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Bid Smart: Angela Cummings, pioneering jewelry designer
NEW YORK — Angela Cummings is an important jewelry designer who played a role in the feminist revolution of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Women were then asserting themselves in the workplace and politics, fighting for equal rights and pay. They were buying their own jewelry, too, so it made sense they would look […]
Saturday Evening Post cover art tops $103K at Case auction
George E. Hughes summer beach scene, created as the cover illustration for the Aug. 2, 1952 ‘Saturday Evening Post,’ $103,700
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A cheerful bird’s-eye view of beachgoers by illustration artist George E. Hughes was the top seller at Case’s Summer Auction, held July 8-9, soaring to $103,700 against an $18,000-$22,000 estimate. Hughes, who lived from 1907-1990, was second only to Norman Rockwell as the most prolific artist for the Saturday Evening Post, and this oil-on-Masonite beach painting was the Post’s cover image for its August 2, 1952 issue. The anonymous buyer won it on the phone, underbid by a suitor in the saleroom and others online. The auction, featuring art from multiple Southeastern estates and private collections, attracted more than 7,500 registered bidders from more than 60 countries and achieved a 98% sell-through rate. Absentee and Internet live bidding was facilitated through LiveAuctioneers.
Newly discovered estate treasures up for bid at Stephenson’s, July 28
Edouard Leon Cortes (French, 1882-1969), Parisian street scene featuring one of the city’s most famous landmarks, the Arc de Triomphe. Oil on board, 23½in x 35¼ in (sight). Est. $18,000-$25,000
SOUTHAMPTON, Pa. – Stephenson’s Auctioneers, the Philadelphia region’s premier source for estate-fresh antiques and art since 1962, will host a July 28 Decorative Arts Auction of 325 select lots ranging from fine French paintings to stylish midcentury furniture and high-quality diamond jewelry. Bid absentee, or live via the Internet through LiveAuctioneers.
