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Baltimore Museum of Art Adds Six New Trustees to Board

/ July 30th, 2020

Untitled, 2016, ink on paper and collage, 11 x 14 inches

Drawing Bodies and Passions of the Soul

/ August 1st, 2020

Portrait of Oonagh Guinness (1910-1995), the Anglo-Irish socialite, society hostess and art collector, by Philip de Laszlo (Austro-Hungarian, 1869-1937).

Ahlers & Ogletree in Atlanta has two major estate auctions planned for fall: Sept. 12-13 and Oct. 24-25

Ahlers & Ogletree / August 3rd, 2020

JACOPO DI ARCANGELO, known as DEL SELLAIO, Madonna and Child with the Young St John and Two Angels, 1480-1485, tempera on panel, 89 x 59.8 cm. Collection Fondazione Francesco Federico Cerruti per l’Arte. Long-term loan Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Turin Photo © Alessandro Fiamingo. Courtesy Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Turin

US Heirs Compensated by Italian Museum for a Renaissance Painting Looted by Nazis

/ July 30th, 2020

Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Mirror Room – Phalli’s Field, 1965. © YAYOI KUSAMA, courtesy: Ota Fine Arts, Victoria Miro & David Zwirner

Yayoi Kusama Retrospective at Gropius Bau Postponed to March 2021

/ July 30th, 2020

John Calhoun, Witness History Past, paper cut image, 9” dia, 2020. Image to be translated into glass medallion, approximately actual size.

Yale Commissions Artist Barbara Earl Thomas for New Pictorial Window Series

/ July 29th, 2020

A new record was set for Charles Coffin when the O'Brien-Nelson Hollow Nantucket Curlew sold for $108,000, making it the top lot of the sale.

A Record-Setting $108,000 Charles Coffin Nantucket Curlew Tops Copley Sale of Decoys and Sporting Art

/ July 29th, 2020

390 NYC Arts & Culture Nonprofits Supported by NYC COVID-19 Response and Impact Fund

/ July 29th, 2020

Gold-inlaid Colt 1911 .45 ACP-caliber gun, factory-engraved by Colt master engraver William H. Gough (active 1912-1940). Shipped in 1931 to Scruggs, Vendervoort & Barney, St. Louis. Sold for $51,600 against an estimate of $25,000-$35,000

Milestone's Premier Antique & Modern Firearms Auction nears $1M; rare Colt guns sell above estimate

Milestone Auctions / July 30th, 2020

2018 Baltimore Art, Antique & Jewelry Show

The 40th Annual Baltimore Art, Antique & Jewelry Show Rescheduled to 2021

/ July 28th, 2020

Wangechi Mutu (Kenyan, born 1972). The Seated I, 2019. Bronze, 80 3/4 x 31 3/4 x 37 1/4 in. (205.1 x 80.6 x 94.6 cm). Work of art © Wangechi Mutu. Courtesy of the Artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Hazen Polsky Foundation Fund and Cynthia Hazen Polsky Gift, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2020

The Met Acquires Commissioned Works by Wangechi Mutu

/ July 28th, 2020

Important 75-piece archive of personal and service items belonging to Tuskegee Airman William S. Powell Jr. Uniform includes A-2 leather jacket with squadron patch and name, flight suit and other apparel with all insignia, parachute, kit bag, flight log, many documents including Tuskegee diploma with signatures of classmates and instructors. Estimate $40,000-$60,000

Dirk Soulis to host August 1st auction of the outstanding Jack Angolia World War II collection

Dirk Soulis Auctions / July 29th, 2020

Oil on canvas painting by Nicolai Fechin (Russian, 1881-1955), titled Still life with flowers and fruit (circa 1925), signed lower right, 20 inches by 24 inches ($262,500).

Still life oil on canvas by Nicolai Fechin (Russian, 1881-1955) soars to $262,500 at Andrew Jones Auctions

Andrew Jones Auctions / July 29th, 2020

The Connor Brothers | GALERIE FRANK FLUEGEL

/ July 28th, 2020

EXTRAORDINARY MONUMENTAL STARBURST WITH SATELLITE STARS QUILT

Starry Eyed...Enjoy Variations of Quilting's Most Historic Design

/ July 27th, 2020

Chinese Republic Period famille rose plaque, exceptionally well painted by Wang Qi (1884-1937), depicting two figures with a calligraphic poem and signatures ($96,250).

Chinese Republic Period porcelain plaque by Wang Qi (1884-1937) brings $96,250 at Bruneau & Co. sale

Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers / July 28th, 2020

David Wojnarowicz, Stoned Sketchbook, bound sketchbook with 31 pen and ink drawings, early 1970s. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000.

LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History at Swann August 13

/ July 27th, 2020

The new exterior of the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg.

A New Day Dawns at the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg with an Expanded Building, New Exhibitions and More

The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg / July 27th, 2020

Circa-1840 Shaker dropleaf sewing table composed of butternut, cherry, pine and possibly basswood. Probably from the Shaker community of Hancock, Massachusetts; attributed to family elder David Terry. Attracted 69 bids and sold for $98,400 against an estimate of $5,000-$10,000

Classic Shaker sewing table stitches up a big win at Morphy's $3.2M Fine & Decorative Arts Auction

Morphy Auctions / July 28th, 2020

Sharon Schwartz isn’t just a collector of Eisenberg Originals, she wrote the definitive book on the topic, titled Eisenberg Originals, The Golden Years of Fashion, Jewelry and Fragrance, 1920s-1950s.

Important collection of Eisenberg Originals -- mostly vintage costume jewelry -- will be auctioned Sept. 12

Ripley Auctions / July 27th, 2020

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Baltimore Museum of Art Adds Six New Trustees to Board

Drawing Bodies and Passions of the Soul

Ahlers & Ogletree in Atlanta has two major estate auctions planned for fall: Sept. 12-13 and Oct. 24-25

US Heirs Compensated by Italian Museum for a Renaissance Painting Looted by Nazis

Yayoi Kusama Retrospective at Gropius Bau Postponed to March 2021

Yale Commissions Artist Barbara Earl Thomas for New Pictorial Window Series

A Record-Setting $108,000 Charles Coffin Nantucket Curlew Tops Copley Sale of Decoys and Sporting Art

390 NYC Arts & Culture Nonprofits Supported by NYC COVID-19 Response and Impact Fund

Milestone's Premier Antique & Modern Firearms Auction nears $1M; rare Colt guns sell above estimate

The 40th Annual Baltimore Art, Antique & Jewelry Show Rescheduled to 2021

The Met Acquires Commissioned Works by Wangechi Mutu

Dirk Soulis to host August 1st auction of the outstanding Jack Angolia World War II collection

Still life oil on canvas by Nicolai Fechin (Russian, 1881-1955) soars to $262,500 at Andrew Jones Auctions

The Connor Brothers | GALERIE FRANK FLUEGEL

Starry Eyed...Enjoy Variations of Quilting's Most Historic Design

Chinese Republic Period porcelain plaque by Wang Qi (1884-1937) brings $96,250 at Bruneau & Co. sale

LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History at Swann August 13

A New Day Dawns at the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg with an Expanded Building, New Exhibitions and More

Classic Shaker sewing table stitches up a big win at Morphy's $3.2M Fine & Decorative Arts Auction

Important collection of Eisenberg Originals -- mostly vintage costume jewelry -- will be auctioned Sept. 12

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Historic Lamps & Lighting Auction

Canadiana & Decorative Arts Auction

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