Rugs and Ritual in Tibetan Buddhism, an installation dedicated to ritual practice in Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism, explores the role of the ritual objects that were employed by its practitioners in pursuit of spiritual enlightenment. Exhibition open now through March 27, 2011. Comprising 30 tantric ritual rugs and utensils—including knives, vessel, fire-offering ladles, [Read More]
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As many as 2,000 quality lots of militaria, guns, ammo and hunting and fishing collectibles are being offered in an online auction that ends Nov. 20 by SoldUSA.com, the premier Internet collectibles auction site. The figure may even exceed 2,000 lots, as additional items were being added practically on a daily basis [Read More]
Thanks to the hit TV series Mad Men the ’60s are back and fans of the show will be finding the best the era had to offer at Modern Vintage Chicago Fall Fashion and Jewelry Explosion by the Randolph Street Market Festival. “Other popular series like Six Feet Under and the Sopranos [Read More]
The Fleming Museum is to present Shadows of the Samurai: Japanese Warrior Traditions, open October 14, 2010 – May 11, 2011 in the Wolcott Gallery. Samurai culture and the code of conduct known as bushido, have exerted a powerful hold on the imaginations of people in the East and the West. The [Read More]
Benjamin Franklin’s famous “Disputes with America” letter of 1767, one of the most important and widely quoted letters from this legendary founding father, will be sold at public auction by Heritage Auction Galleries Beverly Hills on Oct. 14 as part of the company’s Signature® Historic Manuscripts Auction. It is estimated to bring [Read More]
Carlton Hobbs, the leading specialist in museum quality 17th-19th century British and Continental furniture and decorative arts, has announced that a new selection of rare furniture, paintings and objects, will be on view for the first time at his New York gallery, the former Vanderbilt mansion, located at 60 East 93rd Street [Read More]
Sotheby’s London will hold a sale of ‘Magnificent Books, Manuscripts and Drawings from the Collection of Frederick, 2nd Lord Hesketh, The Property of the Trustees of the 2nd Baron Hesketh’s Will Trust’, on 7th December. The selection of books, manuscripts and drawings from this distinguished collection was built up by successive generations [Read More]
The 1839 catalogue of Henry Philip Hope’s collection of pearls and precious stones, including the famous Hope diamond will be offered in Bonhams Fine Jewellery sale on September 22nd 2010. The book, which belonged to the Hope family and has since passed by descent to the vendor, is estimated at £2,000-3,000. It [Read More]
On September 10, 2010 Leonard Auction will conduct the official auction of the 51st Annual Illinois Numismatic Association (ILNA) Coin and Currency Show in Tinley Park, Illinois. More than 350 lots of collector and investment grade coins and currency will be offered. The auction will be held at 7:00pm on Friday, September [Read More]
ustomers can now browse and bid while on the go using “Manion’s Mobile” – the new phone friendly version of the well known online auction website from Manion’s International Auction House, Inc. – a worldwide leader in the sale of militaria and historic collectibles. “There’s a whole new market of not necessarily [Read More]
The Akan drum is the oldest African-American object in the British Museum, brought from West Africa to the Colony of Virginia as part of the slave trade around 1735. ‘Akan’ refers to an ethnic and linguistic group from West Africa which includes the Fante, Asante and Akuapem, and its culture is most [Read More]
On Tuesday, September 14th, Sotheby’s London will hold its first-ever sale dedicated entirely to antique chimneypieces and fire grates. The sale –among the first of its kind at a leading auction house – will bring to the market some 200 rare, important and unusual pieces, ranging in date from the 1600s to [Read More]
The Dallas Museum of Art will present a significant look at African visual culture through African Masks: The Art of Disguise, a new exhibition of approximately seventy works of art exploring the highly developed and enduring art of the African mask and revealing their timeless beauty, function, and meaning. Centered on the [Read More]
Fourteen members of the Asian Art Dealers New York (AADNY) will present an exciting Fall schedule of exhibitions, focusing on a wide range of subject matter, throughout the month of September. The specialists in Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian works of art include: Art of the Past, Leiko Coyle, Arnold Lieberman, Kapoor [Read More]