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Exhibitions, Press Release
Asia Week New York in Partnership with The Winter Show Present A Collecting Dynasty: The Rockefeller Family, January 20th Park Avenue Armory
New York: Asia Week New York, in partnership with The Winter Show, presents A Collecting Dynasty: The Rockefeller Family. The discussion, moderated by Joan B. Mirviss, will be held on Saturday, January 20th at 3:00 p.m. in the historic Board of Officers Room at the Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park…
Auction Industry, Press Release
Quinn’s debut auction of diplomat Peter Cecere’s folk and outsider art collection set for Jan. 26
Cecere spent 50 years with the Foreign Service in Latin American nations and Spain, where he presciently amassed a collection that rivals those of even the most prestigious museums FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Eccentric? Visionary? An American original? All three descriptions apply to the late Peter “Pete” Cecere, a US…
Auction Industry, Press Release
19th-century weathervanes, antique shooting gallery targets, notable folk art toys delivered visual appeal to Soulis’ buoyant Mid-Americana Auction
Dec. 10 sale of 196 tightly curated lots included New England dairy cow vane, $22,300; Whippet carnival target, $19,200; and important ‘gentleman’ whirligig, $18,000 LONE JACK, Mo. – Everyone loves a big multi-day antiques auction because of the sheer amount of goods from which to choose, but sometimes it’s more…
Auction Industry, Press Release
Soulis’ Dec. 10 Mid-Americana Gallery Auction serves up a visual feast of folk & outsider art, weathervanes, shooting gallery targets, old-paint furniture
Featured: Fiske weathervane of legendary harness trotter St. Julien; targets depicting ‘Pancho Villa,’ cowboy gunslinger, large 19th C. mechanical lady lion tamer prying open lion’s mouth LONE JACK, Mo. – In September 2020, Soulis Auctions of suburban Kansas City knocked down record prices at their headline-making sale of the Richard…
Auction Industry, Press Release
Everard’s Oct. 18-20 Fall Southern Estates auction series highlighted by renowned John and Virginia Duncan collection of antiques and Lowcountry treasures
Amassed over 75 years, Duncan collection encompasses fine, folk & ethnographic art; antiques, furniture, rare maps and broad range of material culture of Southeastern United States SAVANNAH, Ga. – Everard Auctions takes great pleasure in announcing highlights of its Oct. 18 Fall Southern Estates auction to be followed on October…
Auction Industry, Press Release
Stephenson’s to auction estate goods including fine art, platinum/diamond jewelry, mid-century estate furniture, Oct. 14
Featured: Painting of Amish barn-raising by acclaimed Pennsylvania Dutch artist Abner Zook SOUTHAMPTON, Pa. – Philadelphia’s most active estate specialists, Stephenson’s Auctions of suburban Bucks County, will conduct a Friday, October 14 sale featuring fine and folk art, platinum and diamond jewelry, and an extensive array of mostly mid-20th-century furniture…
Auction Industry, Press Release
Antique Quilts, Americana and Folk Art from the Estate of Laura Fisher Now Open for Bidding on iGavelAuctions.com
New York: South Bay Auctions is pleased to announce a single-owner timed auction of items from the estate of late quilt expert, Laura Fisher (1945-2021), is now open for bidding exclusively on igavelauctions.com through Thursday, August 11th, 2022. More than 150 lots from Fisher’s estate will be offered including antique…
Auction Result
Auction Result: Notable Works of Canadian Folk Art at Miller & Miller
The Canadiana and Decorative Arts auction, hosted by Miller & Miller, featured an array of Canadian folk art and decorative art from the late 19th century. Held on May 14th, 2022 at 9:00 AM EDT, the sale included a lineup of estate-fresh Canadian art by Maud Lewis, Joseph Swift, J.…
Artists, Auction Industry
Artist to Know: Alison Saar
Early Mixed-Media Collage on Paper Available With Rago/Wright American artist Alison Saar wanted to bridge the divide between personal and political narratives from a young age. The daughter of famed artist Betye Saar and an art conservator, Alison Saar soon learned to draw upon the rich legacy of folk art…
Auction Result
Around the Auction World: August 2021
Photos from around the auction world in August 2021. Image credit from left to right: Saffronart, Bonhams, and Morton Subastas. Collage by Heemin Moon (Auction Daily). The summer auction season drew to a gentle close in August 2021. The month offered many opportunities to encounter contemporary art and 20th-century collectibles,…
Auction Industry, Press Release
