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JERUSALEM –
Kedem Auction House Ltd. will conduct its auction no. 31—Jewish and Israeli History and Culture—on Tuesday, May 21, at 17:00 Israel time, 7 a.m. Pacific. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide the...Full story
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MILAN, Italy –
Expectations are growing in advance of the next sale of Oriental art at Genoa-based auction house Cambi, which takes place on May 22-23. After the success of the department’s recent sales, for the first time Cambi has brought...Full story
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NEW YORK (AP) –
A Jean-Michel Basquiat painting has set a new auction record for the graffiti artist at a sale of postwar and contemporary art in New York. Christie's says Dustheads sold for $48.8 million on Wednesday. His...Full story
Kimball Sterling to auction Van Craig unique designer dolls May 26
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – Kimball M Sterling Inc. will offer a fine collection of unique designer dolls by Van Craig in the May 26 Deakins Estate Auction, which will begin at 1 p.m. EDT, 10 a.m. Pacific....
Noble Investments presents June 5 Inaugural Military Sale
LONDON - Last year three major players in the UK fine art and collectibles industry (Apex, Baldwin’s and Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions) combined to create the UK’s newest "top 5" generalist...
Material Culture celebrates folk art extravaganza May 26
PHILADELPHIA – Material Culture is celebrating the spirit, animation and theatricality of folk, self-taught and ethnographic arts in its May 26 auction, “Folk Out Loud.” Featuring over 300...
Cavalcade of stars in Solid Ground autograph auction May 19
LOS ANGELES – Solid Ground auction house is offering up over 150 rare autographed items from music, stage and screen on Sunday, May 19, at 7 p.m. PDT. Beatles collectors should take note in the...
Five collections unite in Mosby's June 8 Toy & Advert. Auction
FREDERICK, Md. – Elements of five outstanding but very different collections add diversity and fun to the 700-lot lineup in Mosby & Co.’s June 8 Toy & Advertising Auction. The event...
Teapot with tie to Lizzie Borden gifted to historical society
FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) – The Fall River Historical Society has been given an antique teapot with a direct tie to Lizzie Borden. Curator Michael Martins says the tiny teapot was a present from Borden...
Danish teen makes rare Viking find with metal detector
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – Danish museum officials say that an archaeological dig last year has revealed 365 items from the Viking era, including 60 rare coins. Danish National Museum spokesman Jens...
Basquiat painting fetches record $48.8M at Christie’s
NEW YORK (AP) – A Jean-Michel Basquiat painting has set a new auction record for the graffiti artist at a sale of postwar and contemporary art in New York. Christie's says Dustheads sold for $48.8...
Toby Mendez picked to do Md. agriculture sculpture
WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) – Antonio Tobias “Toby” Mendez, the sculptor who created the statues of Cal Ripken Jr. and other Orioles players at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, will be sculpting...
Little Orphan Annie collection going public in hometown
LOMBARD, Ill. (AP) – It was a “hard-knock life” for the creation of one Lombard resident in the 1920s. Cartoonist Harold Gray penned the character Little Orphan Annie when he was living in...
Chippendale pie-crust table tops Kaminski sale at $11,000
BEVERLY, Mass. – Kaminski’s latest monthly estate auction, held May 5, brought a diverse set of surprising and valuable items to the podium. LiveAuctioneers.com provided Internet live bidding. The...
Keen interest shown in Calif. artists at John Moran auction
PASADENA, Calif. – Bidders seeking more affordable, smaller works by classic California and American artists at John Moran Auctioneers’ April 23 auction may have been surprised to find that...
Set of Finn Juhl chairs surprises Leighton Galleries auction
ALLENDALE, N.J. – Leighton Galleries offered 300 lots including Judaica silver, fine art, jewelry, mid-century furniture and other objects of value on April 18. The sale was highly successful with...
Corset display laces up $17,100 at Showtime Auction
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – A C/B a la Spirite corset display with the original box, original etched and gold leaf on the front of the large display case and even a mannequin inside sold for $17,100 at...
