Here Be Old Things

New York City Auctions: March 23–29, 2009

Lot 10: Hand-colored folding plate from "An Affecting Narrative of the Captivity & Sufferings of Mrs. Mary Smith" at Swann Galleries

New York City Auctions: March 16–22, 2009

Lot 122 Green River Sofa Table with Priscacara liops at I.M. Chait Natural History Auction

New York City Auctions: March 9–15, 2009

Lot 122 Untitled (Profile of a Woman) by Andy Warhol at Phillips 

New York City Auctions: February 23–March 1, 2009

Alexander Alexeieff: "The Flying Scotsman" travel poster at Bloomsbury

New York City Auctions: February 16–22, 2009

Lot 91 at Swann Auction Galleries: Marilyn Monroe by Lawrence Schiller

New York City Auctions: February 9–15, 2009

Lot No: 210, Philip Eustace Stretton: Thaddeus, at Bonhams

New York City Auctions: February 2–8, 2009

Sotheby's | 1334 York Avenue

• Important Jewels

Swann Galleries | 104 East 25th Street

• Vintage Posters

New York City Auctions: Jan 26–Feb 1, 2009

Lot 4 at Bloomsbury: John James Audubon, Northern Hare… Winter. 

New York City Auctions: January 19–25, 2009

 Lot No 1030Y at Bonhams: a pair of portrait miniatures on ivory

New York City Auctions: January 12–18, 2009

Lot 60 at Christie's Open House sale, Morris Louis, "Bird"

New York City Auctions: January 5–11, 2009

Lot 123 at Cherrystone: United States 1869 Pictorial Issue 

New York City Auctions: December 15–21, 2008

Contemplating the reductions in auction spending, no doubt (okay, cheap joke). At Christie's, lot 286 in sale 2062, A Portrait of a Seated Woman by Rene Gruau.

New York City Auctions: December 8–14, 2008

At Bloomsbury. Lot 291: SCUDDER, Samuel Hubbard, The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada with special reference to New England.

New York City Auctions: August 11-17, 2008

Wednesday August 13

• Doyle 10 am: Doyle at Home

Thursday August 14

• Doyle 10 am: Contents of Abandoned Safe Deposit Boxes
• Tepper 10 am: Fine and Decorative Estates Auction

New York City Auctions: August 4-10, 2008

Lot 318 Leonetto Cappiello, Mossant, at Swann Galleries

You'll find a reproduction of the above poster on the living room wall of every wannabe hipster in New York City. One-up your friends with the real deal.

Wednesday August 6

• Swann 10:30 am and 2 pm: Vintage Posters
  

Thursday August 7

• Tepper 10 am: Fine and Decorative Estates Auction

New York City Auctions July 28-August 3, 2008

lot 43 at Christie's, Jacob Lawrence "Play"

Thursday July 31

Christie's 10 am and 2 pm: Prints and Multiples

New York City Auctions July 21-27, 2008

Pastel of dog at Richmond Galleries on Staten Island

Tuesday July 22

• Richmond Galleries 10 am: Estate Auction

Saturday July 26

• Tepper 10 am: Fine and Decorative Estates Auction

Sunday July 27

• Clarke (C&C) Auctions 4 pm: Auction Featuring Firehouse Collection

New York City Auctions: June 30–July 6, 2008

Surreal landscape by Jorge Sanchez at Clarke (C&C)

It's July. There are only four auctions in town this week: one at Clarke, three at Christie's. Where iiiiisssss everybody?
 

New York City Auctions: June 23–29, 2008

lot 73: Arthur Rackham, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, at Bloomsbury

New York City Auctions: June 16–22, 2008

lot 64 CUVIER, Georges L.C., Baron: Recherches sur les Ossemens Fossiles de Quadrupeds (Paris: Deterville, 1812) at Christie's Important Scientific Books

New York City Auctions: June 9–15, 2008

Lot 340 Paysage, Henri Joseph Harpignies, at Swann

New York City Auctions: June 2–8, 2008

lot 35 a resting sheep, Dutch School 18th Century; Christie's Interiors

New York City Auctions: May 26–June 1

Wednesday May 28

• Christie's 6:30: Latin American Sale Evening Session

Thursday May 29

• Christie's 10:00: Latin American Sale Day Session
• Sotheby's 7:00: Latin American Art

Friday May 30

• Sotheby's 10:00: Latin American Art

Saturday May 31

• Tepper Galleries 10:00: Fine and Decorative Arts Estates Auction

New York City Auctions: May 19–25, 2008

Lot 2196 Untitled (Gold Shoe), Andy Warhol, at Doyle Modern and Contemporary Art

New York City Auctions: May 12–18, 2008

Lot 528 Unusual replacement head from Papua New Guinea; Bonhams Fine African and Oceanic Art

New York City Auctions: May 5–11, 2008

Rochers près de Saint-Malo, Maximilien Luce; Christie's

New York City Auctions: April 28–May 4, 2008

Lot 64 Marc Chagall, Enlevement de Chloë, from Daphnis and Chloë; Christie's Prints and Multiples

