By: Steve Szkotak, Associated Press
RICHMOND (AP).- Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee characterized Virginia’s Civil War secession as a revolution and President Abraham Lincoln uncharacteristically scolded a couple for their lack of loyalty to the Union …
Photos of Beatles’ First United States Concert to Be Auctioned at Christie’s in New York
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- It was 1964. Beatlemania ruled. Two days after their momentous debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” the Fab Four boarded a train from New York for Washington, D.C., for their first U.S. concert. An enterprising 18-year-old Mike Mitchel…
Photos of Beatles’ First United States Concert to Be Auctioned at Christie’s in New York
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- It was 1964. Beatlemania ruled. Two days after their momentous debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” the Fab Four boarded a train from New York for Washington, D.C., for their first U.S. concert. An enterprising 18-year-old Mike Mitchel…
Robust Sales, Attendance at Japanese Art Exhibitions During Asia Week New York 2011
NEW YORK, NY.- In a week that saw record prices in nearly every field of Asian art, sales of Japanese art were robust and attendance at the numerous gallery exhibitions held by local and out-of-state and foreign dealers was up significantly over Asia W…
19th Century European Art & Collection of Sculpture at Sotheby’s NY
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s New York auction of 19th Century European Art on 5 May 2011 – timed to coincide with the May sales of Impressionist & Modern Art–is distinguished by important and rare works, as well as a number of major discoverie…
19th Century European Art Including an Important Collection of Sculpture at Sotheby’s New York
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s New York auction of 19th Century European Art on 5 May 2011–timed to coincide with the May sales of Impressionist & Modern Art–is distinguished by important and rare works, as well as a number of major discoverie…
20th Century Decorative Art & Design Works Dazzle Christie’s New York Auction
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announces the sale of 20th Century Decorative Art & Design to take place on Friday, March 11. With 122 lots, the 20th Century Decorative Art & Design sale is expected to generate upwards of $1 million, with styles that i…
Sotheby’s Announced It will to Offer Important Works on Behalf of the Beaverbrook Foundation
LONDON.- Sotheby’s will offer important old master paintings, modern British art and other works from the collection of 20th-century press baron and business tycoon Lord Beaverbrook in a series of auctions in both London and New York through Janua…
Henri Matisse Nude Bronze Sells for $48.8 Million at Christie’s New York Auction
NEW YORK (AP).- A 6-foot Henri Matisse bronze of a nude woman seen from behind has been sold for over $48 million in New York City, a record auction price for the artist’s work. Christie’s says “Back IV” was purchased Wednesday by Gagosian Gallery Inc…
FBI Seizes a Forgery of Andrew Wyeth’s Painting "Snow Birds" from an Auction House
NEW YORK, NY.- David C Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today the seizure of a fraudulent Andrew Wyeth painting from a New York auction house, and the seizure of Mesopotamian antiquities from a California antiquiti…