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Les tulipes , which took second, had remained in a private Swiss collection for over 30 years and sold for £638K (Est. £350-450K - $1.087M) while a pencil on paper by Egon Schiele nabbed third at £578K ($923K) on a £200-300K estimate. With a lot of help from the buyer’s commission, the sale’s total squeaked it into the presale estimate range although over 100 lots failed to sell; the 247 sold lots (69.8%) totaled £23.1M ($39.4M – est. £22.4-31.7M).
The Museum of the American Arts and Crafts , St. Petersburg, FL, which is scheduled to open in 2017. This museum is dedicated to preserving the legacy of American Arts and Crafts…the first of its kind…Really!! A specialty auction for childhood items made news when an antique doll made by Albert Marque (1872 – 1939), a French sculptor and doll maker, was sold. The auction featured 1,000 pieces from the Puppenmuseum Stein am Rhein, a world renowned doll museum in Switzerland.
The Mandolin Player , from the same period, which sold for $1.46M (est. $800K-$1.2M). Then we come back to Norman Rockwell, who many believe was the greatest visual mass communicator of the twentieth century. The Franklin Mint, founded in 1964, was yet another company hoping Rockwell’s “Americana” artwork could help them bring art and collectables to the masses. Their relationship started 1970, when Rockwell began the first stages of his commission for The Mint. The theme: to celebrate the connoisseurship of The Mints most loyal customer, the coin collector.