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Living Contemporary Auction at Rago Will Highlight George Nelson’s Marshmallow Sofa
Rago’s upcoming Living Contemporary auction will offer a Marshmallow sofa by George Nelson. After working as an associate editor at Architecture Forum and Fortune magazine, Nelson eventually left to design furniture at Herman Miller’s company. Following the launch of his first collection in 1947, Nelson became a leading figure in…
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Stephenson’s Jan. 1 auction presents exquisite estate jewelry, silver, midcentury furniture and decorative art
Also featured: Asian antiques, art, fine porcelains, designer clothing, bird decoys, bronzes, and advertising collectibles including a vintage Gulf gas pump and other petroliana SOUTHAMPTON, Pa. – For sixty years, family owned and operated Stephenson’s Auctioneers has earned an impeccable reputation from its sales of fresh-to-market art and antiques from…
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Akiba Antiques Highlights Acrylic Painting by Peter Max
“I never know what I’m going to put on the canvas. The canvas paints itself. I’m just the middleman,” Peter Max once said. Max was a prolific artist best known for his vibrant paintings and his contributions to the Neo-Expressionism movement. In the 1960s, the artist started a small art…
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Original Herman Miller Designer Desk and more from Vallot Auctioneers
As the lead designer for the Herman Miller furniture company, George Nelson prompted the creation of many Modernist pieces. One Nelson-designed desk will be available in the upcoming Art / Design from Estates and Collections sale, offered by Vallot Auctioneers. A founder and champion of American Modernist design, Nelson’s work…
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Political screen-print by Roy Lichtenstein will headline Neue Auctions' next online auction, August 22nd
BEACHWOOD, Ohio – A screen-print in colors by Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997), titled The Oval Office, a politically-themed work that is especially meaningful in today’s trying times, is an expected star lot in Neue Auctions’ online sale of modern art and design slated for Saturday, August 22nd. Previews will be held…
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Charming decorative arts exceed estimates in Neue Auctions' Summer Art & Antiques Auction, July 25th
BEACHWOOD, Ohio – A simple but charming garden bird whirligig yard ornament standing about 5 feet 6 inches tall with a central post, attached to which were seven spinning branches, each with a bird on either end, proved irresistible to bidders in Neue Auctions’ online-only Summer Art & Antiques Auction…
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Neue Auctions' July 25th online auction features art, antiques, signed rock albums, vintage posters, Asian objects, more
The Summer Art & Antiques Auction is coming up quick – this Saturday, at 10 am Eastern. The sale is packed with 300 lots of unique treasures seeking new homes. Set of twelve Spode Copeland dinner plates, decorated with floral baskets filled with colorful glazes against a green and white…
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Toomey & Co. Auctioneers to present 'Art & Design' sale on June 28
Lot 420: George Nakashima, splayed leg dining table. Estimate $8,000-12,000 OAK PARK, IL.-Toomey & Co. Auctioneers will conduct its second Art & Design sale of 2020 on Sunday, June 28, showcasing nearly 600 lots of fine and decorative artworks, sculpture, early 20th century and modern furniture, art pottery, lighting, silver, jewelry,…
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Experimentation with mediums allows art achieve uniqueness and excellence. Moving past a canvas and creating something more than a two-dimensional piece, such as a sculpture, brings out new elements in a work of art. Like in case of Ruth Duckworth’s work presented at Art & Design Auction by Toomey &…
