NEW YORK, NY.- Bonhams announce this landmark auction, which includes more than 150 lots from Eric Clapton’s personal collection. The sale will feature over 70 guitars and 70 amps which have helped create Clapton’s legendary sound. This is the first ti…
Bonhams to Sell Eric Clapton’s Guitars and Amps in Aid of the Crossroads Centre
NEW YORK, NY.- Bonhams announce this landmark auction, which includes more than 150 lots from Eric Clapton’s personal collection. The sale will feature over 70 guitars and 70 amps which have helped create Clapton’s legendary sound. This is the first ti…
Andrew Wyeth Portrait Nets $2.4 Million at Auction for Maine’s Farnsworth Art Museum
PORTLAND; ME (AP).- A Jamie Wyeth portrait of his late father has sold for $2.4 million at an auction to benefit a museum that is devoted to the Maine-related artworks of three generations of Wyeths. The 1969 oil painting, “Portrait of Andrew Wyeth,” …
Hitler Becomes Major Berlin Tourist Attraction, more than 10,000 Visitors Walk in Since Opening Friday
BERLIN (REUTERS).- “Hitler and the Germans,” an exhibition in Berlin’s German Historical Museum which investigates the society that created Hitler, has seen more than 10,000 visitors walk through its doors since opening Friday. Rudolf Trabold, a spokes…
Hitler Becomes Major Berlin Tourist Attraction, more than 10,000 Visitors Walk in Since Opening Friday
BERLIN (REUTERS).- “Hitler and the Germans,” an exhibition in Berlin’s German Historical Museum which investigates the society that created Hitler, has seen more than 10,000 visitors walk through its doors since opening Friday. Rudolf Trabold, a spokes…
New York City’s Hotel Chelsea, Built in 1883 and a Bohemian Landmark, is Up for Sale
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- The New York hotel that inspired creative talent from Sir Arthur Clarke to Sid Vicious is up for sale. The Chelsea Hotel, controlled primarily by three families that have owned it for 65 years, will remain a haven for struggling ar…
‘Charlotte’s Web’ Cover Art Fetches $155K at Heritage Auctions in New York City
NEW YORK (AP).- The original 1952 cover art for “Charlotte’s Web” has sold at auction in New York City for more than $155,000. Heritage Auctions says the artwork drawn by Garth Williams fetched more than five times its estimated sale price on Friday an…
‘Charlotte’s Web’ Cover Art Fetches $155K at Heritage Auctions in New York City
NEW YORK (AP).- The original 1952 cover art for “Charlotte’s Web” has sold at auction in New York City for more than $155,000. Heritage Auctions says the artwork drawn by Garth Williams fetched more than five times its estimated sale price on Friday an…
Turning a New Leaf, Jerry Hall to Shed Her Art Collection Next Week at Sotheby’s
LONDON (AP).- Model Jerry Hall will auction some of her art collection next week, including a famous portrait by Lucian Freud that shows her nude when she was eight months pregnant. The auction will also include works by Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Davi…
Turning a New Leaf, Jerry Hall to Shed Her Art Collection Next Week at Sotheby’s
LONDON (AP).- Model Jerry Hall will auction some of her art collection next week, including a famous portrait by Lucian Freud that shows her nude when she was eight months pregnant. The auction will also include works by Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Davi…