Heritage to offer Bouguereau with distinguished provenance, June 9

Detail of William Adolphe Bouguereau’s ‘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
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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Auctions at Showplace prepares elegant 280-lot array for Dec. 5

Steinway Grand Model B Art Deco grand piano, est. $15,000-$25,000
Steinway Grand Model B Art Deco grand piano, est. $15,000-$25,000
Steinway Grand Model B Art Deco grand piano, est. $15,000-$25,000

NEW YORK – Auctions at Showplace moves into the 2021 holiday season with an exciting grouping of 280 lots from New York City Metropolitan area estates on December 5. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Crescent City offers fine art and furniture, July 17-18

Maurice de Vlaminck, ‘Country Road,’ estimated at $30,000-$50,000
Maurice de Vlaminck, ‘Country Road,’ estimated at $30,000-$50,000

NEW ORLEANS – It’ll be Christmas in July in New Orleans when Crescent City Auction Gallery holds a big, two-day Important Summer Estates Auction the weekend of July 17 and 18. The sale features more than 800 quality lots of fine French, English and American furniture, over-mantel mirrors, original paintings by local and regional artists, fine jewelry and couture pieces, a piano, sterling silver, nativity sets, model boats and more. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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