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.

Continue reading

Presidents in charge at University Archives May 26 auction

John F. Kennedy-signed and dedicated black and white photograph, estimated at $3,000-$3,500
John F. Kennedy-signed and dedicated black and white photograph, estimated at $3,000-$3,500

WILTON, Conn. – An autograph album from 1862 containing the signature of Abraham Lincoln and 226 members of his administration and Congress; a manuscript penned by Sir Isaac Newton with mathematical notes and calculations relating to Book III of his iconic scientific work Principia; and a one-page typed letter from 1919 signed by Vladimir Lenin as Chairman of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Defense Council are a few expected star lots in University Archives’ online-only auction of autographs, manuscripts, artwork and comic art slated for May 26. The auction, featuring 411 lots, will start at 10:30 am Eastern time. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

Continue reading