Max Ernst Pencil

MONROVIA, CA — A rediscovered Herter Brothers mantel commissioned for Happy House, the Darius Ogden Mills residence in California, exceeded its expectations at John Moran. Estimated at $6,000-$8,000, it hammered for $120,000 ($152,000 including premium) on the second day of the April 9-10 sale titled Traditional Collector. Although later converted into a sideboard with the […]

NEW YORK – Half a dozen Alfred Dunhill ‘aquarium’ lighters will be offered at Capsule Auctions on Thursday, May 2. The six lighters, decorated with a variety of underwater subjects, come from an Upper East Side collection with estimates between $1,500 and $3,000 each. It’s not difficult to see how these uber-collectable lighters made between […]

Oscar Edmund Berninghaus, ‘Scout of the Caravan’, $53,760 ASHEVILLE, N.C. – An estimate of $5,000-$7,000 on an original oil by Oscar Edmund Berninghaus (1874-1952) was left in the dust at Brunk Auctions on March 8. Titled on the verso Scout of the Caravan and additionally inscribed OE Berninghaus, Taos, NM, this 2ft 1in by 2ft 6in canvas hammered for $42,000 and sold for […]