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Richmond Hill, ON – 888 Auctions is proud to highlight fine Chinese ceramics in its February 23 Chinese Antiques and Estates sale. For those on the lookout for great value and exceptional quality, do not hesitate in previewing the 476 lot sale. With high estimates ranging from $200 to $60,000, bidders from all spectrums of the Asian art collecting field will be pleased to find there is something for everyone. The sale will be composed of jade and shoushan stone carvings; Chinese ...

HARRIS & RUBLE•ART PRESENTS PORTRAITS BY THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS OF ART DIVISION     Harris & Ruble•ART, Hollywood’s most diversified and eclectic new gallery, will kick off 2012 with a showcase of recent work produced by the students and teachers of Art Division, a non-profit organization dedicated to training and supporting under-served young artists.  The opening reception will take place Saturday, February 4, from 4 to 8pm, and the exhibition will continue ...

Art Exhibition Belligerently Depicting the Morale of Life & Art for Arts Sake !   Eddie Rehm :  "The Belligerent Plasticity of Duality in He, Himself."      The Dino Eli Gallery is proud to announce its first exhibition of cutting-edge, "Instant Gratification Abstract", contemporary art, hosting works by celebrated New York artist, Eddie Rehm.  " The Belligerent Plasticity of Duality in He , Himself, refers to the concept that also defines the idea ...

Richmond Hill, ON – 888 Auctions concluded its first auction of the year January 12th, featuring sales of fine Chinese Paintings & Asian Works of Art with a triumphant total of $717,180. The sale, comprising 598 lots, witnessed robust participation from around the world.   Collectors bid enthusiastically for works by Zhang Daqian and Li Kuchan, as 96% of the 49 lots sold in the Classical Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy. In all, the category alone achieved ...

  Richmond Hill, ON – After a successful year in 2011, 888 Auctions is prepared to usher in the new year with its first sale, Chinese Paintings and Asian Works of Art, Thursday, January 12th, 2012. Comprised of over 550 lots, the auction will showcase an enticing collection of Asian art and antiques including but not limited to paintings, porcelains, bronze cast Buddhist deities, fine furniture, ivory, jade and shoushan carvings. Items have been meticulously selected for their fine ...

Rago Auctions announces auction schedule for Winter/Spring 2012.     Discovery: Friday, January 13 and Saturday, January 14, 2012        Everything goes in this no reserve sale - over 1300 lots of what's desirable, useful, interesting and most affordable. Friday: 600+ lots of original and vintage art, furnishings, tableware, Asian, collectibles, books and ephemera, ethnographic property, and a large selection of Early 20th Century property. Saturday: ...

  Grogan and Company Fine Art Auctioneers and Appraisers is pleased to announce their December Auction will be held on Sunday, December 11th, 2011 at 12:00  noon.  The 400 lot auction will be comprised of a Fine Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, Chinese and Japanese Decorative Works of Art and Textiles; American and European Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture; and Oriental Rugs and Carpets.  Highlights of the Fine Art session will include a charcoal ...

Los Angeles - This holiday season will be a wondrous celebration of love, light and vibrant color when Los Angeles' own cultural icon, visual artist Bernard Stanley not only opens his studio for a two-day sale, but also invites several of his friends from the art community to participate with the offerings as well. The Bernard Hoyes and Friends Art Holiday Sale Gala will be held Saturday, December 17 and Sunday, December 18 from 2:00 pm-6:00 pm at his Artist's Studio located at 985 ...

  RAGO'S NOVEMBER 12 FINE ART AUCTIONS REACH $1.3 MILLION. RAYMOND PETTIBON LOTS TOTAL $183,954, DOUBLING HIGH ESTIMATE.   Lambertville, NJ   Rago Arts and Auction Center’s Fine Art auctions on November 12 brought in an ample $1.3 million, with spirited bidding for top lots (reflects buyer’s premium of 24%).   ·          Hammer: $1,047,170 ·          Hammer + bp: ...

On Saturday, December 3, 2011 at noon, the Rago Arts and Auction Center will hold its annual Great Estates auction, consisting of folk art, American and Continental furniture, clocks, old master and 19th century paintings and prints, Oriental rugs, militaria, and much more. There are paintings by artists Leroy Nieman, Xanthus Smith, Marcel Dyf, Pieter Hardime and Herman Herzog.  Also highlighted is a singing bird music box, a Steinway piano, a William Winner portrait and art glass by ...

Featuring items from the Estate of Maurice John Jurkiewicz, Norcross, Georgia; along with several other fine North Carolina estates and collections, including a Gentleman’s watch collection. Offerings include silver, estate jewelry, paintings, furniture, rugs, works on paper, clocks, decorative accessories, pottery, and more!  No reserves!  Absentee and phone bidding are available! Sale: Saturday, October 29, 2011, 1:00 P.M.Previews: Friday, October 28, 10am - 5pm; Saturday, October 29, ...

Sullivan Goss – An American Gallery is pleased to announce their newest solo show for local artist Nicole Strasburg. NICOLE STRASBURG: islands valleys home, features contemporary Tonalist paintings that depict views of islands--the Santa Barbara Channel Islands, in particular Santa Cruz Island, valleys--both on the islands and the mainland, and home--the California coast. The archipelagos, rolling hillsides, deep valleys, and the vast expanse of the Pacific comprise the artist’s vocabulary ...

Richmond Hill, ON – 888 Auctions’ October 20th sale of Important Chinese Ceramics & Asian Works of Art in Richmond Hill will showcase over 600 lots of an exciting array of Chinese porcelains and Asian works of art. Highlighting the autumn sale will be an Important 15th Century Chinese Blue & White Reverse Dragon Charger, Xuande Period, Ming Dynasty (lot 502). This exceptional porcelain charger painted in deep cobalt blue features a central medallion of a reverse design of a carved ...

