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New Orleans Auction Galleries, Inc. is pleased to announce their Two-Day Estates Auction, taking place Saturday, May 19 and Sunday, May 20, 2012. This sale features over 1400 lots from a variety of private collections and estates. The first session begins at 10:00 A.M. CST on Saturday and includes lots 1-813. The Sunday session starts at 11:00 A.M. CST and includes lots 814-1444. Guests are welcome to preview daily from 9-5 for two weeks in advance of the auction, excluding Sundays. And a late evening preview party will be held on Thursday, May 17 from 5:30 – 8:00 P.M. The exhibition ...

  The Curator’s Eye (http://www.CuratorsEye.com/), the global high-end art marketing organization, celebrates the success of its New York City gallery management division. Seol Park, as Regional Director, is responsible for sales, marketing, and cultivating partnerships in the New York dealer community. Originally from Seoul, Korea, Ms. Park worked in corporate brand consulting before earning an MA in American Fine and Decorative Art at Sotheby’s Institute in New York. Prior to joining The Curator’s Eye, she worked in client development at Christie’s. Founder and CEO Sarah ...

Aspire's May 2012 online auction has 1495 lots with special categories pertaining to lifetime collections of Nautical Instruments, Snuff Bottles and Tobacciana. Another special category of thirty-five Clyde Singer paintings are being offered from a private Youngstown Ohio collection. Some highlights of the auction include five pieces of Wedgwood Fairyland luster, a pictorial frieze of sixteen Grueby tiles estimated $20,000/30,000, three sculptures by Arthur Putnam, a watch category including a Breguet 18k Chronograph, a circa 1920's rare Movado 41701 Jump Hour 14k gold ...

Cowan's Auctions Fine and Decorative Art Auction will take place on May 19, 2012. The 390-lot sale will be held at Cowan's Auctions   salesroom. This sale will feature pieces from the Lewis Cotlow Collection of Salamgundi Club paintings and Japanese porcelain. The collection is being sold to benefit the Cincinnati Museum Center. In 1987, Cotlow donated his 260-piece, million-dollar collection, which included artifacts, films, and photography, to the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History. The auction will also include Cincinnati and Kentucky paintings, fine groupings of 19th and ...

As a respite from the predictable sameness of today’s high-speed, mass-produced world, Boston’s acclaimed North Bennet Street School (http://www.nbss.edu) has organized an exhibit that showcases unique and extraordinary objects made by craftsmen and craftswomen trained at the school.   “Made by Hand: a celebration of exceptional work from the North Bennet Street School” includes dozens of hand-made objects painstakingly crafted by the school’s students and alumni – from elegant furniture and one-of-a-kind musical instruments to exquisite jewelry and ornate hand-bound ...

    TABLESCAPES BY NEW TRAD DESIGNERS: ALLISON HENNESSY AND CHRISTINA MURPHY. During the Spring Show NYC from May 3 through May 6 at the Park Avenue Armory, fair-goers will encounter tablescapes created by two young, up-and-coming talents named to Traditional Home’s hot list of New Trad Designers for 2012: Allison Hennessy and Christina Murphy. Each brings her own distinctive look to tabletop decor, taking inspiration from works of art showcased in the Spring Show and reinterpreting them with a fresh modern twist.  Says Hennessy of her tablescape: “I've always ...

Weschler's May 18 Capital Collections Estate Auction will feature a wide selection of furnishings, decorations, jewelry and fine art from various local estates and private collections. Exhibition for the Friday spring sale begins Saturday, May 12th in Weschler's downtown gallery located at 909 E Street, NW Washington, DC. Highlights of the American and European fine art offerings include an oil on canvas by French artist Maximilien Luce (1858-1941) titled Baigneurs, which is estimated to bring between $80,000-$120,000; a vibrant oil on canvas, Le Pont Saint-Goustan à Auray: Morbihan ...

