Popular among collectors, Alphonse Mucha’s sensual style typically featured intriguing female figures. “Four Seasons” was Mucha’s first series of decorative panels and one of his most popular works. Read More +
James D. Julia Inc.’s summer auction session begins with back-to-back auctions June 19-20. The event begins with lamps and glass, and then moves onto toys, dolls and advertising. Read More +
In Lessons from a Lampmaster, columnist Joe Porcelli expounds on the emergence and evolution of leaded glass lamps as an American decorative art form. Read More +
Several examples of varied decorative art, including an impressive Noguchi “Rudder” dinette table, are set for sale Feb. 5. Read More +
An original Tiffany lamp, Titanic lifeboat crew member’s artifacts and a Joseph Kleitsch oil all rank high in the 2,000+ lots in online antique auction. Read More +
Gold is the commodity on everyone’s minds these days, and bidders could very well strike pay dirt over Labor Day weekend, Sept. 3-4, 2011 when southern California auctioneer Don Presley offers nuggets and other specimens from the private collection of a retired professional prospector. Read More +
A 22-inch leaded glass lamp from the studio of Joseph Porcelli was one of the top selling lots during the second day of James D. Julia’s June 24th, 2011 lamp and glass auction in Fairfield, Maine. The lamp has a … Read More +
ROUND TOP, Texas – All three buildings of the Sterling McCall Antique Showcase were filled as the new venue has become a popular destination for shoppers in the famous Round Top Texas Antiques Market week. With more than 60 exhibitors Kathy Johnston said she “has a real presence in Round Top as one of the premier shows, with quality exhibits and antiques and we have done it in just a year and a half.”
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Christie’s says it has discovered a previously unrecorded 17th masterpiece by the Dutch master sculpture Adriaen de Vries (1550-1626): a bronze mythological figure supporting the globe, which is estimated to bring between $8 million and $11 million at a July 7 sale. Dating to 1626, the work may possibly be the last fully autographed work executed by the artist. Discovered last year on a routine Christie’s valuation, the bronze stood unrecognized for at least 300 years atop a fountain in the center of an anonymous European castle courtyard. Read More +
More than 500 lots of top market antique furniture, vintage lighting, fine art, decorative accessories, period furniture, clocks, estate jewelry and watches, including a 12-piece R.J. Horner figural carved dining set is set to light up a May 21 sale in Pittsfield, Mass. The sale is punctuated by several pieces from Tiffany studios. A key find is a bronze inkwell with the fine figure of a crab, its claws reaching forward, pinching the coiled handles of the inkwell pot mounted with an oyster shell.
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