In a New York auction Wednesday that brought record prices for paintings by Edward Hopper and Norman Rockwell, the Seattle Art Museum sold six of eight paintings it had offered.
SAM deaccessioned the eight paintings to raise money for other acquisitions.
The highest-valued painting of SAM’s group, John Marin’s “New York Abstraction,” sold for $688,000, including the […]
The wedding ring that iconic U.S. singer Elvis Presley wore during his marriage to Priscilla Presley will headline an auction by Profiles in History.
The diamond wedding ring is among 900 pieces of TV and movie memorabilia to be auctioned off Dec. 14 and 15 by the Internet auction company. The ring alone is expected […]
An exceptionally well-preserved 65 million year-old fossilized dinosaur nest with some broken eggs exposing tiny skeletons is up for auction in Los Angeles on Sunday.
The nest of raptors, fierce predatory dinosaurs, is expected to fetch between $180,000-$200,000.
“It is probably one of the finest dinosaur egg nests in the world. For the tiny skeletons still to […]
A state Superior Court judge has ordered that an unfinished mansion of slain real estate developer Andrew Kissel be sold at auction to pay back a portion of the money he allegedly stole from financial institutions.
Judge Michael Shay yesterday ordered a home Kissel was building in Stamford to be sold by sealed bid to help […]
A 19th-century painting depicting the immediate aftermath of a sleigh accident and small works by the Group of Seven were among the highlights of Joyner Waddington’s Fall Auction of Important Canadian Art on Tuesday.
Run Off The Road In A Blizzard by 19th-century painter Cornelius Krieghoff sold for $307,000, more than double its presale auction estimate.
Two […]
The Van Dusen mansion, located at the corner of 19th and LaSalle in Minneapolis, may be one of the city’s most beautifully restored historic homes.
The home was built in 1892 for George W. and Nancy B. Van Dusen. The main house is 12,000 square-feet, but there’s also a 3,600 square-foot carriage house. It’s made […]
Development plans are underway for the old Tiger Stadium, which has sat empty since its doors closed in 1999.
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC), a public/private partnership organization designed to increase investment in the city, have decided to auction as many items as possible to help foot the cost of demolition.
According […]