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    Around the Auction World: September 2022

    What were the top stories in the auction industry this month? Illustrations for Moby-Dick. Image courtesy of Christie’s. Auction Highlights Book lovers flocked to Christie’s for a timed auction of all things Herman Melville this month. The auction house presented a timed sale of the Herman Melville Collection of William…

    Around the Auction World September 2022-2

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    Underappreciated Contemporary Artists in the Limelight at Stair’s December Auction

    Robert Mapplethorpe, Patti Smith (With Neck Brace), 1978. Image courtesy of Stair. Stair’s early December art auction will put underappreciated contemporary artists on the global map this season. Stair is summing up 2021 with an amalgamation of works spanning the 20th and 21st centuries. The sale offers paintings, works on…

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    Queer Art, Ephemera & Historical Material at Swann Galleries August 19

    Featuring Tom of Finland, Gerda Wegener, JEB, Lesbian pulp fiction and more Tom of Finland, Home – Secured, colored pencil on paper, 1982. Estimate $60,000 to $90,000 New York— Swann Galleries’s third annual auction dedicated to the art, material culture, and history of the LGBTQ+ community will be held on…

    Queer Art, Ephemera & Historical Material at Swann Galleries August 19-1

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    Sotheby’s Photographs Celebrates 50 Years by Auctioning 50 Masterworks

    Harry Callahan, Barbara and Eleanor, Chicago, 1953. Image from Sotheby’s. Sotheby’s Photographs department will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a major timed sale that crosses the Atlantic Ocean. The auction house will present 50 photographic masterworks, with lots 1 - 25 available in New York and lots 26 - 50…

    Sothebys Photographs Celebrates 50 Years by Auctioning 50 Masterworks5

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    Swann Galleries Presents Second Annual Auction of LGBTQ+ History and Culture

    August Auction to Benefit NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project Following the success of their inaugural Pride Sale in June of 2019, Swann Galleries will offer the upcoming LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture, & History auction on August 13th, 2020. Nearly 300 lots will be presented, including key pieces from Robert Mapplethorpe,…

    Swann Galleries Presents Second Annual Auction of LGBTQ+ History and Culture3

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    Artist to Know: Imogen Cunningham

    Three Flower and Portrait Prints Available in Swann Auction Galleries Sale Imogen Cunningham, Self Portrait with Korona View, 1933. Image from the Imogen Cunningham Trust. Imogen Cunningham, a photographer who rose to prominence in the early 20th century, was faced with the challenge of establishing herself in a traditionally male-dominated…

    Self Portrait with Korona View, 1933

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    Twentieth-Century Masterworks Shine in Fine Photographs at Swann

    Robert Mapplethorpe, Lisa Lyon, oversize silver print, one of an edition of one, 1980. Estimate $30,000 to $40,000. New York—On Thursday, June 11, Swann Galleries will hold a sale of Fine Photographs that  features twentieth-century masterworks, landscapes, feminist and Latin American photographers, as well as pop photographica. Leading the sale is Robert Mapplethorpe’s oversize study Lisa Lyon, silver print,…

    Twentieth-Century Masterworks Shine in Fine Photographs at Swann-2

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    HINDMAN TO HOST A WEEK OF SPRING FINE ART AUCTIONS THIS MONTH

    Chicago — Hindman will continue to host remote auctions in the month of May with a week-long line up of Fine Art and Design auctions, beginning May 19.  Hindman’s Post War and Contemporary Art, Prints and Photographs, American and European Art, Modern Design and Early 20th Century Design auctions will collectively offer almost 600 lots of…

    HINDMAN TO HOST A WEEK OF SPRING FINE ART AUCTIONS THIS MONTH

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    The Journey of Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery

    Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery has been running in business since 2013 by Robert Ahlers and Christy Ogletree Ahlers. Robert Ahlers decided to go through with the idea of operating an auction house considering his association with antique and suction related businesses for 26 years. The Auction Gallery has known…