bunker’s Queens living room from All in the Family, including the two most famous chairs in sitcom history; and the bar around which the Cheers regulars congregated. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Pre-Columbian Chupicuaro mask, estimated at $20,000-$30,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

Strong ethnographic art lineup at Heritage, June 2

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Pre-Columbian Chupicuaro mask, estimated at $20,000-$30,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com


Pre-Columbian Chupicuaro mask, estimated at $20,000-$30,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

DALLAS — On Friday, June 2, Heritage Auctions presents an auction packed with gorgeous and historic objects that veteran and new collectors will appreciate as slices of our collective human and regional past. The house’s Ethnographic Art: American Indian, Pre-Columbian and Tribal Signature ® Auction is shaped by a strong selection of North American Indian jewelry, pottery and weavings, Pre-Columbian gold and jade and African and Oceanic ceremonial and utilitarian objects. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Circa-2017 Patek Philippe World Time wristwatch with cloisonne enamel dial, estimated at $60,000-$1 million. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

Rolex, Patek Philippe and Cartier rarities counting the minutes till June 1 Heritage sale

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Circa-2017 Patek Philippe World Time wristwatch with cloisonne enamel dial, estimated at $60,000-$1 million. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

Circa-2017 Patek Philippe World Time wristwatch with cloisonne enamel dial, estimated at $60,000-$1 million. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

DALLAS — A gorgeous circa-2017 Patek Philippe watch, designed to look as if the hands revolve around the earth’s axis, will have the most serious of collectors counting the minutes until Heritage Auctions‘ Watches & Fine Timepieces Signature® Auction on Thursday, June 1. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Circa-1902 Franz Hofstotter for Loetz Phaenomen (Gre 2/314) glass vase, estimated at $10,000-$15,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

40+ pieces of Loetz art glass enliven Heritage’s May 25 sale

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Circa-1902 Franz Hofstotter for Loetz Phaenomen (Gre 2/314) glass vase, estimated at $10,000-$15,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

Circa-1902 Franz Hofstotter for Loetz Phaenomen (Gre 2/314) glass vase, estimated at $10,000-$15,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

DALLAS — On Thursday, May 25, in its Pursuit of Beauty: Art Nouveau, Art Deco & Art Glass Signature® Auction, Heritage will present an important private collection of 41 Loetz works that demonstrate the firm’s tremendous range of production and the works’ timeless appeal. The auction also marks Heritage’s continuing successful expansion of the category, with highlights spanning a range of media and regions. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Detail from Ernie Barnes’s ‘Quintet,’ $645,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

Play on: Heritage’s 68-lot American Art sale streaks past $6M

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Ernie Barnes, ‘Quintet,’ $645,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

Ernie Barnes, ‘Quintet,’ $645,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

DALLAS — On May 12, Heritage Auctions showed real muscle and its own evolution in the American Art category with a finely curated event that brought a frenzy of bidders and broke auction records for a handful of beloved artists. The Diverse Visions: Important Works by American Masters Signature® Auction brought in $6,105,750. It took more than two hours to sell just 68 lots, with more than 500 bidders engaged. In addition, with the results of this auction, Heritage’s average lot value in its American Art Signature events is now just under $100,000. Works by familiar American greats, revisited stars, and increasingly desirable sleepers gave shape to an event that included Ernie Barnes, Arthur Wesley Dow, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Joseph Leyendecker and Charles White.

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Kenny Scharf, ‘Astro Cumulo Uber Express,’ estimated at $400,000-$600,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

Joy on wheels: Kenny Scharf art car leads parade at Heritage, May 23

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Kenny Scharf, ‘Astro Cumulo Uber Express,’ estimated at $400,000-$600,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

Kenny Scharf, ‘Astro Cumulo Uber Express,’ estimated at $400,000-$600,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

DALLAS — One of Kenny Scharf’s most beloved and fully customized art cars, a mint-condition 1960 Cadillac Coupe De Ville Scharf titled Astro Cumulo Uber Express (created in 2005, with a public debut during 2006’s Art Basel Miami) is coming to Heritage Auctions on Tuesday, May 23. It leads a focused auction of modern and contemporary art that also features Wayne Thiebaud, Roberto Matta, Hugh Auchincloss Steers, Joan Brown, Sigmar Polke and Alexander Calder. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Brilliant blue 13.87-carat Madagascar sapphire, $200,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

Stone cold success: Heritage jewelry sale exceeds $5M

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Brilliant blue 13.87-carat Madagascar sapphire, $200,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com


Brilliant blue 13.87-carat Madagascar sapphire, $200,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

DALLAS — A diamond and platinum ring sold for $225,000 in Heritage Auctions‘ Spring Fine Jewelry Signature® Auction on May 8, helping lead the event to a total of $5,135,765. The ring, which surpassed its high estimate, featured a 5.02-carat emerald-cut diamond. Also shattering expectations was a 13.87-carat Madagascar sapphire that realized $200,000, more than five times its low estimate.

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