Pâte-sur-pâte Vases & Vessels

WOLCOTTVILLE, Ind. – A collection of Aesthetic movement porcelain formed by the New York-New Jersey retailer Helene Fortunoff (1933-2021) will be presented at Strawser Auction Group on Tuesday, April 23. Fortunoff, who joined the retail operation of her husband’s family in Brooklyn in the 1950s, oversaw the firm’s expansion into jewelry and became its president […]

  Alexander Calder gouache, $78,200, Cottone Auctions   An original gouache painting by Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976), titled Loops Filled In, sold for $78,200 at a Winter Fine Art & Antiques Auction held March 29 by Cottone Auctions in Geneseo, N.Y. Also, a color linocut on Arches paper by Pablo Picasso (Spanish/French, 1881-1973), titled Faunes […]

LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. – Rago Arts and Auction Center’s Great Estates auction on March 22 edged past its high estimate with a total of $1,339,063 in sales. Internet bidding was facilitated by LiveAuctioneers.com. “This was a classic estate auction with exceptional property from private homes, estates and collections, priced reasonably,” said Tom Martin, who directed the […]