Woodbury Auction reports strength in furniture, folk art
WOODBURY, Conn. – On Sunday, April 21, Thomas Schwenke’s Woodbury Auction presented its Americana, Folk Art & Decorative Arts Auction to a standing room only crowd in the saleroom and over...
Winnie Mandela's items to be sold to pay off debts
JOHANNESBURG (AP) – Dozens of paintings, a silver tea set and other items belonging to Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie will be auctioned next week to pay off debts she owes to a South African...
Museum of the Confederacy honors Dr. James I. Robertson Jr
RICHMOND, Va. - The Museum of the Confederacy presented its Virginius Dabney Award to Dr. James I. Robertson, Jr., May 15, 2013, in a ceremony at the Hanover Tavern, Hanover, Virginia. The Virginius...
In Memoriam: Ottavio Missoni, fashion designer, 92
MILAN (AP) – Ottavio Missoni, the patriarch of the iconic fashion brand of zigzag-patterned knitwear that has added a classy touch of color and style to countless well-dressed women, died Thursday...
Restoring vending machines keeps NC man feeling young
GRANITE FALLS, N.C. (AP) – When Alan Huffman ducks through the back door of Stephen's Main Street Grill, the chorus begins. The cries of “Hey, Alan!” and “What's up, Alan?” rise from nearly...
Rongde Zhang to head Sotheby's NY Classical Chinese Paintings dept
NEW YORK - Sotheby’s has announced the appointment of Rongde Zhang to the positions of Senior Vice President, Senior Specialist, and Head of Sale for the Classical Chinese Paintings department in...
Il mercato dell'arte in Italia: Alta qualità per l'arte orientale da Cambi
C'è attesa per l'asta di arte orientale da Cambia a Genova il 22-23 maggio. Dopo il successo delle ultime aste del dipartimento, per la prima volta Cambi ha portato i lotti che saranno offerti...
Art Market Italy: High quality Oriental art at Cambi
Expectations are growing in advance of the next sale of Oriental art at Genoa-based auction house Cambi, which takes place on May 22-23. After the success of the department’s recent sales, for...
Kovels Antiques & Collecting: Week of May 13, 2013
BEACHWOOD, Ohio - Children's toys often tell us how times have changed. Canada stopped making pennies last year, so saving money a penny at a time will soon be a problem in Canada. The United States...
Reading the Streets: Another slice of Meloy
NEW YORK – As the Centre-Fuge Public Art Project gears up for its next series of artists in Cycle 8, those wanting more of Cycle 7 participant Joseph Meloy are in luck. Meloy also contributed a mural...
Furniture Specific: The Gifts of Dow
A visitor to Daytona Beach, Fla., once remarked that if you are not there for Bike Week, Biketoberfest, Spring Break or the NASCAR races there is absolutely nothing to do in the Daytona Beach. I have...
Philadelphians braced for invasion during Civil War
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Philadelphians were clearly tired of the Civil War in the days leading up to the invasion. They read regular newspaper accounts of Union setbacks and horrific battlefield...
Widow of WWII airman treasures spouse’s POW scrapbook
ALLEN, Texas (AP) – This is a tale of love and war, of heroism and survival—and of sheer luck. For more than six decades, a scrapbook that 2nd Lt. John M. “Jack” Bridges composed when he...
Al Capone slept here: Philadelphia prison opens its gates
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A mounted wooden fish. Dog figurines. Colorful soap carvings of clowns and Santa. A wallet made of interwoven cigarette packs. It sounds like a bad garage sale – until you...
Houston museum hosts czarist Faberge collection
HOUSTON (AP) – It began 10 years ago while on a quest for French chandeliers. Instead, Dorothy McFerrin bought what she believed to be an Easter egg created by the famed Russian artisan Peter Carl...
Century-old hardware store, rare car are family’s legacy
DETROIT (AP) – A lot of the old-timers know it's still back there somewhere, hidden in darkness. Now and then, some of them work up the nerve to ask for a peek at it. And if the owner is around,...
