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Chinese Blue And White Moonflask, Late18th / Early 19th Century

Antiquities-Saleroom Showcases Asian Art in May 17 Auction

Released: May 15, 2013

BOULDER COUNTY, CO – Antiquities-Saleroom.com unveiled its May 17 auction this week as the fourth in a series of specialized auctions planned for 2013. Asian Art through the Ages features art pieces from across Asia and showcases examples from every period in the continent’s illustrious history. “Even if you do not specialize in Asian art, you can’t help but be taken by the beauty of the art of this enigmatic and complex region,” says Teresa Dodge, Executive Director and co-founder of Antiquities Saleroom. Running at more than 415 lots, Asian Art through the...

Kwakiutl Thunderbird Mask, c. 1890-1910.

Global Tour of Ethnographic Arts Featured on The Curator’s Eye

Released: May 8, 2013

In conjunction with the upcoming African, Oceanic, Native American, and Pre-Columbian sales and shows, The Curator’s Eye (www.CuratorsEye.com) turns its spotlight to the exceptional Ethnographic Arts currently on display on the continuous online exhibition. The Curator’s Eye offers an around-the-world tour of rare, distinguished collectible objects from Borneo to Alaska and places in between. Tlingit Fighting Knife The global tour of noteworthy items begins on the Northwest Coast of America, with a rare Tlingit file-blade knife. This fighting knife marries a sensitively carved bea...

FOUR WORKS BY MARTIN WONG, THE HUMAN INSTAMATIC, SOAR AT GROGAN'S AUCTION

Released: May 8, 2013

Dedham, MA: Grogan and Company Fine Art Auctioneers recently conducted a four day auction of the Elli Buk Collection, one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of Scientific Instruments and Technological Achievements ever assembled. For eight days, collectors and historians flocked to Dedham for a once in a lifetime opportunity to see the famed collection of SoHo antique connoisseur, Elli Buk. It took Buk forty years to amass his impressive collection of over 2000 objects spanning two centuries and over 30 collecting categories. "This was the first time ...

Oil on canvas portrait of Eleanor Slater by American artist Robert Henri, dated 1911.

Property from the late Mrs. Nat King Cole will be sold at auction May 18-19

Released: May 6, 2013

(MELBOURNE, Fla.) – “Unforgettable, that’s what you are…” is a line from a classic song by Nat King Cole, and unforgettable is what Matheson’s Auctions’ upcoming two-day sale of property from the late Mrs. Nat King Cole is shaping up to be. The event will be held the weekend of May 18-19 in Matheson’s gallery, at 600 East New Haven Avenue in Melbourne. Lloyd and Jan Matheson have been working closely with Casey and Timolin, the twin daughters of Nat King Cole and Maria Cole, after being introduced to them by Maria’s friend, Ron Bourgeault of Northeast Auctions. The cataloging ...

American Folk Trade Carving of Admiral George Dewey, circa 1898

Crossing Categories: Diverse and Wonderful Objects Featured by The Curator’s Eye

Released: May 3, 2013

As collectors and connoisseurs of all stripes turn their attention to New York for the Art and Antique Dealers League of America Spring Show, The Curator’s Eye is pleased to present, for private sale, a choice offering of imminently collectible items. As part of its continuous online exhibition of the finest art and antiques from distinguished dealers across the globe, The Curator’s Eye (www.CuratorsEye.com) offers noteworthy objects ranging from American folk art carving to South American silver. American Folk Trade Carving: Admiral George Dewey A trade figure carving of Admiral Geo...

Montague J. Dawson (1895-1973) The America's Cup Race 1962, Weatherly and Gretel, Oil on canvas.

Impressive Paintings Prevail at Gray’s May Auction

Released: May 3, 2013

Gray’s Auctioneers is pleased to announce their Fine Art, Antiques and Decorative Arts Auction, which will take place in Cleveland on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. The auction features an eclectic array of art objects from across the globe, including African masks, Chinese jade, Persian rugs and German bisque dolls, as well as an impressive collection of paintings spanning the breadth of art historical periods and styles. One of the most important artworks included in the auction is Lot 29, a painting by notable British painter, Montague Dawson. The subject of Dawson’s image is the fie...

Collisart LLC: 'Red Sun' by George Bellows 1919

Recently Discovered George Bellows among Treasures at MASTERPIECE LONDON, featuring 19 US Exhibitors in June

Released: April 30, 2013

The fourth edition of Masterpiece London is set to captivate collectors, museum curators, and visitors alike with its impressive offering of the world’s best and meticulously vetted art, design, jewellery and antiques. The fair brings together 150 of the most distinguished dealers, workshops and galleries from around the world, showcased in a spectacular purpose-built pavilion on the South Grounds of The Royal Hospital Chelsea, London SW3. Masterpiece London welcomes nineteen US exhibitors to the fair this year, an increase of over 25% from 2012. These include five new galleries: Leila ...

4 Lunette paintings, by Bernardino Nocchi, as bozzetti (preparatory pieces) for his larger work, which he did in the chapel of the Palazzo Vidoni-Caffarelli (1773-74).

SPANNING THE CENTURIES, SPRING SHOW NYC PRESENTS DAZZLING ARRAY OF TREASURES FOR COLLECTORS OF ALL PERSUASIONS

Released: May 1, 2013

When the third edition of Art and Antique Dealers League of America Spring Show NYC opens its doors to the public for a five-day run at the Park Avenue Armory on May 2, a diverse multitude of fine and decorative arts from a top-tier roster of over 60 international galleries await to enthrall fairgoers of every imaginable interest. Covering a wide swathe of collecting disciplines, from antiquities through contemporary art and everything in between, the pageant of offerings will appeal to the seasoned collector, as well as the neophyte. Here is a thumbnail guide through the exhibition hal...

