Heritage Auctions sees their best year to date, with comics, sports, and fine & decorative art setting new highs in 2012. Read More +
Dallas-based auction house reports banner year in 2012
American Fine Art
Rare Mexican painting fetches five times its estimate in fine art auction
Many pieces sold for double (and more) their pre-auction estimates, to contribute to the $500K fine and decorative art auction held Nov. 17 at Cowan’s Auctions Read More +
C. Wool abstract painting may top $300K
A spectacular abstract work by Christopher Wool is pegged to possibly be a top lot at Weschler’s Feb. 1 auction. Read More +
Sulky weathervane may cart off with $20,000 in three-day sale
Weathervanes, nautical items, a rare hand colored lithograph and more than 500 stunning pieces of fine art are poised for sale at James D. Julia’s first auction of 2013. The three-day event, scheduled for Jan. 30 – Feb. 1, will include some 1,000 lots. Read More +
$50,000 Cape Ann School painting among pieces set for exhibit Jan. 12
A special exhibit of the John F. Gale collection of Cape Ann School paintings, will feature works by some of the most noted artists of the movement, including Aldro Hibbard, Frederick Mulhaupt and William Lester Stevens. The pieces featured in the Jan. 12, 2013 exhibit will be sold at James D. Julia Auctioneers’ Annual Winter Antique, Asian & Fine Art Auction, set for Jan. 30 through Feb. 1, 2013. Read More +
Gilt-adorned Ansonia Pompeii one of 50 antique clocks to go under the gavel Jan. 9
lso in this sale are over 50 quality antique clocks, including an Ansonia Pompeii black enameled iron case clock with gilt adornment. Read More +
Diverse art mediums showcased at Jan. 13 Kaminski Auctions sale
Sculpture is strongly represented with a large bronze work by David Aronson estimated at $18,000-$25,000 and a carved elm and polychrome work from 1967, titled “Red Stockings” by David Hostetler estimated at $9000-$12,000 and an unusually large Curtis Jere mixed metals tree with bird and nest, from the late 1960′s valued at $600-$1000. Read More +
John McInnis Auctioneers closes out the year with 700-lot estate sale
Items from local estates of Boston’s North Shore will be auctioned off Dec. 31, 2012. Paintings, jewelry, clocks, quilts and silver are expected to be sold. Read More +
Magnificant array of antiques set for sale Jan. 12 by Elite Decorative Arts
A gorgeous Tiffany Studios Spanish bronze desk clock, made circa 1910 and showing a gold tone face with black enamel numerals and notches, carries a surprisingly modest pre-sale estimate of $1,000-$1,500. Another Tiffany & Co. Spanish clock sold at Tiffany’s in New York in 2007 for $8,400. Read More +
Winter Antiques Show benefitting South Bronx
The Winter Antiques Show, slated for Jan. 25-Feb. 3, 2013, celebrates its 59th year as America’s most distinguished antiques show, featuring exceptional objects exhibited by 73 specialists in American, English, European and Asian fine and decorative arts from antiquity through the 1960s. All net proceeds from the show benefit East Side House Settlement and contribute substantially to its work in the South Bronx. Read More +