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Ancient and Traditional Arts Live Auction: Saturday, October 31, 2015, 10am est

 Exhibition: October 29-30, 11am-5pm Lots 1-178: The Piero and Paola Ferro Collection: Antique Chinese Amber, Jade, Archeo Gold and Talismans Lots 179-775: Asian, Ethnographic Arts, Antique Oriental Rugs & Textiles The full-day auction event commences at 10 AM EST on the Saturday of October 31, with real-time online bidding facilitated by Liveauctioneers, Bidsquare and Invaluable. The treasures in the sale will be on view to the public, free of admission, in Material Culture’s gallery space on the preceding days of October 29 and 30, from 11 AM to 5 PM. The Piero and Paola Ferro Collection Piero and Paola Ferro, of Milan, Italy, found their artistic calling as jewelry designers and craftspeople, drawing inspiration from antique, original pieces that they collected on their wide-ranging and frequent travels across Asia and the Middle East. Their brand, established in 1986, brings a strong multiethnic imprint to modern design, incorporating found pieces from these journeys in a synthesis of centuries and continents. A dedicated globetrotter, Piero Ferro began buying antiques abroad in 1978, and when he and Paola met in 1982, they began traveling together, seeking out treasures to resell to [...]

Free Concert & Talk: Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line Saturday, November 7th at 1:00pm Open to the Public (Books Available for Signing)  "A groundbreaking artist and one of the all-time greatest performers of authentic, old-time music." Please join us for a free concert with Hugh Campbell and David Reed, members of Ola Belle Reed’s family, celebrating the release of Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line, a two-CD/book from Dust-to-Digital. A presentation on the two-CD/ book will precede the concert, featuring authors: Henry Glassie, College Professor Emeritus of Folklore, Indiana University Clifford R. Murphy, NEA Director of Folk and Traditional Arts Douglas Dowling Peach, Indiana University Click Above to Hear "Undone In Sorrow" By Ola Belle Reed, Jun 17, 1976 Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line is the first in-depth look at the life of Ola Belle Reed, a groundbreaking artist and one of the all-time greatest performers of authentic, old-time music. Born to a musical family in the mountains of Ashe County, North Carolina, in 1913, Reed became a prolific songwriter and performer, known for her unique style of banjo playing and singing. Reed inspired many musicians throughout her life, [...]

Fine, Folk & Self-Taught Art Live Auction: Monday, October 12, 2015, 10am est Exhibition: October 10-11, 11am-5pm Browse the Auction Catalog and Bid Live on LiveAuctioneers.com Browse the Virtual Print Catalog Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms and Conditions (PDF) Material Culture continues its commitment to an appreciation of art across all categories, unified in its upcoming auction, “Fine, Folk & Self-Taught Art,” on October 12, 2015. A great diversity of style, media, time period, and culture are shown in the more than 700 lots, drawn from regional, national and international estates and private collections. Paintings, drawings, and prints from fine and self-taught artists are augmented by photography, sculpture, and collections of Haitian Vodou flags, Mexican masks, and Japanese prints. Additionally, a portion of the proceeds from the sale of many designated items in the auction will go to benefit the Sterling Strauser Gallery of East Stroudsburg University. Sterling Strauser (1907-1995), alternatingly an impressionist, expressionist and modernist, painted the surroundings of his native Poconos region, his style at once progressing with the century and remaining inalterably his own. Strauser is important not only as an immensely prolific artist himself, but as a champion of other artists. A [...]

