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SYDNEY –
Located in the Sydney suburb of Botany Bay, Ravenswick auction house is known as a specialist in the sale of property from fine estates. On May 25, the Ravenswick team will present an auction of select and important objects...Full story
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HONG KONG –
The first Art Basel fair to be hosted by Hong Kong boasts a prestigious array of international art, highlighting the city's new role as a global arts hub amid an explosion of personal wealth in mainland China. The four-day annual show...Full story
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PALM BEACH, FL –
An original gouache painting by renowned artist Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976), titled Red and Blue Egg, signed in the artist’s hand and dated 1969, sold for $114,000 at a two-session auction held May 5 by A.B....Full story
Stephenson’s May 31 sale boasts 800 lots of fine estate antiques
SOUTHAMPTON, Pa. – Laden with heavy silver, fine timepieces and a regal array of jewelry, Stephenson’s May 31st auction blends a 35-year single-owner collection with additional estate and individual...
Arthaz gathers modern masters' works for auction June 1
NEW YORK – Arthaz Inc. will present an online sale of 19th and 20th century fine art works on paper on Saturday, June 1, titled “Modern Masters from a Scarsdale Private Home.” LiveAuctioneers.com...
VCA has huge toy, coin-op auction May 30-June 2
LAS VEGAS – A collection of over 1,000 antique toys, including rare tin windups, Japanese race cars from the 1950s and ’60s, comic characters, robots, and other space-related items will be the...
Design classics with Gatsby flair in Palm Beach Modern's May 25 auction
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The Great Gatsby would feel quite at home at Palm Beach Modern’s May 25 auction. A free-spending millionaire bootlegger, the fictional Jay Gatsby was the quintessential...
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....
Bernie Madoff belongings displayed in crime museum
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Shamed financier Bernie Madoff, serving a 150-year prison sentence, is back in the spotlight as the star of an exhibit in a museum dedicated to gangsters and serial killers. A...
New carriages give Civil War cannons at Appomattox a lift
APPOMATTOX, Va. (AP) – Two Civil War-era cannons in Appomattox Court House Square are the focal point of countless photos of tourists taking turns posing with them. On Monday, the cannons received...
Art Basel highlights Hong Kong's new status as arts hub
HONG KONG, May (AFP) – The first Art Basel fair to be hosted by Hong Kong boasts a prestigious array of international art, highlighting the city's new role as a global arts hub amid an...
Suspected theft prompts cancellation of Bergman auction
STOCKHOLM (AFP) – An auction of items belonging to late Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman has been canceled, the auction house said on Wednesday, after police said the objects were likely stolen...
Housekeeper gets 6 years in Ben Franklin bust theft
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) – A housekeeper has been sentenced to six years in federal prison in the theft of a Benjamin Franklin bust stolen in suburban Philadelphia and reportedly worth $3 million. Andrea...
Top ceramic artists have big impact at Cowan’s auction
CINCINNATI – Cowan’s Auctions Inc. Modern and Contemporary Ceramics Auction on May 17 saw high prices for well-known artists such as Lucie Rie, Peter Voulkos, Beatrice Wood and Robert Arneson....
Calder painting soars to $114,000 at A.B. Levy’s auction
PALM BEACH, Fla. – An original gouache painting by renowned artist Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976), titled Red and Blue Egg, signed in the artist’s hand and dated 1969, sold for $114,000...
Peale portrait of Washington sets record at Heritage
DALLAS – Rembrandt Peale’s iconic portrait of U.S. President George Washington—created in the artist’s lifelong quest to paint the most recognizable image of the “Father of the United States”—realized...
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...
Ex-corporate attorney Jim Lively drawn to art world
DALLAS (AP) – If life experience can be compared to the solar system, Jim Lively has rocketed from one planet to another. Visitors to Lumin-Arte Gallery in the Design District might be surprised...
German accused of smuggling art allowed to leave China
BERLIN (AFP) – A German man held in a Beijing prison for more than 100 days last year on suspicion of art smuggling has left China, Germany's foreign minister said Tuesday. Guido Westerwelle said in...
James Jackson addresses ISA conference on appraising art
CHICAGO – The International Society of Appraisers recently held their annual conference in Chicago, with one of the featured speakers being James Jackson, president of Jackson’s International...
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...
Reading the Streets: Everyday (Super) Heroes
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – With Iron Man 3, Thor and Wolverine on or about to be on our movie screens this summer, it feels like superhero worship is everywhere, inspiring new generations of kids to don capes...
Kovels Antiques & Collecting: Week of May 20, 2013
BEACHWOOD, Ohio – French porcelain has been popular since the 18th century, and large urns still sell quickly. While Sevres porcelain is the best-known, there were many other designers and factories....
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...
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,...
