Texas and Western Art the Dallas Fine Art Auction

Dallas Fine Art Auction (DFAA) brings together three prominent members of the Texas, Western, and American art scene; David Dike Fine Art, Debbie Leeuw Fine Art, and Dallas Auction Gallery. Dallas Fine Art Auction presents a premier Western and Texas fine art auction annually. The DFAA partnership began in 2010 with a goal to provide both collectors and artists excellent service, personal attention, and scholarly knowledge about Texas and Western art. The annual auction will be held at Dallas Auction Gallery on Saturday, January 28, 2012.

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Brian Roughton Joins Heritage Auctions as Director of American & European Art

Heritage Auctions has announced that longtime dealer, gallery owner and private collection curator Brian Roughton has joined the company as Director American and European Art. He has been an important fixture in the art business for more than four decades, and will bring that extensive experience, across all markets, to bear on his role at Heritage.

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Heritage Auctions Highlights Items from February 7 Estate Event

Everything from fine French and Italian art, Pop and Post-Modern art and Lalique glass to ebonized cabinets, gilt bronze clocks and an antique cash register will be up for bid on Tuesday, Feb. 7, in Heritage Auctions’ The Signature® Estate Auction, being held at the company’s Design District Annex, 1518 Slocum Street.

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Heritage Auctions Posts Best Year to Date

The year 2011 proved to be a great one for Heritage Auctions, as the company posted a gross total of more
than $806 million, a number that represents the company’s best performance ever.

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Tiffany Studios Lamp Brings $56,763 at Heritage Auctions

Collectors were ready and willing to buy on Saturday, Nov. 19, during Heritage Auctions’ $1.84 million Lalique & Art Glass Signature® Auction, led by a superb Tiffany Studios Daffodil table lamp that brought $56,763. All prices include 19.5% Buyer’s Premium.

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‘The Great Big American Auction,’ with Ty Pennington and Heritage Auctions, set to air Thursday, Dec. 8 on ABC

ABC has announced that it will air The Great Big American Auction, starring Ty Pennington of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, one of America’s leading reality TV personalities, and featuring exclusively Heritage Auctions’ experts, auction services and staff, in a very special television first made-for-TV auction event, at 10 p.m. (ET) on Thursday, Dec. 8.

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Heritage Auctions Increases Buyer's Premiums for Art and Other Categories

Heritage Auctions will increase the buyer’s premium from 19.5% to 25% of the hammer price for the first $50,000. Affected categories include fine art, furniture and decorative arts, illustrations, jewelry, and others.

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Renoir’s Le Bouquet Brings $657,250 at Heritage Auctions

Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Le Bouquet, 1910, brought $657,250 as the top lot in Heritage Auctions’ American & European Signature® Art Auction, Nov. 8, at Heritage’s Design District Annex, 1518 Slocum Street.

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Robert Mapplethorpe’s Shoe (Melody) Expected to Bring $30,000 Plus at Heritage Auctions

Robert Mapplethorpe’s shimmering and subtle Shoe (Melody) estimated at $30,000+, is expected to be the top lot in Heritage Auctions’ Nov. 19 Vintage & Contemporary Photography Signature® Auction, taking place at the Ukranian Institute of America at The Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion, 2 East 79th Street (at 5th Ave.).

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W.R. Leigh Painting Sets Record with $1.195 Million at Heritage Auctions

W.R. Leigh’s Home, Sweet Home soared to nearly double its pre-auction estimate selling for $1.195 million and setting a new world record price for the artist in Heritage Auctions’ $2.27 million Art of the American West Signature® Auction, Saturday, Nov. 5.

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Favorite Sites

Mr. Holga — Mr. Holga is a die-hard film photographer specializing in Holga cameras.
www.mrholga.com

Dead Photographers Society — Photographers who still find pleasure in taking pictures the old fashioned way with film, chemicals and a dark room.
www.deadphotographersso..

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