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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 Grolier Club will present a major exhibition that explores the legacy of Aaron Burr.  Opening to the public on May 16 through July 28, 2012, Aaron Burr Returns to New York: An Exhibition on Burr and His Contemporaries marks the 200th anniversary of Burr's return to New York, ending a self-imposed exile to Europe following his trial for treason and tragic duel with Alexander Hamilton.  This exhibit of rare items of “Burriana” ranks as the first such comprehensive portrayal and illuminates not only his political disputes, but also his less ...

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 ...

On May 18, Garth’s Auctions in Delaware, Ohio will host the Sixth Annual Ohio Valley Auction which features an extraordinary combination of all the best Ohio has to offer, alongside Americana and accessories including fine painted and formal furniture, stoneware, fine art, firearms, textiles and more. Started in 2007, the interest in the Ohio Valley session continues to grow as the appreciation of buying local and the importance of Ohio’s material culture spreads.  Always a favorite of those Ohio collectors “in the know,” is the folk art of Elijah Pierce (Columbus, Ohio, ...

Richmond Hill, Ont – 888 Auctions is proud to present its Chinese Antiques & Asian Works of Art sale on 24 May 2012 featuring traditional paintings, ceramics and bronze cloisonné pieces, jade and Tianhuang stone carvings, and exceptional rhinoceros horn carvings. A truly rare find can be found in 888 Auction’s first summer sale of the year at Lot 268. Dating back to the 17th or 18th Century, the lotus cup is shaped in the form of a lotus pad and rests delicately on a signed horn carved pedestal base. Estimated at $5,000 to 10,000, it is expected to garner the most attention in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

DALLAS--A new survey posted at the online web magazine Urban Art & Antiques seeks to gauge the popularity of industry terms on an ongoing basis. The Industry Pulse Survey allows visitors to rate terms like vintage, antique, collecting, exclusive, accessible, flea market and more on a scale ranging from "It's Hot" to "I don't like it." "We hear a lot of words thrown around, among them repurposing and vintage; what we want to get a handle on is how much they are in play," says site publisher Eric Miller. "The survey also doesn't have an end date. That fact will help us keep an ongoing ...

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 ...

Heather Karlie Fine Art set to open 20th Century by HKFA, an antiques shop in Philadelphia.  Join us on Friday, May 4th for our Grand Opening celebration of 20th Century by HKFA.  Our shop will feature an important selection of well curated 20th Century finds.  From furniture to art to lighting and more, the focus of the inventory is guided by proprietor Heather Karlie Vieira.  "I buy with my eye", says Heather, "so the pieces in the shop all have a natural relationsip to each other and can stand on their own as well."  The inventory will also feature a great ...

    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 ...