Two-day Doyle+Design auction brings healthy $1.6M

Carved Sapele cabinet by Alexandre Noll, $44,100
Carved Sapele cabinet by Alexandre Noll, $44,100

NEW YORK – On December 7 and 8, Doyle held a successful two-day sale in the popular Doyle+Design auction category. This highly anticipated sale showcased a wide range of Modern and Contemporary furniture, silver and design by prominent designers, makers and artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Amid competitive bidding, the two-day sale totaled a successful $1,665,383, surpassing the estimate of $1,056,600-1,635,200 with 88% sold by lot and 100% sold by value.Continue reading

Heritage sets world auction record for Leyendecker art

J.C. Leyendecker’s 1914 cover illustration, ‘Beat-up Boy, Football Hero,’ sold for $4.12 million and a world auction record for the artist.
J.C. Leyendecker’s 1914 cover illustration, ‘Beat-up Boy, Football Hero,’ sold for $4.12 million and a world auction record for the artist.
J.C. Leyendecker’s 1914 cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, ‘Beat-up Boy, Football Hero,’ sold for $4.12 million and a new world auction record for the artist.

DALLAS – Joseph Christian Leyendecker’s Beat-up Boy, Football Hero, which appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post on Nov. 21, 1914, sold Friday for $4.12 million, shattering the previous world record for a work by the influential illustrator. The painting was a centerpiece of Heritage Auctions’ May 7 American Art Signature Auction, alongside masterworks by such revered names as Moran, Bierstadt, and Rockwell. Numerous records for several significant artists were set throughout the day, as the total for the nearly sold-out American Art event surpassed the $10.7 million mark – the first American Art event at Heritage to do so.

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