Norman Rockwell charcoal study crests at $242KOAKLAND – On Sept. 15-16 Clars Auction Gallery conducted a major Fine Art, Decorative Art, Furniture, Jewelry and Asian Art Auction, which Redge Martin, company president, described as their strongest sale of the year. The highlight was an original charcoal on paper by Norman Rockwell that sold for $242,000. Absentee and Internet live bidding was […]
Niang charcoal artworks lead Bassenge’s June 2 Modern saleBERLIN – Bassenge’s June 2 Modern Art Spring Auction 99, with Internet live bidding available through LiveAuctioneers.com, includes two paintings and three charcoal drawings by Berlin artist and charitable benefactor Isabella Gabriel Niang. The charcoal drawings are from a suite created over several years. Bassenge describes the artworks as representing “existential, emotional states in powerful […]
John Duncan Fergusson anniversary marked with 17 works at Lyon & Turnbull June 6EDINBURGH, UK — The 150th anniversary of the birth of the Colorist painter John Duncan Fergusson (1874-1961) is being marked at Lyon & Turnbull on Thursday, June 6. The firm’s twice-yearly offering of Scottish art includes 17 works by the artist who was born in Leith, near Edinburgh, Scotland in 1874. Fergusson has the most […]
‘Psycho’ one-sheet featuring Hitchcock leads our five auction highlights‘Psycho’ One-sheet Featuring Hitchcock, $15,830 VALENCIA, Calif. – Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) was a larger-than-life figure in Hollywood, taking delight in making cameo appearances in the films he produced and directed. In 1960, his biggest projected film to date was Psycho, starring Anthony Perkins as the soon-to-be-notorious innkeeper Norman Bates. Hitchcock’s longtime studio, Universal Pictures, loved […]