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Oct 12, 2024 | 
liveauctioneers.com | Jim Bunte
NEW YORK — Though not a household name like Annie Liebovitz or other 20th-century icons of art photography, Charles Harbutt (1935-2015) was a dominant force in helping shape photography into a respected form of artistic expression by serving as president of Magnum Photos.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
liveauctioneers.com | Jim Bunte
LAS VEGAS — Missouri Jewelite was a dominant player in the commercial neon and porcelain sign business from the early-1920s dawn of neon forward. It created millions of signs from its small, two-story location on 3562 Market Street at the southeast corner of what was then Market and Grand Boulevard. (Today, it is dwarfed by an elevated segment of Interstate 40 but survives as a warehouse, resplendent in its Art Deco exterior, however dirty and neglected).
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
liveauctioneers.com | Jim Bunte
LAFAYETTE, IN — Two lots representing the pinnacle of post-World War II American passenger rail travel and its artistic luxury come to market Thursday, October 17 and Friday, October 18 at Rail & Road Auctions. The sale’s highest-estimated lot is a single-sided porcelain sign depicting an Old West rider on a galloping horse.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
liveauctioneers.com | Jim Bunte
WETZLAR, Germany — The first-ever die-cast camera, dating to 1933-1934 and created by the father of modern 35mm photography, Oskar Barnack, for Leica will appear as a landmark lot in the sixth sale held by Wetzlar Camera Auctions in the hometown of Leica. The 248-lot catalog is now available for review and early bidding at LiveAuctioneers. Barnack (1879-1936) envisioned a new concept for Leica camera design just three years before his untimely death. The idea centered on a die-cast shutter crate.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
liveauctioneers.com | Jim Bunte
NEW YORK — Two of the 20th century’s most iconic examples of Art Deco advertising art are set to be top performers at the Vintage Travel Posters sale scheduled for Thursday, October 10 at Swann. Browse the 198-lot catalog now at LiveAuctioneers.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
liveauctioneers.com | Jim Bunte
LOS ANGELES — Billings has announced its inaugural Studio Craft sale, a 116-lot event filled with what it describes as “hand crafted unique items from an eclectic mix of creators”, to take place Saturday, October 12. Chief among the creators represented are Evelyn Ackerman and Robert Maxwell, two leading lights in 20th-century ceramics. The complete catalog is now open for early bidding at LiveAuctioneers.
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Oct 5, 2024 | 
liveauctioneers.com | Jim Bunte
RICHMOND, VA — To celebrate the firm’s 200th sale, Old World Auctions has announced Cartographic Treasures, a five-lot offering taking place Thursday, October 10 that features a complete first edition of Theodore De Bry’s Grands Voyages — widely considered the most complete illustrated work on the history of America in the 16th century. The catalog is now open for early bidding at LiveAuctioneers.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
liveauctioneers.com | Jim Bunte
GENESEO, NY — The two-day sale at Cottone Auctions September 20 and September 21 provided astounding results for selected lots from the Dr. Martin May collection of leaded-glass lamps, well in excess of the house’s estimates. In addition, Day Two saw bidding skyrocket for works by Rembrandt Peale and Jane Peterson in bold illustration of continuing demand for fine American art from all eras.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
liveauctioneers.com | Jim Bunte
COLUMBUS, OH — A letter written by prominent American inventor Samuel Gardiner — who was present at Ford’s Theater when President Abraham Lincoln was shot by actor John Wilkes Booth — provides first-hand perspective and alternative accounts to the generally accepted narrative on the historic event. The letter will be one of two highly anticipated lots at Fleischer’s Auctions on Friday, October 11 and Saturday, October 12.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
liveauctioneers.com | Jim Bunte
NEW YORK — Jasper52 has announced Luxury Fashion, Louis Vuitton, Chanel & More, a 251-lot sale featuring luxury handbags from the biggest names in the business scheduled for 7 pm Eastern time on Tuesday, October 9. The catalog is now open for early bidding at LiveAuctioneers. The first highlight is a Louis Vuitton Neonoe MM monogram coquelicot red bucket tote bag. Showing slight signs of wear, the bag is made of damier ebene canvas with leather trim. The handbag is estimated at $2,000-$2,500.
