May 19, 2024Hyde Park Country AuctionsTwo matching concrete garden urns, in old white paint, circa 1950-70. One with hairline cracks, else$50
Kobe Bryant concrete handprints score $75K at auctionLOS ANGELES – Collectible items from Kobe Bryant’s illustrious career with the Los Angeles Lakers sold for a total of $202,590 in a virtual online event on Thursday, May 21. Absentee and Internet live bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers.
Concrete horseshoe crab sculpture to be NJ’s new reefMANTOLOKING, N.J. (AP) – Officials hope a 47-foot-long, 25,000-pound concrete sculpture of a horseshoe crab can attract fish off New Jersey’s shore. The sculpture will become part of an artificial reef two miles off the Mantoloking coast when it’s put into place on Wednesday. The reef will provide habitat for more than 150 species of […]
Reading the Streets: Concrete barriers turned public artOn a bike ride recently, I was excited to find that the barrier protecting my bike lane from oncoming traffic had been painted with a series of pastel, interlocking gears. With some research, I realized I was reaping the benefits of the NYCDOT Urban Art Program, which invigorates the city’s streetscapes with temporary art installations. […]
1969 Woodstock concert program leads our five lots to watch1969 Woodstock Concert Program NEW ORLEANS – The three-day rock concert staged in 1969 in Woodstock, New York is a revered event on the timeline of the eternal Baby Boomer. Most of their generation’s biggest names participated, a film was released to great acclaim, and untold ink has been spilled singing its praises. Though the […]