Gray's Auctioneers' Fine Art, Furniture and Decorations auction on September 27, at 11am EST, will feature the sale of property from the personal collection of Cleveland luminaries Maxeen & John Flower.  The proceeds from the sale of the collection will benefit the Cleveland Institute of Art, Maxeen Stone Flower's alma mater. Highlights from the collection include lot 126, the largest John Koch painting to come up at auction. 'The Party' (also known as Summer Party) is a magnificent oil ...

  Richmond Hill, Ont - Following the success of Asian Art Part I,  888 Auctions is proud to offer Part II on Saturday, 10 September 2011 featuring precious jewelery; traditional Asian furniture; a prized collection of ivory, bone, and horn carvings; and a unique collection of Natural History items. In addition, collectors and connoisseurs of fine Asian paintings will be pleased to find an eclectic and extensive collection of Fine Art Traditional Asian Paintings. Most notably, the auction ...

CINCINNATI – Cowan’s is pleased to announce our upcoming September 9, 2011 American Indian and Western Art Auction. This sale offers a unique selection of fresh-to-the-market beadwork, paintings, carvings, weavings and basketry from America’s history dating from the 19th to the 20th centuries. Some of the highlights in the sale are a Cadzi Cody Shoshone Painted Hide Collected by Ervin F. Cheney, three portfolios by photographer Edward Curtis, an Important Portrait of Red Cloud by the ...

A diminutive 19C Italian bronze table top fountain was discovered by auctioneer Deba Gray earlier this year in a lush but overgrown garden where it had been ensconced for more than 80 years.  In remarkably good condition coated with a rich green patina, the little fountain which measures just 10.5 inches high by 9.5 inches wide was modeled after the stunning Fontana Delle Tartarughe in the Piazza Mattei in Rome.  This show-stoppingly beautiful 16C fountain was designed by Rome’s foremost ...

  Charlton Hall is thrilled to be offering a rare incised-decorated Edgefield stoneware jug in its next auction scheduled for June 11th and 12th. Only three documented Edgefield District incised-decorated vessels have been discovered in over a century, each being attributed to the enslaved potter, Dave. The jug (lot 500) features a pictorial decoration of a man in boots in the act of tipping his hat along with an inscription at the upper body reading "David." This spectacular piece along ...

CLEVELAND - Gray's Auctioneers' sale on Wednesday, May 25, will feature fine works of art, decorative arts and furniture - and many of the lots have been donated to benefit the Cleveland Play House, America's first regional theater, founded in 1915. Highlights of the 341-lot auction include a magnificent Tree of Life Persian rug, a Clement Meadmore artist's proof bronze, a Dominick Labino glass sculpture and a Marc Chagall limited-edition signed lithograph. "The Cleveland Play House is like ...

After almost a century in a single private collection, Ernest Lawson's "Central Park" has re-emerged.  The painting, executed circa 1910, went from Lawson by way of Mac Beth Galleries directly to a private collection in the midwest. Representing the artist's best signature work, "Central Park" has not been exhibited or widely known until now, four generations later. A member of the often gritty Ashcan School, Lawson visited urban subjects, but through his own lens of Impressionism. ...

New York born and bred dealer and art historian, Carole Davenport, mounts her 15th Asia week show with a fine selection of Japanese art. A dynamic wood sculpture of a guardian from the 12th century, fine porcelain from the 17th century Kakiemon kiln, the creme de la creme of Japanese porcelain production, with its fine white body and vivid enamel design, robust 15th century pottery from Shigaraki, one of the six ancient kilns of Japan, and bold ink on paper calligraphy by masters from the ...

  The 14th Annual Boston International Fine Art Show (BIFAS) takes place Thursday - Sunday, November 18-21, 2010 at The Boston Center for The Arts (BCA) Cyclorama. The show opens with the Gala Preview on Thursday, November 18 benefit Boston Symphony Orchestra, which operates three of the country’s most beloved musical institutions: the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, and Tanglewood. Co-producers Tony Fusco and Robert Four are pleased to announce the dealer roster for 2010.  The only show of ...

This winter at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam the work of Gabriel Metsu (1629- 1667), one of the most influential Dutch genre painters of the 17th century, will be put back in the spotlight. Metsu’s paintings beautifully depict everyday life during the Golden Age, with scenes such as a young man writing a love letter, a kitchen maid peeling an apple and an old man raising a glass. Despite his relatively short life, Metsu was one of the most popular painters of his time and his paintings were sold ...

Auction estimate $150,000-250,000 bidding has started and the lot will close 9/2/2010 at 10:00 am EST "Poplar Lake" (Lakeside Park). Oil on panel, (L. 52), signed at the lower left, executed in 1886, apprx. 10-1/2" x 14", framed in a wide gilt frame overall apprx. 16" x 19-3/4". Prov: Private Collection, by descent in the family having been acquired in New York ca. 1935-40. Exhibited in "William Merritt Chase: Master of American Impressionism", Spanierman Gallery, New York, November 2, 1994 - ...

Since 2002, Matthew’s Galleries has presented at least two fine arts auctions each year, specializing in 19th & 20th century paintings, watercolors, prints and sculpture. The auctions are in addition to operating its retail gallery for the last 41 years. While the gallery is still the only American Northwest fine arts auction house, preparation is being made for a June 1, 2010 antiques and decorative arts auction. The gallery’s clientele has long urged Matthew W. Gerber, owner/director, ...