New York City Auctions: April 21–27, 2008

Lot 46 Circle of Antoine Pesne: a portrait of a young boy with his dog; Doyle, European Paintings

New York City auctions: April 14–20, 2008

Lot 40 Loge de Théâtre à Pékin, 1918, by Alexandr Evgen'evich Iakovlev at Christie's Russia sale

New York City auctions: April 7–13, 2008

Lot 16 at Phillip's: Hubert's Museum Work 1958-1963 by Diane Arbus

 

New York City auctions: March 31–April 6, 2008

Lot 3 Aristotle, composite manuscript on vellum, containing:  PORPHYRY at Bloomsbury

New York City Auctions March 24–30

Lot 2 Karim Rashid, Prototype "Infinity" Carpet at Sotheby's 20th Century Design Auction

New York City Auctions March 17–23

Lot 5001 Hiroshi Yoshida "Numazaki Pasture" at Bonhams

Next week is Asian Art Week, with thirteen auctions around the city focusing on Chinese, Japanese, and Indian art. Don't forget IM Chait's Natural History Auction on the 21st.

New York City Auctions: March 10–16, 2008

Hank Ketcham autograph at Swann Galleries.

Estate auctions at Clarke and Tepper, Stamps and autographs at Cherrystone and Swann, and vino, vino, vino at Christie's and Sotheby's.

New York City auctions: March 3–9, 2008

Lot 0141 Cai Guo Qiang "Alligator" at Christie's Interiors sale 

Tuesday March 4

• Christie's 10 am and 2 pm: Interiors

Wednesday March 5

• Christie's 10 am and 2 pm: Interiors
• Bloomsbury 10 am and 2 pm: Bibliophile Sale: Americana and Literature

Thursday March 6

• Sotheby's 2 pm: American Paintings
• Swann 10:30 am and 2:30 pm: 100 Fine Works on Paper; and 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings

Friday March 7

• Christie's 10 am: Fine American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture

New York City Auctions February 25–March 2, 2008

Greene photo of Marilyn Monroe at Tepper Galleries

Monday February 25

• Sotheby's 6 pm: An Exceptional Private Cellar

Wednesday February 27

• Doyle 10 am: Doyle at Home: Fine Furniture, Decorations and Paintings
• R.A. Siegel 6 pm: The Tahoe Collection of Superb Used United States Stamps

Thursday February 28

• R.A. Siegel 1:30 pm: The Barry K. Schwartz Collection of the 1893 Columbian Issue
  

Saturday March 1

• Tepper Galleries 10 am: Fine & Decorative Arts Estates Auction

New York City Auctions February 18–24

Lot 2136 Walter Williams, "Harvest," at Swann's African American Fine Art sale

Tuesday February 19

• Swann 1:30 pm: African American Fine Art

Wednesday February 20

• Cherrystone 11 am: The Salomon Rosenthal Collection of Mexican Maritime Mail
• Christie's 10 am and 2 pm: Photographs

Thursday February 21

• Swann 1:30 pm: Printed & Manuscript African Americana

Saturday February 23

• Morrell Wine Auctions 10:30 am and 2 pm

New York City auctions: February 11–17, 2008

Lot No: 252 Portrait of the Brussels Griffon 'Dearly' by Eugene van Gelder (Belgian, born  1856) at Bonhams Dog Sale.

Monday February 11

• C&C Auction Gallery 6 pm (Larchmont): Estate Auction

Tuesday February 12

• Bonhams 10 am: The Dog Sale
• Doyle 1 pm: Dogs in Art including Sporting Paintings

Wednesday February 13

• Doyle 10 am: Belle Epoque: 19th and 20th Century Decorative Arts
• Sotheby's 10 am: Impressionist and Modern Art including Russian and Latin American Art

Thursday February 14

• Christie's 10 am: Impressionist And Modern Art
• Sotheby's 7 pm: (Red)

Saturday February 16

• Tepper 10 am: Estates Auction

New York City auctions: February 4–10, 2008

lot 0396 Japanese Wood Brazier with Applied Bronze and Mother-of-Pearl Decoration at Christie's Interiors

Tuesday February 5

• Christie's 10 am and 2 pm: Interiors
• Richmond Galleries 10 am (Staten Island)

Wednesday February 6

• Christie's 10 am and 2 pm: Interiors
• Sotheby's 10 am and 2 pm: Important Jewels

Thursday February 7

• Christie's 10 am and 2 pm: Prints & Multiples
• Swann 2:30 pm: Fine Photographs 
• Tepper Galleries 10 am: Valentine Estate Jewelry and Related Items

Friday February 8

• Christie's 10 am and 2 pm: Prints & Multiples

New York City auctions: Jan 28–Feb 3, 2008

Lot 54: a 19th century double octagonal sailor's valentine at Christie's

Wednesday January 30

• Christie's 10 am and 2 pm: Maritime Art Including Fine Paintings, Nautical Antiques, Scrimshaw And Ship Models

Thursday January 31

• Phillips 10 am and 2 pm: Photographs
• Swann 1:30 pm: Vintage Posters

Saturday February 2

• Tepper 10 am: Fine and Decorative Arts Estates Auction