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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 literary embodiment...Full story
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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. Large urns were made by the end of the...Full story
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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”...Full story
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
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...
Ala. museum hosts exhibit of World War II images
DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) – A new exhibit at a southeast Alabama museum includes dozens of photographs from World War II. The exhibit, “Memories of World War II Photographs from the Archives of...
Hong Kong is elated as duck is inflated
HONG KONG (AFP) – Hong Kong on Tuesday joyfully welcomed the return of a giant inflatable rubber duck, which drew tens of thousands of visitors before it was abruptly deflated for maintenance...
New Yorkers see ‘Neighbors’ photos as invasion of privacy
NEW YORK (AP) – In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a couple in bathrobes, their feet touching...
17th century Va. plantation to be sold at auction
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – An 18th-century house in seemingly impeccable condition sits on nearly 5,000 acres of timberland and farmland along the James River in Prince George County. The Brandon Plantation...
Stella Show Management sells NY events to GLM
FAIRFIELD, N.J. – Stella Show Management Co. has announced the sale of its three New York events—Antiques at the Armory and the March and November Pier Antiques Shows—to GLM. GLM is a tradeshow...
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
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...
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
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...
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,...