A complex and impressive bottle whimsy by Charles Hoke and ex Robert and Mary Merritt, The Merritt’s Museum of Childhood, Douglassville, PA is estimated to sell between $4,000 - $6,000

Americana and Ohio Valley Auction Marks Springtime in Ohio

Released: April 29, 2013

It’s May in Ohio, and signs of spring are everywhere: warm sunshine, soft earth and good antiques at Garth’s Auctioneers & Appraisers. May has marked an Americana auction for more years than most people on staff can remember, but for the past 7 years, the May Americana auctions have been highlighted by a special session focused on material from the Ohio River Valley. “It was never a big leap for us,” comments company CEO, Jeff Jeffers. “Garth’s company history is as much tied to the antiques of Ohio as anything. We sell great Ohio things all year, but t...

Josef Albers, Study for Homage to the Square: ‘Still Distant’ (est: $300,000-$500,000)

Weschler's Capital Collections Estate Auction Features Iconic Josef Albers Painting

Released: April 30, 2013

A work from Josef Albers’ iconic Homage to the Square series leads the lot at Weschler’s Capital Collections Estate Auction, to be held in Washington, DC on May 17th at 10am. The German-American painter’s disciplined approach produced hundreds of these chromatic explorations, each one produced by hand and without the use of a straightedge. Albers was fascinated by the concept of color and how it was perceived, calling it “the most relative medium in art.” His Study for Homage to the Square: ‘Still Distant’ (est: $300,000-$500,000) displays the array of possibilities held in one hue. The...

Johannes Vermeer Award 2013 goes to Rem Koolhaas

Released: April 25, 2013

The Dutch state prize for the arts, the Johannes Vermeer Award, has been awarded this year to architect and writer Rem Koolhaas. The jury made a unanimous decision, citing Koolhaas’s critical contributions to architecture and urbanism since his career began with the publication of Delirious New York in 1975. The Minister of Culture, Jet Bussemaker, will present the prize to Koolhaas on Monday 21 October at the recently re-opened Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The jury of the Johannes Vermeer Award 2013 commended Rem Koolhaas for his impressive body of work as a designer and a thinker, as wel...

Thai Stone Buddha Head, Angkor Province, Sold for $11,250 in Rago's Great Estates Auction

The Mid-Market Struts Its Stuff in Rago’s Big $1.8 Million April Auction Weekend

Released: April 24, 2013

Rago Arts and Auction Center’s 2200 lot three-day marathon auction on April 19, 20 and 21 brought home a solid $1,792,141 for the auction house and its consignors. The three day sale included a Great Estates auction on Saturday and two days of Rago Unreserved: an auction of art and furnishings on Friday and an auction of jewelry, silver and fashion on Sunday. “The five top lots of the Estate auction were Asian, Russian, African and the bidding reflected this – there was lots of international interest in this sale. We saw support from both dealers and collectors,” said Mir...

‘The Bit of Red Cloth Enclosed was pined to the Child’s Cap’: a heart cut from red woollen cloth, a ribbon of blue paduasoy silk, and a piece of linen diaper. Foundling 10563, a girl admitted 22 November 1758. Textile token Red woolen cloth; ribbon of blue paduasoy silk; Diaper or Russia cloth attached to a piece of fine linen. England, 1758 Foundling 10563, Image © Coram

Small Swatches of Fabric Tell Powerful, Poignant Tales in "Threads of Feeling"

Released: April 16, 2013

Each piece of fabric or token tells a poignant, emotional story from more than 200 years ago. Many of those stories are coming May 25 to the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg in a traveling exhibition organized by the Foundling Museum of London. Threads of Feeling consists of 59 books of textile tokens on loan from Coram, a British children’s charity. “These stories pack powerful, emotional punches, sure to resonate with parents,” said Ronald Hurst, Colonial Williamsburg’s chief curator and vice president for collections, conservation and museums. “We are pleased to have the only mou...

Garden Sculpture & Antiques Fair: 1750–2013 at The New York Botanical Garden, April 26–28, 2013

Released: April 22, 2013

From Friday, April 26, through Sunday, April 28, 2013, The New York Botanical Garden hosts its 21st annual garden ornament show, newly titled the Garden Sculpture & Antiques Fair: 1750–2013. Visitors can enjoy the Fair from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The country’s original, largest, and most important venue for authentic garden antiques has been expanded this year to include antique through contemporary sculpture and furniture for the garden, and garden-related art for the home. More than 30 leading exhibitors plus contemporary artists specializing in garden sculpture will offer thei...

Chicken in front of early 19th century clock escapement raises the question, "What does time look like?" Is it cyclical like the chicken-and-egg conundrum or linear like the steady beat of a clock?

Time and Time Again: How Science and Culture Shape the Past, Present, and Future

Released: April 17, 2013

Time: We find it, keep it, measure it, obey it, rely on it, waste it, save it, chop it and try to stop it. We organize our lives around it, and yet, do we really know what time is? Drawing upon collections in Harvard’s scientific, historical, archaeological, anthropological, and natural history museums and libraries, this exhibition explores the answers given to that question in various ages by different world cultures and disciplines. Themes include time finding from nature and time keeping by human artifice. Visitors will explore cultural beliefs about the c...