NEW YORK, NY.- As New York’s Winter Antiques Show came to the end of its ten-day run, 21 to 30 January 2011, Canadian dealer Donald Ellis Gallery reported record sales. Not only did Ellis establish a new record for any Native American item twice,…
Donald Ellis Achieves Record Sales for Native American Art at New York’s Winter Antiques Show
NEW YORK, NY.- As New York’s Winter Antiques Show came to the end of its ten-day run, 21 to 30 January 2011, Canadian dealer Donald Ellis Gallery reported record sales. Not only did Ellis establish a new record for any Native American item twice,…
Rare Andy Warhol Self Portrait to Go Under Hammer a Christie’s in New York
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- A rare Andy Warhol self portrait in stark white and red, which had been in private hands for over 30 years, will go on sale at Christie’s in London next month, anchoring the auctioneer’s post-war and contemporary art offering. The …
Comfortably Above Low Estimate, Sotheby’s Americana Week Brings $14.4 Million
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s Americana Week concluded with a 3-day auction total of $14.4 million, comfortably above the cumulative low estimate of $11.5 million. The sales brought significant prices for American furniture, silver and folk art, led by…
Comfortably Above Low Estimate, Sotheby’s Americana Week Brings $14.4 Million
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s Americana Week concluded with a 3-day auction total of $14.4 million, comfortably above the cumulative low estimate of $11.5 million. The sales brought significant prices for American furniture, silver and folk art, led by…
New York City Museum and Visitor Center to Display Brooklyn Navy Yard’s 200-Year History
NEW YORK (AP).- For more than a century, tens of thousands worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, building some of the nation’s most storied warships — sailing frigates, Civil War ironclads, gunboats, sloops and 20th-century warships and submarines. T…
18th Century Mahogany Bureau Table Achieves a Stunning $5.7 Million at Christie’s
NEW YORK, NY.- An 18th century mahogany bureau table carved by Newport’s most celebrated cabinetmaker sold for a stunning $5.7 million at Christie’s New York on Wednesday morning, placing it among the highest auction prices ever realized for …
Rediscovered Self-Portrait by Andy Warhol to be Offered at Christie’s in February
LONDON.- Christie’s announce the rediscovery of a highly important, monumental-scale self-portrait by Andy Warhol (1928-1987). Executed in 1967 and an addition to an historically important series of 10 self- portraits, the picture has been in a pr…
Rediscovered Self-Portrait by Andy Warhol to be Offered at Christie’s in February
LONDON.- Christie’s announce the rediscovery of a highly important, monumental-scale self-portrait by Andy Warhol (1928-1987). Executed in 1967 and an addition to an historically important series of 10 self- portraits, the picture has been in a pr…
Rediscovered Self-Portrait by Andy Warhol to be Offered at Christie’s in February
LONDON.- Christie’s announce the rediscovery of a highly important, monumental-scale self-portrait by Andy Warhol (1928-1987). Executed in 1967 and an addition to an historically important series of 10 self- portraits, the picture has been in a pr…