Danner Memorial WindowSotheby's Tiffany glass is among the most precious jewels of the decorative arts world, whether it’s in the form of an iridescent vase, a leaded lampshade, or, rarest of all at auctions, a monumental window. For the first time, Sotheby’s auction house is offering a Tiffany window in a fine art evening sale. The Danner...
Jim Marshall (American photographer, 1936-2010), Bob Dylan Kicking Tire, Seventh Avenue, New York City 1963. Gelatin silver print--printed 2001. Sold at Heritage Auctions on September 11, 2024, for $1,625.Heritage Auctions Jim Marshall's photograph of Bob Dylan kicking a tire down a New York City sidewalk in 1963 is an iconic image that captures the youthful energy and...
In 1787, delegates from the newly formed United States met with the intention to revise the Articles of Confederation, adopted in 1777. They ultimately created an entirely new document: the Constitution. One hundred copies were printed and sent to the 13 states for ratification. Today, eight of these copies are known to survive, and until recently, none...
The evolution of child’s play is never more striking than what we find today with skateboarding. From its crude but liberating handmade toy origins in the 1950s to today’s dynamic culture that mixes sport and art, everything about skateboarding screams excitement and collectability. Whether vintage old-school boards or modern decks featuring paintings and drawings by artists like...
When three sisters from Ohio took an inherited coin to an expert, they learned it could sell for half a million dollars. At an auction by GreatCollections on Oct. 27, the coin more than delivered on its promise with a sale price of $506,250. Proof set: No "S" mintmark.The U.S. Mint At first glance, the coin, dated...
British artist, dealer, and gallerist Steve Lazarides recently marked a career change with a sale. After over 20 years of working with graffiti artist Banksy, including time as his manager and agent, Lazarides intends to return to his previous career as a photographer. On Oct. 31, Julien’s Auctions offered 173 prints, stencils, and other ephemera collected by...
It’s always exciting when a collector finds a previously unknown work. Just in time for Halloween, a long-lost story by no other than Dracula author Bram Stoker has been rediscovered. Whitby Abbey in Whitby, England, inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.Ian Forsyth/Getty Images Last year, amateur historian and longtime Stoker fan Brian Cleary visited the National Library of Ireland in...
Robot Ai-Da's mixed media abstract painting of mathematician and computer scientist, Alan Turing.Sotheby's With AI image generators growing more advanced and accessible, the use of artificial intelligence in art is a hot topic. But what happens when “AI art” means a physical portrait painted by a robot instead of a digitally generated image? Sotheby’s auction house intends...
This 1909 International Art Publishing Company Halloween postcard was sold on eBay in August 2024 for $39.50.eBay Vintage Halloween postcards capture the charm and folklore of early 20th-century Halloween celebrations. Emerging in the United States and Europe in the late 1800s to early 1900s, they offered whimsical and often eerie illustrations that celebrated the holiday's themes, including...
Precision and danger came neatly packed in a nostalgic box of lawn game thrills.Esquis Auctions Banned but not forgotten, a circa 1980s mint-in-box set of Regent Jarts recently sold for $523 at Esquis Auctions in Chicago. Popular for decades, lawn darts were notoriously dangerous, so much so that the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the...
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