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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

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Stephenson’s May 31 sale boasts 800 lots of fine estate antiques

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

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....

Dreweatts & Baldwin's present June 5 Inaugural Military Sale

Material Culture celebrates folk art extravaganza May 26

Cavalcade of stars in Solid Ground autograph auction May 19

Five collections unite in Mosby's June 8 Toy & Advert. Auction

Kedem sale May 21 rich in Jewish history, culture

Antiquities Saleroom showcases Asian art in May 17 auction

Patek Philippe watch may top $250,000 at Heritage, May 21

Gems in bloom at John Moran Auctioneers jewelry sale May 21

Hampton Estate Auction presents spring jewelry sale May 19

Cowan’s hosts contemp. ceramics, 20th century design auctions May 17

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Bernie Madoff belongings displayed in crime museum

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

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...

Ala. museum hosts exhibit of World War II images

Hong Kong is elated as duck is inflated

New Yorkers see ‘Neighbors’ photos as invasion of privacy

17th century Va. plantation to be sold at auction

Stella Show Management sells NY events to GLM

2 Danes sentenced for stealing WWII documents

Former home of Sheaffer Pen marks company centennial

NY auction houses toast staggering billion-dollar week

Teapot with tie to Lizzie Borden gifted to historical society

Danish teen makes rare Viking find with metal detector

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Top ceramic artists have big impact at Cowan’s auction

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

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...

Set of Finn Juhl chairs surprises Leighton Galleries auction

Corset display laces up $17,100 at Showtime Auction

Woodbury Auction reports strength in furniture, folk art

Starry glass mountain climbs to $65,520 at Kaminski sale

Leyendecker’s ‘Honeymoon’ rings up $194,500 for Heritage

Marge Schott necklace hits home run for Cowan’s at $192,000

Leslie Hindman jewelry and timepieces auction hits $4.89M

Jeffrey S. Evans lighting sale generates strong bidding

Leland Little builds international following with latest auction

Leslie Hindman's Asian Works of Art auction brings $2.99M

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Ex-corporate attorney Jim Lively drawn to art world

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...

In Memoriam: Ottavio Missoni, fashion designer, 92

Restoring vending machines keeps NC man feeling young

Rongde Zhang to head Sotheby's NY Classical Chinese Paintings dept

J.C. Vaughn promoted to VP Publishing at Gemstone

Cynthia Round named VP Marketing at Met Museum

Library puts F. Scott Fitzgerald's handwritten ledger online

In Memoriam: American-born architect Rick Mather, 75

Writer Eudora Welty memorabilia donated to university

Milwaukee museum names Tanya Paul European art curator

In Memoriam: Mouseketeer, doll designer Annette Funicello, 70

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Columns & International

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Reading the Streets: Everyday (Super) Heroes

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

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...

Reading the Streets: Another slice of Meloy

Furniture Specific: The Gifts of Dow

Kovels Antiques & Collecting: Week of May 6, 2013

Live Auction Talk: Photographer Diane Arbus

Gallery Report: May 2013

London Eye: April 2013

Reading the Streets: 'Inside Out' by JR

Il mercato dell'arte in Italia: La nuova formula di Christie's a Milano

Art Market Italy: Christie's new tack in Milan

Kovels Antiques & Collecting: Week of April 29, 2013

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Features

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Philadelphians braced for invasion during Civil War

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

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,...

Rug sellers weather industry's ups and downs

Young pilot earns his wings restoring vintage airplane

Curtis captured vanishing world of Native Americans

Far from the Shire, a Hobbit house hidden in rural Pa.

Ida Rittenberg Kohlmeyer: Collector to Collected

Alaska women revive art of working with salmon skin

State lawmaker, superheroes make odd bedfellows

Neustadts' Tiffany collection reflects the art of buying the best

Neb. men dig outhouses in search of buried treasure

Former bandleader dialed in as antique radio repairman

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