Nye & Company’s Chic And Antique Estate Treasures Auction, Sept. 8-9, Has A Wide Range Of Objects For Fine & Decorative Arts Enthusiasts
The auction features property from the Bishop-Peabody-Metcalf family, the NAMITS collection, the estate of Peter Benchley (author of JAWS, Princeton, N.J.), plus several private collections. BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – Nye & Company Auctioneers’ two-day, online Chic and Antique Estate Treasures auction features property from the Bishop-Peabody-Metcalf family, the NAMITS collection, the…
Auction Industry
Art From the Edges: Folk, Outsider & Self-Taught Art + Americana With Toomey & Co.’s Aron Packer
Toomey & Co. will present its inaugural Folk, Outsider & Self-Taught Art + Americana auction on August 12th, 2021 at 1:00 PM EDT. The sale signals a growing industry awareness of Outsider Art and its place in the broader artistic canon. Auction Daily recently sat down with Aron Packer, Toomey…
Auction Industry, Press Release
Privately owned for 40+ years, fresh-to-market Grandma Moses painting is centerpiece of Everard June 8-9 Spring Fine & Decorative Art Auction
Also featured: mid-century modern and American folk art, furniture, decorative art from New England collection, luxury watches, property from Southern estates and individuals Grandma Moses (nee Anna Mary Robertson, American, 1860-1961), ‘Deep Snow,’ 1957, oil on Masonite, 22¾ x 30 5/8in (framed), artist-signed at lower left. Titled and dated on…
Auction Industry, Press Release
Quinn’s to auction folk art from prestigious Sellen-Burt collection, April 20
Featured: works by Clementine Hunter, Roy Ferdinand, Ivy Billiot, several other noted Louisiana artists Clementine Hunter (Louisiana,1886-1988), ‘Falling angels.’ Two painted diamond-shape panels. Initialed on each. Framed size: 20½ x 20½ inches. Collection of Betty-Carol Sellen and Martha Burt. Estimate $800-$1,200 FALLS CHURCH, Va. – On Tuesday, April 20, Quinn's Auction…
Auction Result, Press Release
Clocks From Canada, The U.s. And Europe Dominate The List Of Top Lots In Miller & Miller’s Music Machines, Clocks & Canadiana Sale
The online-only auction, held March 20th, featured 646 lots of clocks, Canadiana and music machines, pottery, stoneware, folk art, advertising and trade signs, toys, breweriana, paintings. French Paul O’Dobey wire tower clock made in 1899, originally from a monastery, featuring an “angelus strike” striking twelve times on a small bell…
Auction Industry, Press Release
Furniture Pieces By George Nakashima And A Sculpture By Arnaldo Pomodoro Will Headline Ahlers & Ogletree’s March 27th-28th Auction
The auction will be conducted online, via three popular bidding platforms. Start times both days are 10 am Eastern. In all, more than 1,100 quality lots will come up for bid across the two days. Polished bronze sculpture on a Lucite base by Arnaldo Pomodoro (Italian, b. 1926), titled Sfera,…
Auction Result
Cowan's American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts auction realizes nearly double presale estimate
Alonzo Chappel (American, 1828-1887), George Washington at Princeton, 1777. Price realized: $35,200. CINCINNATI, OH.- On March 9 and 10, Cowan’s, a Hindman company, saw tremendous engagement in its American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts auction and realized more than $790,000. Property from the private collections of Noel and Kathryn Dickinson Wadsworth (Atlanta,…
Auction Industry, Press Release
Miller & Miller’s March 20th Music Machines, Clocks & Canadiana Sale Will Be Headlined By Four Outstanding Collections, At 9 Am Eastern
The online-only auction is loaded with 645 lots. In addition to the clocks, Canadiana and music machines, the sale also has pottery and stoneware, folk art, advertising signs, toys, breweriana. Dutch wall clock in a walnut case with barley twist columns, made in the Zaanse region of Holland near Amsterdam,…
Auction Industry, Press Release
Fourth Annual Fine American Paintings Sale & LIVE Online Auction March 21, 2021 at 12pm
Doylestown, Pennsylvania - On Sunday, March 21, 2021 beginning at 12pm, Gratz Gallery and Conservation Studio is yet again partnering with Invaluable.com to ring in the spring season with our fourth annual Fine American Paintings Sale and LIVE Online Auction event. John Frederick Kensett (American, NY, CT, 1816 - 1872)…
Auction Industry
Cowan's to present American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts Sale
A Large Carved and Painted Miss Martin Ship Form Bird House, American, 20th Century. CINCINNATI, OH.- On March 9 and 10, Cowan’s, a Hindman company, will present its American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts auction. The sale will feature property from the collection of Paul M. Bentley, a lifelong collector of idiosyncratic…
