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Clarke Auction's First Sale of 2013: Historical and Culturally Important Offerings
Released: January 3, 2013The start of a new year is a great time to reflect and pay homage to the past. Clarke Auction's first sale of the year on January 6th, at 2pm, offers the chance to not only admire history, but own it as well. One of the featured lots, an antique Japanese suit of armor on a wooden stand, is an exemplary piece of historical and artistic importance. The piece is dated to the late 17th or early 18th century and includes a metal lacquered and fabric chest protector emblazoned with a red dragon ...
Aspire Auctions May 18th Auction
Released: May 14, 2012Aspire'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 wristwa...
Aspire Auctions March 29th Auction
Released: March 28, 2012The March fine art & antiques online auction is almost over with lots starting to close Thursday morning, starting at 10:00 am est. The categories for the day include paintings, workes on paper, sculpture, watches, fine jewelry and unmounted diamonds & gemstones. Part two of the auction will close Friday morning, also starting at 10:00 am est. These lots include Tiffany Studioes & glass, porcelain, pottery & ceramics, ethongraphic arts including African, Asian arts, decorative arts and lastly, oriental carpets. View the catalog and bidding directly through the website at ww...
Aspire Auctions March 29th Auction
Released: March 28, 2012The March fine art & antiques online auction is almost over with lots starting to close Thursday morning, starting at 10:00 am est. The categories for the day include paintings, workes on paper, sculpture, watches, fine jewelry and unmounted diamonds & gemstones. Part two of the auction will close Friday morning, also starting at 10:00 am est. These lots include Tiffany Studioes & glass, porcelain, pottery & ceramics, ethongraphic arts including African, Asian arts, decorative arts and lastly, oriental carpets. View the catalog and bidding directly through the website at ww...
Renoir, Matisse & Tiffany featured in Gray’s March 15 Auction.
Released: March 9, 2012Cleveland, OH - Gray's Auctioneers' Fine Furniture, Paintings and Decorations auction takes place on March 15 at 11am in Cleveland, Ohio. Live online bidding for this auction is provided by Live Auctioneers. Offering two sessions, the first for Fine Art, Furniture and Decorative Arts at 11am and the second for Fine Books, Autographs and No Reserve Books starting at 3pm. With over 600 lots the auction highlights include lot 31, Tête de Femme, a charming, oil on canvas by Pierre-August Renoir which is catalogued in G.-P. and M. Dauberville's Renoir, Catalogue Raisonné des Tabl...
Gray's to Auction Renoir's Tête de Femme on November 17
Released: November 15, 2011Gray's to Auction Renoir's Tête de Femme. Cleveland, OH. On November 17, 11am EST, Gray's Auctioneers will hold their 53rd Auction: Fine Art, Decorations and Jewelry. This multifarious auction boasts fine art pieces from artists such as Renoir, Albert Bierdstadt and Ansel Adams, as well as Asian scrolls, sculpture and wardrobe; gorgeous diamonds, stunning silver and a rare 19 ft vintage cedar canoe. The focal point of this auction is centered on lot 33, Tête de Femme, an oil painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919.) From extended loan at the Dallas Museum of Art, throug...
Scenic Napkin Ring by Faberge, Mackay Silver by TIffany & Co. Highlight Rago's December 2 Silver, Coin and Currency Auction
Released: November 11, 2011On Friday, December 2, 2011 at noon, the Rago Arts and Auction Center will hold an auction of silver, coins and currency. The silver sale features Russian, American and Continental silver; the coin and currency sale features American and World proof struck coins and sets, a multitude of gold coins, high grade silver dollars and rare foreign and ancient coins. Silver Auction, Friday, December 2 at Noon Highlights of the silver sale include: Ornamental American Silver from the 19th-20th century; Japanesque silver, including Edo/Elkington and Tiffany & Co.; functional silver in time...
Rago's Hosts Auction Open House on November 29 Featuring a Talk on American Silver by Newark Museum Curator Ulysses Grant Dietz
Released: October 26, 2011Lambertville, NJ: The Rago Arts and Auction Center hosts an open house on Tuesday, November 29, featuring a talk by Newark Museum curator Ulysses Grant Dietz. “Silver in America 1840-1940: Jewelry’s Sister Industry in America’s Gilded Age” looks at the development of silver production from the 1840s, when foreign competition was first halted, to World War II, when silver manufacturing began its long slow decline. Mr. Dietz will discuss the impact that silver - in all its diverse forms, fashions and functions - has had on the everyday life of the American home. Ulysses Grant Dietz has b...
Aspire Auctions May Fine Art & Antiques Auction
Released: May 18, 2011Featuring over fourteen hundred lots, Aspire Auction's May 2011 sale will run from Friday, May 20th to Saturday, May 28th. Though bidding is only done online, Aspire will host an on-site preview party at their Cleveland, Ohio-based gallery on the 20th. This event will give clients a chance to experience the property amidst a backdrop of champagne, wine, hors d’oeuvres, and good company. The gallery will be open to the public through May 25th and welcomes visitors to Cleveland Ohio. Having the standard categories of paintings, sculpture, silver and more, there is an exceptional offerin...
Clarke Auction's Antiques, Midcentury & Fine Art Sale - Sunday, April 17th, 12:00 Noon
Released: April 14, 2011400 lots including listed fine art, large collection of fine handmade carpets, single owner collection of American, English, and Continental antiques; Midcentury Modern including Antonio Cittero, Robsjohn Gibbings, Aldo Tura, Holly Hunt; Georg Jensen. LARCHMONT, NY, April 14, 2011 . On Sunday, April 17th at 12:00 Noon, Clarke Auction will sell 400 lots drawn from estates on Central Park West and Sutton Place and from Great Neck, Scarsdale, Greenwich, and Brooklyn Heights. Fine Art includes Americo Di Franza, Christina Morton, John Burr, Clifford Alexander, Mary Townsend Mason, John C...
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