  [Washington, D.C.] Weschler's Capital Collections Estate Auction held Friday, March 30, showcased an impressive selection of American and European fine art and Asian Works of Art, enticing many determined bidders in the gallery and from around the world. The sale offered 384 lots, with over 81% of the property selling and totaling $995,022. The top lot of the day was a Chinese gilt-bronze enamel and celadon hardstone mounted cloisonné vase. The vase exceeded its estimate of $1,500-$2,500 amongst a sea of competitive phone and floor bidding and was hammered down at $81,850. ...

Three times a year, the rolling fields of Brimfield, MA that lie just outside the historic village of Sturbridge, turn into the Northeast's largest antiques market.  With twenty-three show promoters in as many fields hosting more than 6,000 dealers, the crowds swell to the hundreds of thousands.  To ease the confusion of how to go, what to do, where to stay - and how to stay longer and enjoy more, Antiques Weeks Media, LLC has launched a travel site named BrimfieldAntiquesWeek.com. The new site follows the same format as Antiques Weeks Media's other travel sites, among ...

 Rago Arts and Auction Center’s 2300+ lot three-day weekend marathon auction on April 20, 21 and 22 brought home a whopping $1,833,325 for the auction house and its consignors. The top lot was a figural bronze by Leonid Vladimirovich Posen, “The Jewish Carter”, part of a group of Russian bronzes, which provoked competitive bidding from the U.S. and Russia. The three day sale included a Great Estates auction of 764 lots, a no-reserve Discovery sale and an unreserved Jewelry and Silver sale. “The interest level was high and strong prices were achieved in all areas of collecting,” said ...

Cleveland, OH - Gray's Auctioneers' Fine Furniture, Paintings and Decorations auction takes place on May 3rd at 11am in Cleveland, Ohio. Live online bidding for this auction is provided by Live Auctioneers. Comprising of paintings, sculptures, and works on paper, as well as fine furniture, jewelry, rugs, and decorative collectibles, Gray's May auction promises exceptional treasure for every taste. Auction highlights include a number of artworks by modern masters. Lot 22, Snake in a Landscape, is a fantastic, late-career Surrealist drawing by Salvador Dali done on stationary from Hotel ...

When the venerable Philadelphia Antiques Show opens it doors in the Convention Center in Philadelphia on Friday, April 27, and the 23rd Street Armory Show takes up residence in the armory of the same name, it will mark another running of Philadelphia Antiques Week. This year, for the first time, visitors will be able to get all the information they need about the shows, museums, and attractions at one website, PhiladelphiaAntiquesWeek.com    The fourth in a series of travel sites designed to serve consumers and collectors shopping the named market weeks, ...

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces a call for entries with the theme “Figurative” for a juried art competition for the month of May 2012.  The gallery would like for all 2D artists (including photography) to send us your best interpretation of the theme “Figurative” by depicting the human form or human features. “Figurative” is considered to be figures, forms and faces for inclusion into the gallery’s June 2012 online Group Art Exhibition.  We will accept art on this subject that is either representational or abstract, but please, do not submit any erotic ...

During a visit to a Garrison, New York estate, Clarke Auction appraisers looked around and liked what they saw. While the eclectic mix of furniture and art was suitable for auction, it was only after they stood under a gorgeous and rare Tiffany Studios chandelier that the light bulb went on. Clarke Auction acquired the estimated $60,000 to $80,000 Tiffany Studios masterpiece. The rarity of the chandelier is derived from its large size, and its masterfully crafted "turtleback" top half. Turtleback glass is pressed from iron molds while it is still extremely hot, then typically cut into ...

CHICAGO, IL–This summer antiques, art and vintage dealers have a convenient option for selling their wares with the launch of Vintage Garage Chicago. Located inside a parking garage in the Uptown/Andersonville neighborhood, the event includes space for a vehicle with the booth rent. “We want to make the set-up as painless as possible for everyone involved,” says promoter Melissa Sands, co founder of Vintage Promotions, LLC. “Any dealer will tell you setup and teardown are the most nerve-wracking part of a show and we’re making it easy. “Simply pull in, open the door and unload,” ...