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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 ...

  “The artist, not the commentator, takes us to the heart of the matter. Who would not, to put it in a nutshell, give all of Vasari for a short, searching conversation with Michelangelo?”  - Michael Peppiatt. Eykyn Maclean London is delighted to announce that their forthcoming show will be a curatorial collaboration with art historian Michael Peppiatt entitled Interviews with Artists. The exhibition will run from 19th June to 27th July, 2012. The show will coincide with the publication of Peppiatt’s book of the same title published by Yale University Press. Peppiatt ...

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 ...

– Pablo Picasso’s Déjeuner sur l'herbe, 1962, and Amedeo Modigliani’s Femme nue assise, 1916, are both expected to bring more than $80,000 to lead a pack of art world giants in Heritage Auctions’ May 22 Modern & Contemporary Art Signature® Auction, taking place at the company’s Dallas Design District Annex, 1518 Slocum Street.   “This is a very exciting auction to be a part of,” said Ed Beardsley, Vice President and Managing Director of the Department of Fine and Decorative Arts at Heritage. “Our specialists have searched far and wide to cull the best available examples, ...

Skinner, Inc. will auction prints, photographs, paintings and sculptures on Friday, May 18th in two sessions at its Boston gallery. The prints and photography portion of the sale will begin at 12 p.m.; paintings and sculptures at 4 p.m. Fine Prints Skinner continues to experience strong growth with multiples and works on paper. The upcoming sale will present an excellent assortment of prints and photography. A fine selection of modern & contemporary works will be offered, spearheaded by works of Roy Lichtenstein and Paul Klee. The cover lot is Roy Lichtenstein’s Imperfect ...

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers held their Spring auction of Contemporary, Modern, American and European art on Wednesday, May 2nd. With a filled auction room of private collectors, dealers and very active telephone and online bidders, the sale was a resounding success. The European and Old Master paintings session realized a total of $2.87 million. Much of the auction’s success can be attributed to the collection from the Lucie Sable Sandler Trust, which included two paintings by William Adolphe Bouguereau that brought a combined $1.2 million with premium. Each of the Bouguereau ...

Picking has been great this month for the Clarke appraisal team. They have managed once again to put together what -- in the humble opinion of Irish owner and founder, Ronan Clarke – is one of the most diverse and exciting auction offerings in the New York area this month.   While Sotheby’s, Doyle’s, Christy’s, etc. all have great art sales this month, Clarke not only has great art but also a diverse and eclectic mix of midcentury modern, silver, porcelain, rugs, continental furniture and collectibles.   As always, Clarke has its usual gathering of furniture and even ...

During the second edition of the Art and Antique Dealers League of America Spring Show NYC, opening on May 3 and running through May 6 at the Park Avenue Armory, fairgoers will have the rich opportunity to feast their eyes upon a diverse range of paintings that span from Old Masters through the 20th century. Here the world’s leading galleries will show off some of their finest pieces, in many cases unveiling them for public viewing for the very first time. Here are some the highlights: From London’s Piacenti Art Gallery comes a remarkably well-preserved 17th-century canvas depicting a ...

RAGO'S HOSTS AUCTION OPEN HOUSE ON MAY 8, FEATURING GUEST SPEAKER DR. ROBERT COZZOLINO.   Dr. Robert Cozzolino to speak on “Further Adventures of Pop in Chicago” at 6 pm.   Lambertville, NJ:  The Rago Arts and Auction Center hosts an open house on Tuesday, May 8, featuring a talk by Dr. Robert Cozzolino, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Senior Curator and Curator of Modern Art.      Dr. Cozzolino will discuss the distinctive character of Pop in Chicago during the 1960s. In exploring popular culture source material, artists trained in ...

Matthew's Galleries of Lake Oswego, Oregon, announces a summer art auction, June 19, 2012.  The gallery is seeking consignments of American and International art from Old Masters to the 20th century, including paintings, watercolors, fine prints and sculpture.  Already included in the sale is "Family" by Paul Guiragossian (Armenian, 1926-1993).  The 15" x 18" oil on canvas was painted about 1963, and carries an estimate of $10,000-15,000.  From the selection of Amerian art is "Guarding the Move" by Ace Powell (1912-1978), a Western oil on canvas measuring 20" x 30" ...

    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 ...

  Featuring the Reingold Collection of Sculpture and Reliefs, as well as the work of Richard Anuszkiewicz, Julian Stanczak, Roy Lichtenstein, Jules de Balincourt, Raymond Pettibon, Damien Hirst, Andy Warhol, Frederick Judd Waugh, William Trost Richards, George Sotter, Fern Isabel Coppedge and Arthur Meltzer.   Lambertville, NJ:   On Saturday, May 12, 2012 at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., the Rago Arts and Auction Center will hold three auctions of fine art: 19th/20th C. American and European Art, The Reingold Collection of Sculpture and Reliefs, and Post-War and ...