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Finnish modernist floor lamps shine at Woodbury Auction
WOODBURY, Conn. – Nine phone bidders and multiple Internet bidders competed for an unusual pair of Finnish modernist brass floor lamps that sold for $58,800 in Woodbury Auction’s annual Holiday Fine Estates Auction on Dec. 8. LiveAuctioneers.com provided Internet live bidding. The lamps were designed by Paavo Tynell (1890-1973) around 1950 and were produced by […]
Quaint Finnish homes in Warsaw face destruction
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Nearby the big city rumbles, but one feels almost transported to a quiet forest village when standing amid a colony of Finnish wooden houses in Warsaw’s government district. The homes, erected as temporary housing in the destroyed capital just after World War II, have dwindled over the years from 90 to […]
Hermann Historica wraps fall slate with Nov. 22-26 auction extravaganza
MUNICH, Germany – Once again, Hermann Historica boasts a diverse lineup of consignments in its large Autumn Auction, taking place from November 22 to 26. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
Historic May 7 American Art sale at Heritage tops $10M, sets records
DALLAS – Heritage Auctions’s latest American Art event, held May 7, was its biggest ever, realizing more than $10.75 million in a near-sellout that resulted in myriad records, among them the highest price – by far – ever paid for a painting by legendary illustrator Joseph Christian Leyendecker. His Beat-up Boy, Football Hero, which appeared on […]