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Rock & Roll Icons in Albany, Homemade Lamp Worth $370K, and More Fresh News

Debbie Harry of Blondie. Photo by Patrick Harbron/Rock and Roll Icons
Debbie Harry of Blondie. Photo by Patrick Harbron/Rock and Roll Icons

 

News and updates from around the arts and auction community:

  • Photographer Patrick Harbron’s latest exhibit, “Rock and Roll Icons,” has opened at the Albany (N.Y.) Institute of History and Art. Harbron photographed many of the most influential musicians and groups of the 1970s and ’80s. Catch the exhibition now through Feb. 12. [Read more from Morrison Hotel Gallery]
  • A homemade table lamp that sat in a couple’s hall for 50 years will soon be auctioned at Christie’s, where it’s expected to sell for around $370,000. It was identified as a “nine dragons” hat stand made for Emperor Dauguang of Imperial China’s Qing Dynasty. [Read more from the Daily Express]
  • A pair of 123-year-old Levis will be auctioned on Saturday in Maine, but the collectible size 44 work pants aren’t expected to sell for a used-clothing price. They belonged to a man who helped create the Arizona Territory and could go for thousands of dollars. [Read more from AP/CBS San Francisco]
  • The Museum of the West in Scottsdale, Arizona, is now home to the largest known collection of Western-theme movie posters. The collection contains 5,000 pieces, including a rare, original poster for the 1939 film classic Stagecoach. [Read more from the Bryan-College Station Eagle]

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