Seeking Auction Consignments to Benefit The Sterling Strauser Gallery at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania Fine, Folk and Self-Taught Art Live Auction: Monday, October 12, 2015, 10am est Exhibition: October 10-11, 11am-5pm Consignments accepted until September 4 Please let us know if you are interested in supporting The Sterling Strauser Gallery by allocating a portion of your auction proceeds. The Gallery’s fundraising is facilitated through the ESU Foundation, an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit affiliate of the University with the sole mission of administering gifts and donations that promote the growth, progress and general welfare of ESU and its students. Please Note: Material Culture is offering its services free of any Seller’s Commission to consignor’s who choose to donate at least 20% of their auction proceeds to benefit The Sterling Strauser Gallery. All a consignor needs to do is indicate what percentage (minimum 20%) of auction proceeds (hammer price) they wish to donate. Also, consignments do not have to be limited to art or the October 4, 2015 art auction. Material Culture is happy to consider consignments of other auction-worthy items to benefit The Sterling Strauser Gallery, including Antiques, Asian Arts, Fine Art, Folk Art, Ethnographic Arts, Decorative Arts, Modern Design, Couture, Jewelry, [...]

Online Only Auction* Fine Books, Art, Works on Paper, Ephemera Auction: Friday, August 7, 2015, 10am est Exhibition: August 5-6, 11am-5pm *Please Note: We are also accepting Absentee and Phone Bids Browse the Auction Catalog and Bid Live on LiveAuctioneers.com Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms and Conditions (PDF) 470 Estate Lots Book Highlights include a rare first edition in English of the Lusiad (ca. 1655); The Waste Land signed by T.S. Eliot and numbered 43 of 300; Murder in the Cathedral signed by T.S. Eliot and inscribed to "Diana Lady Balfour"; a 1923 first edition of Wallace Steven's Harmonium; Cavalcanti Poems (1966) signed by Ezra Pound and numbered 69 of 190; Oscar Wilde's 1893 French edition of Salome; Emily Dickinson's Letters (2 vol., 1894) inscribed by the editor Mabel Loomis Todd; a circa 1611 Geneva Bible (Robert Barker, London) in a period elm box; a rare 1879 Randolph Caldecott inscribed Picture Book; Peter Max Paints America, with personal inscription and original drawings by Peter Max; All The President's Men signed by authors Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward and Washington Post editor Benjamin C. Bradlee. Also: Many signed books, 1st editions, and limited numbered editions by John [...]

Auction | Modern, Folk & Self-Taught Art Live Salesroom Auction: Sunday, June 21, 2015, 10am est Exhibition: June 19-20, 11am-5pm 450+ Lots Highlights include a large collection (47 lots) of original drawings, works on paper, and notebooks by Charles Burchfield (estate of Alexander Raydon, NY); a rare set of The New Republic Portfolio (1924) with etchings by Edward Hopper, John Sloan and others; estate collections of antique Japanese prints (22 lots) and Marc Chagall lithographs and signed posters (25 lots); and a large collection (159 lots) of modern and contemporary art to be sold to benefit the non-profit organization, Art for Healing NYC., including original works by Simon Tjakamarra, Judi Werthein, Terence La Noue and Denise G. Green. Also: original works by Clementine Hunter, Sterling Strauser, Purvis Young, James A.M. Whistler, Twins Seven-Seven, Reynolds Beal, Erwin J. Neusch, William Dawson, Mose Tolliver, Walter Joseph Phillips,  Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt, Vojislav Jakic, Bill Jensen, Javier Mayoral, Jim Bloom, Kassem Amoudi, Eyvind Earle, Allan D'Arcangelo, Arman, Kate Adams, Joseph Solman, Carol Summers, Albert B. Serwazi, Mara McAfee, Dorothy Strauser, Kim Weston, David Tinsley, Lamont Alfred "Old Ironsides" Pry, Georgiana Orr. Browse the Auction Catalog and Bid Live on LiveAuctioneers.com Browse the Virtual [...]

Oriental Rugs from American Estates Live Salesroom Auction: Sunday, June 14, 2015, 10am est Exhibition: June 12-13, 11am-5pm Browse the Auction Catalog and Bid Live on LiveAuctioneers.com Absentee Bid Form | Telephone Bid Form | Terms and Conditions (PDF)