Ludwig Bemelmans’ art finds permanent home at Rhode Island luxury hotel

Among the works on view in the new Bemelmens Gallery at the Ocean House hotel and resort near Newport, R.I. are iconic works featuring the artist-author’s most famous creation, Madeline. Image courtesy of Ocean House
Among the works on view in the new Bemelmens Gallery at the Ocean House hotel and resort near Newport, R.I. are iconic works featuring the artist-author’s most famous creation, Madeline. Image courtesy of Ocean House
Among the works on view in the new Bemelmens Gallery at the Ocean House hotel near Newport, R.I. are iconic works featuring the artist-author’s most famous creation, Madeline. Image courtesy of Ocean House

WATCH HILL, R.I. – Ocean House paid homage to the beloved illustrator and author Ludwig Bemelmans on the 125th anniversary of his April 27, 1898 birthday with the addition of the Bemelmans Gallery and Bemelmans Suite to the luxury beachfront hotel located near Newport, Rhode Island.

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Teddy Roosevelt’s silver watch, Sitting Bull portrait lead Blackwell’s March 18 auction

Caroline Weldon (Swiss/American, 1844-1921), oil-on-canvas portrait of Lakota Sioux leader Sitting Bull (1831-1890), painted from life in 1890. Artist-signed and dated LR, identified at LL corner as ‘Sitting Bull.’ Size: 27 x 22in (sight), 35½ x 30½ in (framed). Provenance: Railroad engineer William Lafayette Darling, thence by descent to consignor. Estimate $40,000-$80,000
Theodore Roosevelt’s American Waltham pocket watch in a coin-silver case. Gifted to him in 1898 by his sister Corinne Roosevelt Robinson and engraved inside cover: ‘THEODORE ROOSEVELT’ and ‘From D.R. and C.R.R.’ Watch is referenced in detail in a thank-you letter published in Corinne Roosevelt Robinson’s 1924 book ‘My Brother Theodore Roosevelt.’ Estimate $100,000-$200,000

CLEARWATER, Fla. – America’s rich cultural history is laced with heroes and scalawags, blue-blooded entrepreneurs and immigrant achievers who rose from the humblest beginnings. All who contributed to the colorful tapestry of our 246-year-old nation – whether saintly or scurrilous – are part of our nation’s story, which serves as the backdrop for Blackwell Auctions’ March 18 event titled “The American Sale.” Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Weiss sets world auction record for a Paul Revere silver pitcher

Original Paul Revere silver pitcher, $129,875, a new auction record
Original Paul Revere silver pitcher, $129,875, a new auction record
Original Paul Revere silver pitcher, $129,875, a new auction record

LYNBROOK, N.Y. – An important and historic silver pitcher with impeccable provenance, made by Paul Revere, the most famous of American silversmiths, sold for $129,875 in an online-only Jewelry, Porcelain, Stoneware and Indian Pottery auction held January 18 by Weiss Auctions. It was a new world record price for a silver pitcher made by Paul Revere.

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Weiss serves up Paul Revere pitcher with impeccable provenance, Jan. 18-19

Original Paul Revere silver pitcher, estimated at $60,000-$80,000
Original Paul Revere silver pitcher, estimated at $60,000-$80,000
Original Paul Revere silver pitcher, estimated at $60,000-$80,000

LYNBROOK, N.Y. – An original Paul Revere silver pitcher with impeccable provenance, a Carl F. Bucherer Manero chronoperpetual limited edition wristwatch, three Charles Schulz Peanuts comic strips and original artworks by Willem de Koonig, Alfred von Wierusz-Kowalski, Alex Katz and Ludwig Bemelmans will come up for bid online Wednesday, January 18 and Thursday, January 19 at Weiss Auctions. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Rarities in Doyle’s Oct. 13 auction aim for top shelves of your library

Georges Rouault, ‘Cirque de l’etoile filante,’ estimated at $15,000-$25,000. Image courtesy of Doyle and LiveAuctioneers
Georges Rouault, ‘Cirque de l’etoile filante,’ estimated at $15,000-$25,000. Image courtesy of Doyle and LiveAuctioneers

Georges Rouault, ‘Cirque de l’etoile filante,’ estimated at $15,000-$25,000. Image courtesy of Doyle and LiveAuctioneers

NEW YORK – Doyle will hold an auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on Thursday, October 13 at 10 am Eastern time. The sale will showcase a wide variety of Americana, antiquarian books, first editions, maps and signed items in all fields. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Bendre genre painting aims for success at Bruneau auction, April 4

Genre painting by Narayan Shridhar Bendre, est. $40,000-$50,000
Genre painting by Narayan Shridhar Bendre, est. $40,000-$50,000

CRANSTON, R.I. – Original paintings by Narayan Shridhar Bendre (Indian, 1910-1992), Ludwig Bemelmans (American/French, 1898-1962) and Joseph Farquharson (British, 1846-1934) are the expected headliners in an Estate Fine Art & Antiques online auction at Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers, scheduled for Monday, April 4, beginning at 6 pm Eastern time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Masters of American art dominate Heritage Nov. 5 sale

J.C. Leyendecker, ‘Summer,’ est. $200,000-$300,000
J.C. Leyendecker, ‘Summer,’ est. $200,000-$300,000
J.C. Leyendecker, ‘Summer,’ est. $200,000-$300,000

DALLAS – Heritage Auctions’ Nov. 5 American Art Signature® Auction boasts myriad major works that make up the season’s most significant sale of American masters, ranging from Golden Age illustrators to Hudson River School landscape painters to the makers of beloved children’s stories to the leader of the progressive Ashcan School, Cincinnati-born Robert Henri, whose 1926 portrait Sarah Burke is one of his masterful love letters to Ireland. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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