CHICAGO – Hindman Auctions will present three days of Asian Art sales this March with over 1,000 lots, beginning with Chinese and Southeast Asian Works of Art on March 25, followed by Japanese and Korean Works of Art on March 26, and concluding with Asian Works of Art Online on March 27. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Rico Baca says his former job as a hairstylist in Palm Beach helped prepare him to run auctions. Already an art and design aficionado, Baca’s job afforded him access to many area homes and gave him an understanding of what made his future client base tick by seeing what they collected. As auctioneer and co-owner of Palm Beach Modern Auctions (PBMA) in West Palm Beach, along with his husband, Wade Terwilliger, he now conducts a handful of highly select auctions per year, specializing in 20th-century furniture, fine and decorative arts. Notable genres with which PBMA has scored impressive results include Karl Lagerfeld fashion sketches, quirky Picasso ceramics, Le Pho paintings, Studio 54 memorabilia and Wendell Castle furniture. Auction Central News chatted with Rico Baca to learn more.
NEW YORK – Images by the world’s foremost photographers are presented in a Jasper52 online auction of vintage photogravures and photolithographs that will sell Tuesday, March 16, at 7 p.m. EDT. Photographers whose work is offered in the 144-lot sale include Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Philippe Halsman, Cindy Sherman and Edward Weston. Bid absentee or live online exclusively through LiveAuctioneers.
MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. – A collection of television history will cross the auction block on Wednesday, March 24, when Benefit Shop Foundation Inc. offers items donated by the family of the late Regis Philbin. The longtime TV host was once dubbed the hardest working man in show business. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
CHICAGO – Hindman Auctions will present Spring Fashion: A Century of Couture on Thursday, March 18. The auction will feature hallmarks of some of the most important moments in fashion, from the dawn of the 20th century to the cutting edge of contemporary avant-garde. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
PHILADELPHIA – Kamelot Auctions is kicking off the spring 2021 auction season with a groundbreaking sale of decorative arts, artwork and furniture on March 23-25. Close to 1,000 lots will be offered in these sales including furniture from a variety of styles and periods, decorative arts, silver, porcelain, textiles, lighting and fine art, among many other categories. Many of the lots in the Collector’s Sale on March 23 hail from the estate of the legendary Philadelphia antique dealer Izzy Taylor. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
MONROVIA, Calif. – As demonstrated in their sale Feb. 9 sale, John Moran’s Made in Mexico is becoming a fan favorite. Collectors were eager to bid on many items that had never before been brought to auction from the private collection of Cindy Tietze-Hodosh and Stuart Hodosh. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
MOUNT CRAWFORD, Va. – The Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates Feb. 25-27 Winter Americana Auction was a much-anticipated event and produced strong prices – along with quite a few surprises – in multiple categories. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
BERKELEY, Calif. – PBA Galleries’ auction of Fine Literature with Beats, Bukowski and Counterculture on March 18 pays homage to Lawrence Ferlinghetti with several lots featuring his work alongside another 400 lots of fine literature and ephemera, including a large section of scarce works from the counterculture and the Beat Generation. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK – Jasper52 will present a slice of Americana, folk art and outsider art in an online auction that will take place on Thursday, March 11, at 6 p.m. The auction catalog spans three centuries of antiques that were either made in America or were brought here decades ago. Bid absentee or live online exclusively through LiveAuctioneers.