Auction Central News

APRIL 15, 2024

NEW YORK – Speaking about his 1957 color wood engraving and woodcut dubbed Whirlpools, shown above, Dutch artist M.C. Escher prints bewitch bidders at Swann’s April 30 sale appeared first on Auction Central News. Maurits Cornelis (M.C.) Escher (1898-1972) was, […] The post Trio of M.C.

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Auction Central News

MAY 27, 2024

WINCHESTER, VA — An original printing of a well-known image of colonial Boston will be offered at Early American History Auctions on Saturday, June 8. The circa-1761 engraving of a view of the city after a drawing by the Royal Governor of Massachusetts, Thomas Pownall (1722-1805), has an estimate of $10,000-$12,000.

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

But, the beguiling legacy of hand-drawn and engraved antique maps with their blend of art and science still hold a fascination for many looking to step back to a time when geographical narratives of power and influence were still being shaped. Ptolemaeus, Claudius. Cosmographia Ulm: Lienhart Holle, 16 July 1482.

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WorthPoint

JUNE 10, 2024

In the currency collector’s space, there’s been quite the buzz recently about a printing error made by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing that resulted in several million one-dollar bills having matching serial numbers. Coin World reported on a few sales, but the information is limited and difficult to verify.

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Art Services 2000

APRIL 16, 2020

These original works and his highly valuable hand colored ( aquatint) engravings and sets of books illustrated with color lithographs bring top prices at auction houses and fine art dealers. The first Audubon prints and books were produced in very small quantities by modern standards and have become quite scarce.

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Mark Hill

OCTOBER 5, 2022

A framed etching of Mr Nathaniel Hillier, 9.5cm wide I’ve collected prints, from etchings to engravings and woodcuts to lithographs, since I was a schoolboy. A bit of judicious searching online revealed that Nathaniel Hillier (1707-83) was a Georgian collector of, and dealer in, prints and drawings. ” Impressive! .

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JULY 17, 2024

In recent years, these pieces have become a popular mainstay of the art market, with prominent sales taking place at renowned auction houses around the world. In the 1930s, Picasso engraved miniature portraits of his then-lover, Dora Maar (a fellow artist), on items such as brooches , pendants and rings.

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