When antique toy collectors gather and talk about the truly great comic character collections of the past, the names of a certain few trailblazers in the hobby invariably come up. However, it has been many years since a virtually unknown collection of fine, early comic character toys has appeared at auction, which [Read More]
EPPING, U.K. – In the world of fine jewels, provenance is second only to inherent quality. If a jewel has previously been owned by a celebrity – Elizabeth Taylor, for example – that connection becomes a permanent part of its history and allure. But an even greater level of cachet is added [Read More]
Two major collections of American Brilliant Cut Glass – from Tom Grabb of Indiana and Bill Chandler of Tennessee, whose collections include many rare patterns such as Pueblo, Waldorf, Bellevue, Crystal City, Atom, Rex and others – will co-headline a cut glass auction planned for Saturday, November 18th, by Woody Auction, at [Read More]
Adrian Sassoon, the United Kingdom’s premier gallery for international, contemporary works of art—with a focus on innovative, luxurious objects—will exhibit for the fifth consecutive year at The Salon of Art + Design at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City this fall. The gallery will showcase new and recent pieces—some of [Read More]
An Explosion of Silk Cocoons: This is the sought after artwork nowadays. A Flash of Silk Cocoons is an Artwork Luxury The Story behind the Silk Cocoon Artworks: Artist Ida Ivanka Kubler, a Chelsea College of Art postgraduate, found a bag with 400 silk butterfly cocoons in her grand-grand parent’s house. The [Read More]
NEW YORK – THROCKMORTON FINE ART (www.throckmorton-nyc.com) is presenting a curated selection of pre-Columbian artifacts at the 64th Annual Winter Antiques Show. This is the gallery’s 32nd year participating in the renowned New York show at the Park Avenue (67th Street) Armory — this year being staged from January 19 – January [Read More]
Original Einstein, Mozart and Jefferson artifacts and documents to be displayed by Seth Kaller, Inc., a leading collection-builder and dealer in rare historic documents. Admission price is $80. NEW YORK CITY – Hand-signed letters and manuscripts, and even the building blocks of legendary theoretical physicist Albert Einstein’s mind will be at the [Read More]
The boards of trustees of the University of the Arts and the Philadelphia Art Alliance have announced that the two century-old institutions will merge. The agreement was finalized with a unanimous vote on August 28. The Art Alliance will be incorporated into the University of the Arts, which will be renamed the [Read More]
An important exhibition of sporting and wildlife paintings, drawings and sculpture, on loan from the Genesee Museum in Mumford, New York, will be on view at the historic Pebble Hill Plantation, the historical plantation and Museum located in Thomasville, GA, November 3 – April 29. “Wild in the Country” will present the [Read More]
The Winter Antiques Show is the leading art, antiques and design fair in America, featuring 70 of the world’s top experts in the fine and decorative arts. Now in its 64th year, the Show highlights an eclectic mix of works dating from ancient times through the present day, and each object is [Read More]
Premier Pennsylvania auction house Pook & Pook and veteran toy auctioneer Noel Barrett will jointly host a treasure-filled auction of American and European antique tin toys, trains, dollhouses and vintage objects of interest on Friday, Sept. 15. The 500-lot sale will take place at the historic Pook & Pook gallery in Downingtown, [Read More]
BOULDER, CO – While entire libraries are devoted to cultures of the past, no book, no matter how scholarly, can explain the story of an ancient society quite as well as the objects and art its people left behind. “The tools, weapons, clothing, jewelry, implements and everyday wares of any given culture [Read More]
BOULDER, CO – Some of the world’s greatest private and institutional collections of antiquities and cultural art are represented in a 357-lot auction set for August 3 at Artemis Gallery in Boulder, Colorado. Acclaimed experts in their field, owners Bob and Teresa Dodge have left no stone unturned in bringing together a [Read More]
It is only through the art and surviving relics of ancient cultures that history can be relived in the present. “We connect to civilizations of the past when we hold and admire pieces they created and revered so long ago,” said Teresa Dodge, executive director of Artemis Gallery. Teresa and her husband/business [Read More]